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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Former EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini faces corruption accusations in fraud probe

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The European Union's former foreign policy chief faces corruption accusations alongside two other people arrested this week as part of a fraud investigation, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office said on Wednesday.

Authorities in Belgium made the arrests on Tuesday after raiding the offices of the EU diplomatic service in Brussels, and a college in Bruges. Federica Mogherini led the EU foreign service from 2014 to 2019 and now serves as the rector of the College of Europe.

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