Il broker doganale greco catturato con contanti da 3 milioni

>Millions of euros in cash were seized from a customs broker’s office in Greece this summer as investigators stepped up a probe into VAT fraud linked to Chinese organised crime, the EU’s top prosecutor has disclosed.

>European chief prosecutor Laura Kövesi told the Financial Times the seized euros were gains from criminal efforts to ship goods into Europe on a “massive” scale without paying required duties and taxes.

>The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) last month charged two customs officers and four brokers suspected of participating in a scheme to import goods from China such as e-bikes while skirting customs payments and tax.

>During raids targeting the port of Piraeus in June, law enforcement officers seized €2.7mn in cash at the office of one customs broker — a stash that would weigh more than 25 kgs in €100 notes — and a further €300,000 at his house, Kövesi said.

>The bank notes were part of a total of €4.78mn seized in cash and €5.4mn frozen in bank accounts in Greece, according to EPPO. In total, €5.8mn was seized in different European countries. Law enforcement also seized properties and cars as well as more than 2,400 containers worth an estimated €250mn.

>“This is the largest seizure of containers in the EU to date,” Kövesi said. “We are targeting criminal networks organising massive imports of goods from China and evading customs duties and committing large-scale VAT [fraud].”

>EPPO estimates that losses from the scheme, which extends across 14 European countries currently covered in the investigation, are more than €800mn in customs duties and VAT.

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