France: Member of organised crime convicted for fraudulently claiming CAP subsidies while in detention
European Public Prosecutor's Office
(Luxembourg, 18 June 2026) – An individual with ties to Corsican organised crime was convicted yesterday of aggravated subsidy fraud involving payments under the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), following an indictment by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Paris (France). The defendant had claimed those payments while he was in detention, in connection with other criminal proceedings relating to organised crime. Between 21 November 2017 and 31 December 2022, the defendant falsely declared in his applications for CAP payments that he was carrying out agricultural activities enabling him to receive such payments – despite being in prison at the time, and therefore unable to perform any agricultural activity personally. He also declared an inflated number of bovines in order to obtain coupled CAP aid, resulting in damage of €120 025 to the EU budget.
