Leftist EU Politicians Took Millions in Bribes From Islamic Nations for Influence Peddling: Report
European Union lawmakers allegedly accepted €4 million in bribes to use their influence to advance the aims of Morocco, Mauritania, and Qatar.
European Union lawmakers allegedly accepted €4 million in bribes to use their influence to advance the aims of Morocco, Mauritania, and Qatar.
Two more socialist politicians sitting in the European Parliament have been linked to the bloc’s ongoing bribery scandal, a report on Thursday has claimed.
An ongoing bribery scandal plaguing the European Union is a “socialist problem”, the leader of the centre-right European People’s Party has claimed.
An ex-Socialist MEP has admitted to being involved in a bribery scandal plaguing the European Parliament, with the official now promising to share “revealing” details with authorities regarding criminality within Brussels.
The Qatar corruption scanda involving Members of European Parliament is “damaging the credibility” of the EU, Charles Michel admitted
Senior left politician Eva Kaili admitted she asked her father to hide cash after she was accused of taking money from Morocco and Qatar.
No Peace Without Justice (NPWJ), a pro-human rights and democracy organization, and Fight Impunity, which seeks to bring rights abusers to book, share the same address, on prime real estate in the governmental quarter of the Belgian capital.
As many as 60 members of the European Parliament may be in the crosshairs of investigators in the ongoing corruption scandal.
A suitcase described as being “full of cash” has been seized by police as part of an investigation into EU corruption, which has seen a number of socialist MEPs forced to step down from their positions
The Vice-President of the European Parliament has been formally charged with corruption and has reportedly been imprisoned.
Brexit champion Nigel Farage has responded to news of high-level corruption arrests in the European Parliament, suggesting they prove Britain made the right choice by breaking with the bloc.
“Over many decades, the Parliament has allowed a culture of impunity to develop, with a combination of lax financial rules and controls and a complete lack of independent (or indeed any) ethics oversight,” Transparency International’s director Michiel van Hulten said.
A vice president of the European Parliament was arrested in connection to a corruption case involving the Islamist government of Qatar.