Football tickets, smartphones and several thousand euros are at the centre of a corruption probe into Chinese technology group Huawei, accused of greasing the palms of European parliament workers to promote its interests.
Belgian authorities are investigating Huawei lobbyists and EU parliamentary assistants for allegedly exchanging gifts for political favours, at a time when the company was lobbying to not be excluded from the rollout of 5G infrastructure in the bloc.
The investigation was launched earlier this month, and Belgian authorities last week arrested four people on charges of corruption and being a member of a criminal organisation. A fifth person was charged with money laundering but released after questioning.
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