BELGIUM COMMERCIAL CRIME FEATURE – CORRUPTION
June 1st, 2006
BY DAVID HAWORTH, in Brussels
WHEN asked about corruption in Belgium by Commercial Crime International, a government official held his nose in the time-honoured gesture. But was he being fair? Some recent high profile cases have brought the nation some lurid publicity. In Brussels, David Haworth asks how endemic they are.
As the dust settles on the World Cup, lines of inquiry into a conspiracy to throw Belgian football matches also have apparent ramifications in the UK and Finland where they are currently being followed up. Belgian police believe that up to 50 ...
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