In mid-March, officers in Belgium and Portugal conducted 21 searches in connection with **actions Huawei allegedly took against EU parliamentary assistants**. As we described in CyberDefence24, [the alleged “Huawei scandal” that began at the time](https://cyberdefence24.pl/polityka-i-prawo/kulisy-skandalu-korupcyjnego-z-udzialem-huawei-w-parlament-europejskim) afraid rewarding those employees for blocking American lobbying efforts.