Belgian federal prosecutors said Thursday they have 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.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - 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.

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

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

Several individuals have been arrested for questioning in connection with their alleged involvement in active corruption within the European Parliament, Belgian prosecutors have said.

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. At the heart of the alleged corruption is an ex-parliamentary assistant who was employed at the time as Huawei's EU public affairs director,