More than 200 people are reportedly under investigation and about 400 companies involved in an investigation conducted by the European Public Prosecutor's Office, which has uncovered an alleged criminal organization accused of orchestrating a VAT evasion of hundreds of millions of euros, aimed at "washing" mafia money. More than 160 searches were carried out in 30 provinces, including with the support of the Guardia di Finanza's dog units, which specialize in the discovery of banknotes. The restraining orders are ongoing in Italy, Spain, Luxembourg, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Netherlands, and also in countries outside the European Union, such as Switzerland and the United Arab Emirates. The "carousel VAT" fraud in the electronic and computer goods trade allegedly involved some alleged members of the Sicilian and Campania Mafia organizations, who, recognizing the huge profits from this activity, would have become part of it, financing the operation and laundering money earned from other illegal activities. The fraud would have made it possible to place goods on the national market at very competitive prices, providing for further steps in which the goods would be sold, again at below cost, in favor of other Italian companies included in the circuit with the sole purpose of making it more difficult to identify the scheme and its final beneficiaries, represented by the broker companies, i.e., the actually operating companies that, by purchasing the product with VAT applied, claimed the corresponding credit from the Treasury.