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  • The “Moby Dick” VAT Syndicate (Milan)

    The initial wave of convictions in the colossal “Moby Dick” investigation resulted in twenty individuals being sentenced to over 70 years in prison for orchestrating a pan-European VAT fraud network involving over a billion euros in fictitious invoices.

    Amount: Over €500 million suspected; €30 million in personal assets confiscated.

    Location: Milan, Italy

  • The Infiltration of the Italian Financial Police (Naples)

    A massive value-added tax (VAT) carousel fraud involving the sale of consumer electronics was shielded from investigation by actively corrupt members of the Italian Financial Police and the national Revenue Agency.

    Amount: €3 million confiscated to recover evaded taxes; total damage highly extensive.

    Location: Naples, Italy

EU Funds Corruption Controller

The EU Funds Corruption Controller is a project of the European Liberal Forum. It collects publicly documented cases of corruption and financial crime across the European Union and presents them with their sources, in plain language.

How to contact us
Questions or corrections about a case? Write to iec@liberalforum.eu.
European Liberal Forum EUPF, Rue d’Idalie 11-13, box 6, 1050 Ixelles, Brussels (BE).