A new corruption scandal threatens the European Parliament. Several suspects were temporarily arrested. They are accused of being bribed for business interests. According to Belgian media reports, the Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei is behind the attempts to influence.
The public prosecutor in Brussels announced on Thursday that the police had carried out 21 house search orders in Portugal and Belgium. Several suspects were temporarily arrested. A spokeswoman for the EU parliament said that the authorities always work completely together. So far there are no searches in parliament itself.
Who the suspects are in the first instance was initially not communicated. This remains unclear whether and how many MPs are the focus of the authorities or whether they are other employees.
Reimbursement for political explanations
According to the public prosecutor, it is said that corruption is regularly “practiced in various forms under the guise of commercial lobbying under the guise of commercial lobbying”. Among other things, there are compensation for political explanations and inappropriate gifts such as regular invitations to play football matches or to accept restaurant and travel costs.
Moreover, money could have flowed to intermediaries if the costs of the conference were taken over. The Belgian public prosecutor also investigates money laundering. Various documents and objects have been seized, but they should be analyzed, said it on Thursday.
According to media reports, the Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei is behind the attempts to influence. Chinese technology in Western mobile communication has been discussed for years. Critics fear that the Chinese government could gain access to mobile phone networks through companies.
Source: Krone
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