US EditionBelgian Police Raid Targets EU Parliament Corruption Linked to Huawei
- Belgian Police arrested several people in a corruption investigation linked to the European Parliament and Huawei, as confirmed by Belgium's Federal Public Prosecutor's Office.
- The alleged corruption involved bribery to benefit Huawei and has occurred since 2021, encompassing various methods such as excessive gifts and payments.
- A judge placed seals on the offices of two parliamentary assistants at the EU Parliament in Strasbourg following the raids.
- Huawei stated that it takes the allegations seriously and is committed to cooperating with the investigation, maintaining a zero tolerance policy towards corruption.
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Cases of espionage, corruption, sanctions, financial problems... Chinese tech giant Huawei has been in the eye of the hurricane and now, again, it is. The company has starred in the headlines this week after Belgian Justice will confirm that it has been investigating for years a plot of alleged bribes to MEPs by Huawei to try to influence the European Union’s decision-making processes. Travels or invitations to football matches were some of the …
The representatives of Huawei suspected of corruption, the European Parliament suspends their access
This decision comes the day after a wave of searches and interrogations in an investigation into corruption in the hands of the Belgian justice system The European Parliament announced Friday 14 March
Another Corruption Probe Rocks European Parliament’s Mainstream
Once again, a corruption scandal looms over the European Parliament (EP), as investigators from the Belgian federal judicial police conducted 21 searches across the Brussels region, Flanders, Wallonia, and Portugal. According to the Belgian outlet Le Soir, after several months of investigations, authorities have arrested multiple lobbyists working for the Chinese telecom giant Huawei, suspected of bribing current and former MEPs to promote the c…
Lobbyists from the Chinese technology group Huawei are said to have bribed MEPs, and the company announced that it will work with the Belgian public prosecutor's office.
This is a "preventive measure" with "immediate effect," a European Parliament spokesman said, following police searches and arrests made in the context of a corruption investigation.
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