Category: Middle East

Regulatory Watch News

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  Call centres dismantled and ten arrested in EUR 50 million online fraud case

  Europol

  April 30, 2026

  A criminal network operating a large-scale online fraud scheme has been dismantled through a collaborative investigation involving Austrian and Albanian authorities, with support from Europol and Eurojust. The operation, which spanned over two years, resulted in the arrest of ten individuals, the search of multiple premises, and the seizure of nearly EUR 900 000 in cash.

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  Czechia: Over 40 searches and 12 detentions in probe into procurement and subsidy fraud in the healthcare sector

  European Public Prosecutor's Office

  April 30, 2026

  (Luxembourg, 30 April 2026) – At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office in Prague (Czechia), the Czech Police’s National Organised Crime Agency (NCOZ) detained 12 persons and carried out 42 searches in the regions of Prague, Central Bohemia and South Moravia. This is part of an investigation into procurement and subsidy fraud involving several projects of one of the major healthcare providers in the Central Bohemia Region.

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  Lithuania: EPPO secures conviction in EU subsidy fraud case involving eco-friendly cling film

  European Public Prosecutor's Office

  April 28, 2026

  (Luxembourg, 28 April 2026) – The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Vilnius (Lithuania) has secured the conviction of four individuals in a case of attempted subsidy fraud, preventing the unlawful disbursement of nearly €2.6 million in EU funds. The ruling, issued by the Vilnius Regional District Court following a simplified procedure, imposed a total fine of €103 200 on the defendants, who pleaded guilty to attempted fraud and document forgery.