Belgian federal prosecutors say they've arrested several individuals as part of a corruption probe linked to the European Parliament amid reports in local media that Chinese company Huawei bribed EU lawmakers.

Belgian prosecutors said on Thursday several individuals had been arrested for questioning in connection with their alleged involvement in active corruption within the European Parliament.

According to reports, the Chinese tech giant might have bribed former or current MEPs in Brussels. There have been no searches at the European Parliament so far. View on euronews

The raids come more than two years after the ‘Qatargate’ scandal, in which several European lawmakers were accused of accepting payments to promote the interests of Qatar and Morocco. About 100 office

Belgian police on Thursday raided several addresses in the country as part of a probe into alleged corruption "under the guise of commercial lobbying", prosecutors said.

Prosecutors said the alleged corruption was "under the guise of commercial lobbying", and that several people had been detained for questioning. According to officials, an address

Alleged corruption case carried out under the guise of commercial lobbying, Belgian prosecutors say More than 100 Belgian police officers raided offices implicated in a lobbying scandal in the European Parliament on Thursday,