Several people were arrested as part of a corruption investigation related to the European parliament and Huawei. The company is suspected of bribing by European Union officials, according to Field
The representative of the Federal Prosecutor's Office in Belgium, where the European Parliament is located, said the authorities are the authorities “An ongoing investigation of preliminary accusations of active corruption, forgery of documents, washing money in the European parliament.” The prosecutors said that “crimes were committed by a criminal organization” and were carried out to promote “purely private commercial interests in the context of political decisions.”
“It is assumed that corruption has been regularly and very carefully practiced from today, under the guise of commercial lobbying and the adoption of various forms, such as compensation for political positions or excessive gifts, such as food and travel expenses, or regular invitations to (football) matches,” the statement said. He later added that “the alleged bribery, as they say, benefited Huawei.”
According to reports, the police raided several addresses in Belgium and Portugal. Two European parliaments associated with two assistants who are allegedly involved in the case were sealed.
The arrested were questioned about their alleged participation “in active corruption in the European parliament,” the prosecutor’s office said. The representative of the office said that not one of the members of the parliament (European) was directly focused on these raids. However, These are about 15 current and former members of Europe “on the radar” of investigators.
Huawei said that it was to “urgently communicate with the investigation” in order to better understand this problem, while the company refers to the statements “seriously”. The representative said This “UAVIA has a policy with zero tolerance against corruption or other offenses, and we strive to observe all applicable laws and rules at any time.”
The representative of the European Parliament said that the legislative body “received a request for cooperation with the Belgian authorities to help the investigation that the parliament will quickly honor.”