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Huawei bribery scandal: 4 charged with corruption

Searches also took place at the offices of the European Parliament in Brussels on Monday.

March 18, 2025 6:20 pm CET

Huawei bribery scandal reignites EU corruption fight

Two years after Qatargate, Parliament is still split over reform in its ethics checks.

March 14, 2025 4:01 am CET

Huawei bribery scandal rocks European Parliament

Chinese tech giant’s offices raided and Parliament offices sealed in case that echoes the 2022 Qatargate investigation.

March 13, 2025 10:57 am CET

Fact-check: Did the European Commission really pay NGOs to lobby for the Green Deal?

Confidential contracts seen by POLITICO do not tend to support claims that the executive paid green groups to lobby on its behalf.

February 4, 2025 6:00 am CET

Moldova ready to pump gas to Russian-backed separatists amid humanitarian crisis

Any deal must not become a back door for Russian influence, says Moldovan official.

January 20, 2025 6:02 pm CET

Former MEP Maria Arena charged in Qatargate scandal

Ex-S&D politician is charged with participating in a criminal organization, more than two years after the corruption scandal broke.

January 18, 2025 2:01 pm CET

Political attacks on central banks multiply as Bank of Latvia comes under fire

Governments desperate for a way out of stagnation are encroaching ever more on the ECB’s turf.

January 17, 2025 3:15 pm CET

France’s Sarkozy to face trial over accusations that Gaddafi funded his first presidential run

The former French president faces up to 10 years in prison if found guilty.

January 6, 2025 4:00 am CET

Belgian police gave von der Leyen no warning about Reynders probe

The EU has not launched its own investigation into money laundering allegations against the former justice commissioner.

December 9, 2024 3:45 pm CET

Key Georgescu backer raided in Romania election probe

Investigation focuses on money laundering, bribing voters and computer fraud in connection with Romania’s canceled presidential election.

December 7, 2024 4:18 pm CET

Thousands of euros found in Reynders’ homes by police, media reports say

It’s alleged Reynders laundered money for years through the Belgian national lottery.

December 6, 2024 3:29 pm CET

€36B tax fraud scandal returns to haunt Germany’s Scholz

Beleaguered leader to be grilled over his dealings with one of the banks connected to the “cum-ex” affair.

December 6, 2024 4:01 am CET
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Former Justice Commissioner Reynders’ residences searched by police

Reynders has only been out of office for a few days.

December 3, 2024 11:48 pm CET

Cyprus revokes more high-profile ‘golden’ passports

Those affected include Russian oligarch Alexei Kuzmichev, metals baron Oleg Deripaska, former FSB investigator Sergey Kovbasyuk and Ukrainian billionaire Ihor Kolomoisky, who was arrested in Kyiv on charges of fraud and money laundering.

November 28, 2024 4:10 pm CET
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November 28, 2024 5:00 am CET

Britain’s art-loving elite fumes at money laundering crackdown

Experts fear tough rules for the art world — meant to root out criminals — will send business to New York and Hong Kong.

November 4, 2024 4:24 am CET

Albania’s former president arrested on corruption allegations

Relations between the country’s former president and current PM have deteriorated.

October 21, 2024 7:30 pm CET

Global money laundering body to consider blacklisting Russia

Lowering Russia’s ranking requires consensus from the Financial Action Task Force’s multilateral membership.

October 15, 2024 6:52 pm CET

Italy, Germany, Netherlands short-listed for top job running EU dirty money watchdog

Germany’s spot will vex other EU countries after Frankfurt was chosen to host the watchdog.

October 15, 2024 4:22 am CET

Waste scandal haunts Cyprus’ EU pick as he heads to Brussels

A decade-old environmental dispute in Limassol, Cyprus, is raising questions over Costas Kadis’ run for EU commissioner.

October 2, 2024 4:15 am CET

Cops infiltrate ‘Ghost’ encryption app used by drug lords, mafia

International bust is the latest win for law enforcement over criminals seeking to hide their tracks.

September 18, 2024 1:10 pm CET

You cannot be serious! Europe’s next migration chief was a tennis hotshot

Magnus Brunner was one of the favorites to be economy commissioner. He’ll be dealing with borders instead.

September 17, 2024 4:48 pm CET

The bewildering politics of Telegram

Here are two big reasons the controversial app just became a global flashpoint.

August 27, 2024 11:10 am CET

The battle over Iran’s terror financing

While the war in Gaza makes the headlines, Europe and the U.S. are worried about Hezbollah’s illicit financing.

August 26, 2024 4:41 am CET
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