A complex transnational fraud and money-launderingscheme against EU and national funds worth over €16million was uncovered by the Italian police with the helpof the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF).An operation code-named Grande Carro, Italian for BigDipper, resulted in the arrest of 48 people. As part oftheir case, Italian authorities discovered that the criminalgroup - called Società Foggiana - had got involved in asophisticated fraud scheme at the expense of EU funds.OLAF initiated investigations and proved that the grouphad committed fraud against EU agricultural funds forrural development worth some €9.5 million.
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