At the end of 2025, the European Public Prosecutor's Office had 102 active investigations related to Portugal, involving almost €1 billion in estimated damage.
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- Omissions
- The €952.2 million is an EPPO 'estimated damage' figure, not proven or recovered amounts; it represents the alleged harm to EU and national budgets under investigation, not amounts confirmed by a court.
- For context, EPPO's total active caseload across all participating states at 31 December 2025 was 3,602 active investigations with over €67.27 billion in estimated damage, so Portugal's share is roughly 1.4% of the total damage figure.
- Sources
- PrimaryEPPO Annual Report 2025 (European Public Prosecutor's Office)By 31 December 2025, we had 3602 active investigations, for estimated damage of over €67.27 billion. With €45.01 billion, revenue fraud (VAT and Customs) ...
- SecondaryECO (Sapo) — Processos portugueses na Procuradoria Europeia valem quase 1.000 milhões de eurosPortugal até 31 de dezembro do último ano totalizavam 102, que representam prejuízos estimados de 952,2 milhões de euros.
- SecondaryDiário de Notícias / Dinheiro Vivo — Processos portugueses na Procuradoria Europeia valem quase mil milhõesCasos de corrupção e fraudes ao IVA em Portugal somam 952,2 milhões de euros em prejuízos, segundo a Procuradoria Europeia.
- SecondaryPúblico — Processos portugueses na Procuradoria Europeia representam quase mil milhões de perdasPortugal abriu 57 novos inquéritos junto da Procuradoria Europeia em 2025, que representam perdas estimadas de 393,06 milhões de euros, tendo ...