Police in Belgium have raided several properties linked to former EU Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders. He is suspected of money laundering.
Belgian police searched several properties of former EU Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders on suspicion of money laundering, the website Follow the Money and Belgian daily Le Soir, followed by Euronews, reported late Tuesday evening.
According to these reports, Reynders allegedly bought tickets through the National Lottery, an organization that he led as a minister from 2007 to 2011. He then transferred the laundered profits to his private account.
Police in Reynders. They waited until his immunity expired
The investigation took months, but prosecutors waited until Sunday, when Reynders’ term in the European Commission expired, which also marked the end of his immunity from the EU.
Reynders was EU Commissioner for Justice from 2019 to 2024. Previously, from 1999 to 2011, he was Minister of Finance of Belgium.
According to the media, one of the properties searched was Reynders’ private home. The former commissioner was interrogated by the police until late on Tuesday evening.
Suspected money laundering
In the autumn of 2019, the Belgian media revealed the interrogation report of a former Belgian intelligence agent who accused Reynders of corruption and money laundering. The public prosecutor stopped the proceedings the same month because no crime had been established.
“Reynders is said to have started money laundering while he was still active in Belgian politics, but was no longer head of the National Lottery. It is suspected that he continued this practice while serving as commissioner,” according to the Follow the Money website.
Source: Do Rzeczy
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