Nearly 30 suspects questioned in vegetable and fruit fraud in Romania

Prosecutors from the Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) questioned 28 suspects in a case of tax evasion with vegetables and fruits. Two officials from the tax administration ANAF are also among suspects. They’ve allegedly encouraged the crime group’s activity. Romanian prosecutors and policemen conducted Wednesday, July 9, a total of 46 searches to dismantle a criminal group specializing in tax evasion and money laundering. The group generated damages of some EUR 24 million between 2013 and 2014, by making intra-community acquisitions and imports of vegetables and fruits from non-EU countries, using intermediary companies in order to avoid paying taxes and VAT, according to a DIICOT statement. Irina Popescu, irina.popescu@romania-insider.com