Belgian police raided several properties linked to former European Commissioner for Justice for alleged fraud, Follow the Money and Belgian newspaper Le Soir reported.
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00:00Belgian police raided property linked to former European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reyndiers.
00:08With local media reporting, he is suspected of money laundering.
00:12For years, Reyndiers reportedly bought lottery tickets through the Belgian National Lottery,
00:18an organization which he oversaw as minister between 2007 and 2011.
00:25It is alleged that he took part in lottery games and deposited the resulting, now laundered profits into his personal accounts.
00:34Local media report that the investigation had been ongoing for months,
00:39that investigators waited until the end of Reyndiers' term as European Commissioner on Sunday,
00:44which also marked the end of his EU immunity.
00:48One of the properties reportedly raided was Reyndiers' private property,
00:52with the former EU Justice Chief questioned by police until Tuesday evening.