US EditionBrussels Charges Two EU Diplomats in Fraud Investigation
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Brussels charges two EU diplomats in fraud investigation
Belgian police charged two senior EU foreign policy figures in a rare fraud investigation that has rocked Brussels.The EU’s former top diplomat Federica Mogherini and a senior European Commission official, Stefano Sannino, were accused of graft over the approval of a training facility. The two are well known among the EU’s inner circle, and one official told Politico the scandal would have a “disastrous impact on the [bloc’s] credibility,” while…
The former EU High Representative Mogherini and two other defendants are now facing criminal proceedings. Mogherini is back on the loose.
Federica Mogherini, Stefano Sannino and Cesare Zegretti, involved in the investigation of the alleged scandal linked to the misuse of funds for young European diplomats, are now formally investigated and have been informed of the accusations ... (ANSA)
Mogherini and Sannino released in the night after the interrogations. The rector of the College of Europe and former EU representative for foreign policy and the ambassador had been stopped yesterday in the context of an investigation for fraud
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Europe SaysFraudulent use of EU funds: Federica Mogherini indicted
The former head of European Union diplomacy, Federica Mogherini, has been indicted in a corruption investigation concerning the awarding by the EU of a training contract to the College of Europe, which she has headed for five years.
It is not a provincial scandal, but a blow to the centre of Brussels' top circles: three high-ranking EU figures have been officially charged in Belgium for alleged corruption and award fraud. Federica Mogherini, today's Rector of the College of Europe, Stefano Sannino, Director General of the European Commission, and Cesare Zegretti, Co-Director of the Executive Division at the College of Europe, are affected.The Brussels Corruption Scandal: In…
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