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LATEST: Belgian police raid European Commission offices over possible fraud

FILE PHOTO: European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters, in Brussels, Belgium, February 1, 2023 REUTERS/Yves Herman

By Charlotte Van Campenhout

BELGIAN police have raided offices of the European Commission and the Belgian sovereign wealth fund SFPIM as part of a criminal investigation into possible irregularities in the sale of real estate assets.

The inquiry, first reported by the Financial Times, concerns the 2024 sale of 23 Commission buildings to the Belgian state, according to the Commission.

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