Prosecutors said suspects were arrested for questioning in “connection with their alleged involvement in active corruption within the European Parliament, as well as for forgery and use of forgeries.”

Belgian authorities spearheaded a series of raids across Belgium, Portugal, and France in a corruption investigation, targeting alleged bribery involving Huawei and European Parliament members.

Several people were on Thursday arrested in a nationwide sweep in Belgium as part of a corruption probe in which Chinese tech giant Huawei was reported to be suspected of having bribed lawmakers in