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The European Prosecutor’s Office has 75 cases open for alleged fraud in community funds in Spain

by AI | 03.Mar 2025 | Europe in brief AI

There are currently a total of 2,666 investigations underway throughout the EU, with a potential impact of 24.8 billion euros.

Door of the headquarters in Madrid of the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO), on Luis Cabrera Street, 9, on January 13, 2025, in Madrid (Spain). Photo: Ricardo Rubio / Europa Press

Brussels – The European Public Prosecutor’s Office has a total of 2,666 investigations open for alleged fraud of community funds across the European Union, cases whose impact is estimated at 24.8 billion euros, according to its latest annual report, which counts 75 cases opened in Spain affecting 227 million euros.

The report covers the activity of the new prosecutor’s office during the past 2024 and warns that nearly 2.8 billion euros defrauded come from the anti-crisis financing provided by the European Union to overcome the crisis resulting from the pandemic (NextGeneration EU).

The attorney general, Laura Ksevi, warned in a statement that the European Prosecutor’s Office “needs to adapt to reality,” for which she has called for a sufficient number of specialized personnel to support investigations in all member states.

According to the report by the Prosecutor’s Office, most of the money defrauded in 2024 was related to serious and cross-border crimes involving VAT, which resulted in avoidance of up to 13.15 billion euros.

In the case of Spain, the European Prosecutor’s Office indicates that it maintains a total of 75 ongoing investigations, of which 48 were opened throughout 2024, affecting a total of 227 million euros, 216.5 million regarding cases opened last year.

Of these, 12 investigations in Spain are related to VAT fraud, while another 16 cases have a cross-border dimension. (March 3)