Reported by Simon Van Dorpe

The Belgian federal police raided several properties linked to former European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders on suspicion of money laundering, Follow the Money and Belgian newspaper Le Soir reported. 

For years, Reynders allegedly bought lottery tickets through the National Lottery, an organisation which he was in charge of as a minister between 2007 and 2011. The top politician was said to have then transferred the laundered profits into his private account. 

The investigation has been on-going for months, but investigators waited until the end of his term at the European Commission on Sunday, which also marked the end of his EU immunity.

Read full report: https://www.ftm.eu/articles/european-commissioner-didier-reynders-investigated-for-alleged-fraud