02/02/2026 (Agence Europe) – On Monday 2 February, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) announced a second series of arrests and searches in Lithuania as part of the ‘Nimmersatt’ investigation into a criminal network stretching from the United States to Russia. At the request of the EPPO office in Vilnius, over 40 searches were carried out by the Lithuanian Financial Crime Investigation Service (FNTT), with the support of German tax investigators from Dresden and Europol. Five suspects were arrested and 25 people interviewed in the Klaipėda region. The network imported damaged cars from the United States, superficially repaired them in Lithuania and then resold them in several Member States, avoiding customs duties and VAT. The loss is estimated at over €30 million, and €7.4 million is said to have been laundered. (NP)