Germany: CDU and SPD Politicians Implicated by Human Trafficking Gang Leader
Dozens are being investigated after a migrant smuggling ring was busted— including establishment politicians accused of accepting bribes in the “six-digit range.”
Dozens are being investigated after a migrant smuggling ring was busted— including establishment politicians accused of accepting bribes in the “six-digit range.”
The socialist MEP’s son has also been implicated.
Yevhen Borisov, accused of having accepted bribes in return for exempting some would-be soldiers from mobilization, is said to have purchased real estate worth around 4 million euros at the posh Marbella resort in southern Spain.
Republicans believe an inquiry would lead to even more information being uncovered about the president and his son’s dubious foreign business dealings.
Swedish prosecutors investigating the son of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan over corruption allegations could further inflame tensions between the countries as Sweden looks to enter the NATO alliance.
The Sarkozy affair gives an extremely degraded image of French justice, but also of French political life.
Standardized corruption rules could be coming for all member states, although Brussels might have a hard time getting countries to accept further erosion of their sovereignty.
The former judge resigned over attempts to bypass the Supreme Court as the Greek Parliament passed legislation to ban the National Party from standing in next month’s election.
The raid relates to a corruption case against top EPP official Mario Voigt, with allegations that the CDU politician awarded a contract to design an EPP campaign app on the basis of bribery.
The trial was thrown out on procedural grounds, with the FPÖ rejecting accusations of bribery as baseless and defamatory.
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