ATHENS (Reuters) -Europe is losing an estimated 50 billion euros ($58 billion) a year from tax and customs fraud, which are now the most attractive criminal activities in the bloc, and more needs to be done to fight the gangs responsible, the EU’s top prosecutor said.

Laura Codruta Kovesi was speaking on Thursday at Piraeus port in Athens, where The European Public Prosecutor’s Office has been carrying out a major probe.

“We want to send the criminals behind this massive fraud a strong message: the rules of the game have changed, no more safe havens for you!” Kovesi told reporters at Piraeus. “We have to fight back. As Europeans.”

EPPO has been probing a string of fraud cases that have rocked Greece, including a case dubbed “Calypso” that involved alleged gangs extending from China to a

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