Belgian police have raided several locations in the country as part of an investigation into corruption within the European Parliament.Prosecutors said the alleged corruption was "under the guise of commercial lobbying",

Authorities in Belgium searched the Brussels offices of Chinese tech company Huawei Thursday as part of a corruption probe.

The European Parliament has banned Huawei lobbyists from entering its buildings, a spokesperson for the parliament said on Friday, as authorities probe suspected bribery that could have helped the Chinese tech giant.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Belgian prosecutors said on Thursday they had detained several individuals over suspected bribery in the European Parliament allegedly for the benefit of China's Huawei. Belgian investigators carried out searches of 21 premises across Belgium and in Portugal on Thursday morning.

The supposed perpetrators made payments and gave gifts, including invitations to soccer matches, in exchange for favorable political decisions, authorities said.

Chinese tech giant Huawei has vowed a "zero tolerance policy" towards corruption or other wrongdoing as authorities investigate alleged bribery within the European Parliament. "Huawei takes these allegations very seriously and will immediately look into the investigation to better understand the facts,

Chinese giant says it's 'committed' to obeying the law as arrests made Belgian authorities have raided multiple premises as part of a corruption probe involving Chinese tech giant Huawei, which has also led to the sealing of two EU parliamentary offices in Brussels.