EU’s Foreign Office raided by Belgian Federal police, ex-Vice President charged with fraud and corruption

“Appears a very target rich environment,” says US State Dept, seeing Facts4EU’s past exposés

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EU’s equivalent of David Lammy charged with fraud, as yet more EU corruption uncovered

Late last week the European Public Prosecutor’s Office charged the EU’s former Vice President and head of foreign affairs and security with fraud, corruption, and conflict of interest. This followed raids on the offices of the EU Commission, rocking staff who have already see numerous corruption enquiries affecting everyone from EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen down.

This is the first time the Federal Police were involved and charges have been brought – against ex-Communist Federica Mogherini, former EU Foreign Secretary, and her former staff. Given her close association with autocratic, Communist Cuba, the US took an interest.

US Deputy Secretary of State compliments British friends

The US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau, on being shown Facts4EU’s previous research into Ms Mogherini’s questionable background and her relations with the terrorist-supporting state of Iran by our friends at Scots for Leave, immediately commented:

“Thank you for bringing that to my attention. Appears that this is a very target rich environment.”
- Christopher Landau, US Deputy Secretary of State, 04 Dec 2025

We first knew of this corruption enquiry from the EPPO, who announced that searches were being carried out at the College of Europe in Bruges (Rector: Ms Mogherini) and the EU’s ‘European External Action Service’ in Brussels, as part of a probe into suspected fraud. This was an inter-agency operation involving the EU’s anti-fraud office and led by the EPPO in Brussels. Initially three suspects were detained but were subsequently released as they were not considered a flight risk.

All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty by the competent Belgian courts of law.

Mogherini’s home searched – a UK context

At the same time, Ms Mogherini’s home was searched, along with those of the other suspects, using the formal services of the Federal Police. At issue is a procurement project and we understand the investigation is focusing on article 169 of the EU’s Financial Regulations, amongst others.

It is worth putting this into a UK context. It is as though someone previously holding David Lammy’s position in his former role as Foreign Secretary, and his current role as Deputy Prime Minister, together with the role of Defence Secretary, had had his home raided and been charged with corruption and fraud. Federica Mogherini was a very powerful person in the EU indeed. Naturally this starts to open questions about her activities over the five years she was in power.

The US was unimpressed with ex-Communist Ms Mogherini’s role in Communist Cuba

Returning to the US Deputy Secretary of State, here is what he had to say about Ms Mogherini’s role in Cuba:

“This is the same person, incidentally, who characterized Communist Cuba as a “one-party democracy” and fostered European investment, tourism, and trade that propped up the island’s repressive and stridently anti-American regime.”
- Christopher Landau, US Deputy Secretary of State, 04 Dec 2025

Mr Landau is quoting from her late 2016 EU report where she uses those words: “one-party democracy” – an extraordinary expression. There is no question but that the EU’s Vice President showed a disproportionate interest in the small island of Cuba, just off America’s southern coast. The EU spent several years negotiating and agreeing a ‘Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement’ between the EU and Cuba.

Below is Ms Mogherini clearly feeling at home in Communist Cuba and enjoying herself, on a visit to the island in 2018. The well-catalogued human rights abuses committed by the "one-party democracy" state apparatus do not seem to be troubling her during this visit.

Human rights activists in Cuba held her responsible for the transfer of €50m from the EU for no return in relaxing the appalling human rights record of that country. They also point to her visits to the island, of which we still have pictures

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Islam-qualified Ms Mogherini’s role in supporting the broken Iranian nuclear deal

Over the years, Facts4EU.Org was alone – as far as we know – in constantly pointing out Ms Mogherini’s support for the Iranian regime and for the broken anti-nuclear deal which Iran was clearly breaching

In addition, the complicity of the EU (and US President Barack Obama) in the ability of Iran to fund terrorist attacks through proxies such as the Houthis against the West is something we warned about years ago. This became possible through the relaxation of economic sanctions.

Federica Mogherini, the de facto EU Foreign Secretary in 2017, being mobbed by MPs in the Iranian Parliament for selfies. Ms Mogherini was only too happy to oblige.

President Trump pulled out of this deal, known as JCPoA, in his first term but the EU persisted, against all the evidence. Clearly we do not know what was discussed during all her visits to Tehran, but the optics do not look good for her.

Here is the EU’s Foreign Secretary, meeting Iran's leader.

Brexit Facts4EU.Org Summary

Previously we have revealed Ms Mogherini's ‘special interest’ in Communist countries and Iran

The EU's unelected de facto Foreign Secretary, Federica Mogherini, was a committed communist for eight years until the Italian Communist Party disbanded and was renamed, whereupon Ms Mogherini joined the new organisation.

Ms Mogherini is no fan of the United Kingdom and indicated as early as 2017 that she was looking forward to ‘getting her hands on the file’ as soon as the UK left.

She studied political science in Italy and France and did her university dissertation on Islam.

Observations

What next for Mogherini and the EU?

Mogherini swiftly resigned from her position running the College of Europe and interestingly this is permanent – she did not announce she was stepping down while the investigation is being conducted. Her previous No.2 at EEAS, Stefano Sannino, announced he would be retiring. Meanwhile the current EU Commission moved quickly to reassure its staff.

They have had a lot to absorb, with the ‘Pfizergate’ scandal involving Ursula von der Leyen still running, and further investigations involving the new head of the EEAS, Kaja Kallas, who is embroiled in her own difficulties. Strangely, Ms Kallas’s message to staff was not exactly all-encompassing. She said the events were:

“deeply shocking, but should in no way tarnish the good work that the vast majority of you are doing every day".

Clearly there are some staff whom Ms Kallas feels are not doing good work. It therefore remains to be seen whether there are other skeletons in the closet.

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Our final point is the obvious one. Why would anyone want to rejoin this?

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Reader Comments 13

1. Sparky , Tuesday, December 09, 2025, 08:34:

Good to hear that she has resigned whilst the charges are investigated and rightly so.
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The latest investigations into UK politicians seem to be all related to Reform UK. Nathan Gill, jailed for 10 years, a Durham Councillor fined £40,000 for hiring some one not entitled to work in the UK whilst the police are currently investigating allegations of electoral fraud in Clacton in 2024.
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Reminds me of Boris, the man who delivered Brexit, no not the party's, not even the support for Dominic Cummings eye test, his support for Owen Patterson.

2. Have You Wondered , Tuesday, December 09, 2025, 08:56:

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Reference my oft quoted mantra:
Why does the UK (or any other nation) need another level of corruption and malfeasance above that which the UK has already?
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3. Sparky , Tuesday, December 09, 2025, 09:20:

Baroness Michelle Mone has taken a leave of absence from the HoL but is still a Life Peer as well as retaining her OBE. Amazing!

4. Have You Wondered , Tuesday, December 09, 2025, 09:24:

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I guess the electorate are lucky to hear about this case?
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French President Emmanuel Macron has come under fire from broadcasters and rival MPs after unveiling “Orwellian” plans to certify “serious” news outlets.
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And then, in today's European news this:
"It will basically be the end of access to documents in the EU," says Shari Hinds of Transparency International EU, the Brussels-based advocacy group.
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And Starmer etal still want to Rejoin........? Join the dots.
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Why does the UK (or any other nation) need another level of corruption and malfeasance above that which the UK has already?
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5. Northern Muppet , Tuesday, December 09, 2025, 09:26:

Always with your own particular spin, eh, sparkloid??
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You are, of course, correct HYW. ALL government is BAD government. The less we have of it the better.
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Those who think that the government is a safety blanket that will keep them all safe and warm will ALWAYS be disappointed. Those who seek to government us almost always do so for their own benefit - with a few notable exceptions.
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Socialists always run out of other people's money

6. Have You Wondered , Tuesday, December 09, 2025, 09:34:

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5. Northern Muppet - Indeed. The hypocrisy of the election manifesto and conference speeches, where they spout the historic words that they will meet everyone's needs, security and prosperity along with eradicating past mis-justices, learn the lessons, that in reality will be the antithesis, no one held accountable - and the gullible of the electorate believe it.
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In evidence: Rapist Gangs, Grenfall, Cannot look after our forces who come back scarred and injured, Hilsborough, Waspies, Maternity failures, Multiple Met Police issues, Nuclear tests on forces personnel, Thalidomide, Post Office scandal, Hemophiliacs, Covid, Windrush.... add your own to the list.
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This, the once proud nation that fought for democracy and justice that it developed and spread around the world.
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Why did we the electorate let it go wrong?
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7. Mr Sceptic , Tuesday, December 09, 2025, 09:37:

It seems a bit odd that Facts4EU felt compelled to raise this issue with the Trump administration.

8. Northern Muppet , Tuesday, December 09, 2025, 09:47:

The rot that we see now really got going thanks to tony bliar. He set the foundations for the 'blob' to really take hold (that was both the UK blob AND the eu blob!!) and they now run the country - once he'd enabled his ilk to take control of these quangoes
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As I see it, our only hope is that Reform win the next GE and have developed a plan to defenestrate these gobbling snivel serpents.
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They would also do the Brexit job properly, of course!!

9. NH , Tuesday, December 09, 2025, 12:21:

1. Sparky
As far as I am aware Nathan Gill's crimes were committed in the European Parliament while he was an MEP and Michele Mone is still under investigation by the House of Lords.
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The charges in the EU are extremely serious because they involve two of the most senior people in the EU. The EU has admitted that in the last few years they have discovered over 4 Billion Euro's of Fraud. Most of it involving misuse of EU Funds. Trying to dismiss this issue by implying that it's not a problem because the UK also has some corruption is ridiculous !
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If politics is effected by corruption the sensible solution is to reduce the number of politicians and improve political control and accountability. To pay huge amounts to have an additional huge layer of undemocratic politicians that we have no control of is just supporting corruption.

10. Old Albion , Tuesday, December 09, 2025, 12:28:

Corruption in the EU. Is anyone surprised?

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