The three individuals were taken into custody on Tuesday and then released pending investigation; according to the EPPO, there is no risk of them absconding.
... the European Public Prosecutor’s office (EPPO) revealed in an online statement. Mogherini and two other high-profile suspects were detained as part of a bigger fraud probe conducted by the EPPO.
At the request of the EPPO in Brussels 🇧🇪, searches were carried out today at the College of Europe and the EEAS in an investigation into fraud related to EU-funded training for junior diplomats.
The EPPO, in close cooperation with Croatian tax authorities, local police, and Italy’s Guardia di Finanza, executed a comprehensive operation resulting in multiple arrests and significant asset seizures in both Croatia and Italy.
After arresting 37 people all over the country, police explained how an organised crime group staged a sophisticated fraud to illegally obtain millions of euros in EU agricultural subsidies ....
...Office (OLAF)'s first complementary investigations conducted in close cooperation with the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) has resulted in a second conviction.