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21 Jan
Former Italian MEP Pier Antonio Panzeri agreed to cooperate with Belgian prosecutors, in exchange for a more lenient sentence. He reportedly received money from Morocco to promote its interests in the EU parliament.
31 Dec
Prosecutors investigating the tragic death of at least 23 people say there was no evidence of misconduct by Spanish guards.
15 Dec
Greek MEP Eva Kaili has been detained along with four others. An unidentified Gulf state allegedly targeted officials "with a significant political and/or strategic position" to influence the EU Parliament.
2 Jul 2022
In Germany, a former SS corporal at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp is on trial on charges of being an accessory to murder for the deaths of 3,518 people between 1942 and 1945. The verdict in the trial of 101-year-old Josef Schütz is expected this week. Schütz, who maintains his innocence, is one of dozens of alleged Nazi criminals that German prosecutors are trying to convict before it's too late. Our correspondents report.
12 Jun 2022
Authorities say the alleged perpetrator is mentally ill and is being temporarily placed in psychiatric care. The crash in a popular shopping area in Berlin left one teacher dead and several students injured.
4 Jun 2022
Prosecutors are seeking five years for the oldest person to ever be charged with war crimes. The 101-year-old has professed innocence and disputes he was involved in mass murder at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp.
3 Jun 2022
Despite seizing dozens of weapons in 2019 raids, German prosecutors were unable to definitively prove the group related to the Ku Klux Klan intended to commit crimes.
22 Jul 2021
Several have been arrested over an assassination plot against President Andry Rajoelina, Madagascar prosecutors have said.
13 Nov 2020
Prosecutors have said they no longer plan to pursue fraud allegations related to the acquisition of Eurofighter jets. The counsel criticized that the ruling runs counter to decisions by German and US legal authorities.
1 Dec 2019
British prosecutors have charged a 23-year-old man over the deaths of 39 people from Vietnam in a refrigeration truck. The case has highlighted the dangers of illegal migration to Britain.
22 Aug 2019
Nearly 2,000 officers are searching apartments and businesses in the German capital. Berlin prosecutors say they are targeting suspected human traffickers who exploited foreign workers in the construction industry.
9 Aug 2019
Brazilian prosecutors are dropping a rape case against soccer star Neymar, likely bringing an end to the most serious of charges against the Neymar rape case dropped by prosecutors
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