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Corruption Allegations Surround Belgium’s Federal Judicial Police
(MENAFN) Nearly one-third of Belgium's federal judicial police officers report having observed corruption or "undue interference in investigations" during their careers, an internal study revealed, according to media outlets reporting on Saturday.
The survey, initiated in 2021, collected feedback from 1,776 of the 3,670 investigators serving in the federal judicial police.
The results indicated that 45.3% of those surveyed had frequently been concerned about "undue influence in cases" over the last five years.
The issues raised included claims of unauthorized case closures, pressure during investigations, and document manipulation.
Officers provided examples such as deliberately ignoring certain offenses to artificially reduce crime statistics or altering public records to implicate fellow officers.
Political figures were identified by respondents as the primary source of this "undue influence," the newspapers noted.
The findings were delivered in the sumer to the leadership of the federal judicial police and to Federal Police Commissioner General Eric Snoeck, yet they were not released to the public.
Belgium's home affairs minister, Bernard Quintin, expressed skepticism to parliament regarding the investigation's methodology and its representativeness.
Both the federal police and Quintin have requested an audit to review the approach used in the study, according to a media outlet.
The survey, initiated in 2021, collected feedback from 1,776 of the 3,670 investigators serving in the federal judicial police.
The results indicated that 45.3% of those surveyed had frequently been concerned about "undue influence in cases" over the last five years.
The issues raised included claims of unauthorized case closures, pressure during investigations, and document manipulation.
Officers provided examples such as deliberately ignoring certain offenses to artificially reduce crime statistics or altering public records to implicate fellow officers.
Political figures were identified by respondents as the primary source of this "undue influence," the newspapers noted.
The findings were delivered in the sumer to the leadership of the federal judicial police and to Federal Police Commissioner General Eric Snoeck, yet they were not released to the public.
Belgium's home affairs minister, Bernard Quintin, expressed skepticism to parliament regarding the investigation's methodology and its representativeness.
Both the federal police and Quintin have requested an audit to review the approach used in the study, according to a media outlet.
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