Police claim EU carbon credit fraud has topped €5bn

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Europol estimates carbon credit VAT fraud carried out by organised criminals could have cost EU billions in lost tax revenue

The European police agency Europol has today revealed that the fraudulent trade in carbon credits that affected a number of countries over the past few months is far more widespread than previously thought...

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