欧洲检方在葡萄牙全境搜查约250处地点：手机贸易1.2亿欧元增值税欺诈案，40多张逮捕令
波尔图——10月7日清晨，数百名调查人员在葡萄牙全境展开搜查，目标是一宗涉嫌手机贸易增值税（VAT）欺诈案。据葡萄牙广播电视台（RTP）报道，这是欧洲公共检察官办公室（EPPO）在葡萄牙规模最大的行动之一：约250次搜查、40多张逮捕令，涉案损失估计超过1.2亿欧元。
行动由葡萄牙司法警察（PJ）和税务海关总署执行。综合ECO、《新闻日报》等媒体报道，参与人员约700名司法警察督察和约300名税务官员；搜查对象以企业为主，集中在北部大波尔图地区，里斯本等地也有目标。
一名司法界消息人士对葡萄牙通讯社表示，行动背后是两宗以波尔图地区为核心的调查，涉嫌罪名包括腐败、税务欺诈、犯罪团伙和洗钱。据报道，此案与欧盟迄今最大的增值税「旋转木马」欺诈案「海军上将行动」（Operation Admiral）有关联——那宗案件最初正是源于科英布拉的一次税务稽查。
被拘留者将于周四在里斯本出庭，由法官决定后续司法措施。欧洲公共检察官办公室负责调查损害欧盟财政利益的跨境犯罪，增值税欺诈是其重点领域之一；本案调查仍在进行，涉案企业与个人构成犯罪与否有待法院认定。
来源：据The Portugal Brief 10月7日报道（引RTP、ECO、《新闻日报》及葡萄牙通讯社消息）整理。
European Prosecutors Raid Some 250 Sites Across Portugal in €120 Million Mobile-Phone VAT Fraud Case
PORTO — Hundreds of investigators fanned out across Portugal on Wednesday morning, October 7, in one of the largest operations ever run in the country by the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO), targeting a suspected VAT fraud in the trade in mobile phones, broadcaster RTP reported. There were some 250 searches, more than 40 arrest warrants, and suspected losses to the Portuguese state of more than €120 million.
The searches were carried out by the Polícia Judiciária (PJ) criminal investigation police and the Tax and Customs Authority. RTP put the combined force at about 700 officers; ECO and Diário de Notícias reported some 700 PJ inspectors joined by about 300 tax officials. Most targets were companies, concentrated in Greater Porto, with others in Lisbon and elsewhere.
A judicial source told the Lusa news agency that the two inquiries behind the operation are centred on the Porto region, with suspected offences including corruption, tax fraud, criminal association and money laundering. The case is reportedly built on Operation Admiral, the EU's biggest VAT carousel case, which began with a tax inspection in Coimbra.
Detainees were due before a judge in Lisbon on Thursday. The EPPO investigates cross-border crimes against the EU's financial interests; the investigation is ongoing and any criminal liability will be for the courts to determine.
Sources: Compiled from The Portugal Brief (October 7), reporting RTP, ECO, Diário de Notícias and Lusa.
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