Semlex affair: fourteen defendants committed to magistrates' court for international corruption
Fourteen people have been committed to magistrates' court in the Semlex affair, one of the most significant international corruption cases in Belgian judicial history.
Semlex: fourteen people committed to magistrates' court in Brussels
Fourteen people have been committed to magistrates' court in the framework of the Semlex affair, according to Google News BE FR. The case is considered one of the most significant instances of international corruption ever investigated by Belgian justice.
The company Semlex, which specialises in the production of biometric documents, is at the heart of a sprawling affair involving notably biometric passport contracts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The defendants will have to answer for international corruption offences before the Brussels magistrates' court.
The commitment to magistrates' court marks a decisive step in a particularly complex judicial procedure. The investigating chamber considered that there were sufficient charges to commit the fourteen defendants to trial before the court, according to information reported by Le Soir and RTBF.
The Semlex affair illustrates the scale of investigations that Belgian justice is conducting into corruption practices involving private actors in public contracts abroad. The trial should constitute a major test for Belgian courts in the handling of transnational cases of this magnitude.
Source: Google News BE FR