European Parliament under suspicion of Huawei corruption. (www.heise.de)
from Tea@programming.dev to technology@lemmy.world on 13 Mar 2025 15:57
https://programming.dev/post/26867933

Members of the European Parliament are alleged to have been bribed by the Chinese telecommunications supplier Huawei, the Belgian authorities believe. Since early this morning, the federal police have had 21 homes and offices in Belgium and Portugal searched.

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BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world on 13 Mar 2025 16:52 next collapse

I’m actually a bit disappointed it’s only at the level of suspicion. They’re elected officials. They want to keep their finances private they can get a different fucking job

con_fig@programming.dev on 13 Mar 2025 16:58 next collapse

Enough for a home and office search though, so it’s not nothing

SpicyLizards@reddthat.com on 13 Mar 2025 21:18 collapse

And also:

The searches were not directed at current MEPs – for which the Belgian public prosecutor’s office would have had to apply to the European Parliament for immunity to be waived.

BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world on 13 Mar 2025 22:03 collapse

Immunity??? Bruh.

Sturgist@lemmy.ca on 13 Mar 2025 21:08 collapse

Huawei is highly controversial in the EU. The Chinese network supplier is considered a potential security risk for mobile networks.

Aren’t mobile networks notoriously insecure?