welcome
PBS

PBS

World

World

Belgium arrests suspects in bribery probe involving Huawei and European Parliament

PBS
Summary
Nutrition label

73% Informative

Belgian federal prosecutors announce arrests of several people in a corruption probe linked to the European Parliament and the Chinese company Huawei .

Le Soir newspaper and other media said lobbyists working for the Chinese telecoms giant were suspected of bribing current or former European Parliament members to promote the company’s commercial policies in Europe .

About 100 federal police officers carried out 21 searches in Brussels , the Flanders and Wallonia regions, and Portugal .

Petrequin reported from Paris . Associated Press writers Lorne Cook in Brussels and Kelvin Chan in London contributed to this report. Support Provided By: Learn more Support PBS News:.

VR Score

80

Informative language

83

Neutral language

62

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

65

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

External references

no external sources

Source diversity

no sources

Affiliate links

no affiliate links