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Rome: ADM meeting with the EPPO European Prosecutors Ceccarelli
Rome, 20 January 2023 – The meeting was held in the presence of the EPPO Deputy Prosecutor Dr. Danilo Ceccarelli, at the headquarters of the Customs and Monopolies Agency, located in Piazza Mastai, n. 12, Rome, a meeting between the ADM and the European Public...
Did you know that EPPO plays a crucial role in the investigation of crimes that harm the EU’s financial interests (fraud, money laundering etc..)?
Let’s take a look at some of the answers to the survey on the “EPPO and the protection of the EU budget” destined to the students of the University of Milano Bicocca and IULM University. What was brought up from the analysis made from c.a. 87 answers to the survey...
Italy: EPPO sizes imported electric cars in anti-fraud operation
In a complex anti-fraud operation concerning the parallel import of cars, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO), in cooperation with the Civitavecchia Customs Office, on the 12th of December 2022 seized 28 new electric vehicles by a well-known car...
Qatar-gate and the abuse of non-profit organisations for corrupt activities
The European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) has requested the waiver of parliamentary immunity of two Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) to further the ongoing Qatar-gate investigation to unmask severe allegations of corruption that have shaken up the entire...
December 2022 Steering Committee meeting
Our monthly Steering Committee meeting on 14th of December https://www.steppo-eulaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/SC-December.mp4
What is the European Public Prosecutor’s Office? How does it work? What is it responsible for? Are you aware of the fact that it can make our lives better by guaranteeing the State of Law inside the EU?
Here are some of the answers to the survey on the “awareness on the EPPO” not destined to the students of the University of Milano Bicocca, but whoever cared about the matter, to test the degree of awareness on the Public Prosecutor’s Office. Let’s remember that the...
Analysing types of cases brought before the EPPO
According to EPPO 2021 Annual Report, as of November 20, 2017, 4006 crime reports have been registered and analysed, 929 investigations have been initiated, and several asset freezing orders have been issued, for the sum of 259 million. With regard to Italy, the data...
A New Collaboration with MiBTec and Agenfor fot the design of a Serious Game
Author: Raffaele Prettato Subcommittee: Game Date: 27/11/2022 As it is known, the main aim of the Game Subcommittee is to enhance access to the Program and knowledge about the EPPO through the development of a VR game. For that reason, a new collaboration with the...
November 2022 Steering Committee meeting
Our monthly Steering Committee meeting https://www.steppo-eulaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/November-Steering-Committee-Meeting.mp4
The EPPO has been notified as a competent authority for UNTOC and UNAC
On 5 October 2022, the European Union has notified the Secretary-General of the United Nations of the modification of the extent of its competences for the United Nations Convention against transnational organised crime (UNTOC) and the United Nations Convention...
October 2022 Steering Committee meeting
Our monthly Steering Committee meeting https://www.steppo-eulaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/October-meeting.mp4
The EPPO has expanded its cooperation with non-eu partners around the globe
ŸIrakli Shotadze, the Prosecutor General of Georgia and Laura Kövesi, the Chief Prosecutor of the European Union Prosecutor's Office, signed the Mutual Cooperation Arrangement in order to deepen the cooperation two authorities on 29th of September 2022. The parties...