Following his extensive anti-corruption investigation, investigating judge Michel Claise raided the European Parliament building in Brussels on Monday. Objective: to capture voluminous computer data.
By Joël Matriche, Louis Colart and KC (“Knack”)
Ahen MEPs settled in Strasbourg for the plenary session of the European Parliament (EP) on Monday, the investigators searched the Brussels building of the European Parliament for a long time in the afternoon. Judge Michel Claise was accompanied by a team of the federal judicial police to continue his investigation which has been shaking the European institution since Friday. Eric Van Duyse, spokesman for the federal prosecutor’s office: “I can confirm that a search took place this afternoon in the European Parliament, in ten offices. In addition, computer equipment was seized. »
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