Belgian political scandals
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This is a list of political scandal
Political scandal
A political scandal is a kind of political corruption that is exposed and becomes a scandal, in which politicians or government officials are accused of engaging in various illegal, corrupt, or unethical practices...

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Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

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  • Guy Jespers affair (end 1970s)
  • KS affair (end 1980s)
  • Marc Dutroux affair
    Marc Dutroux
    Marc Dutroux is a Belgian serial killer and child molester, convicted of having kidnapped, tortured and sexually abused six girls during 1995 and 1996, ranging in age from 8 to 19, four of whom he murdered. He was also convicted of having killed a suspected former accomplice, Bernard Weinstein,...

     (1980s-1990s)
  • Albert Canal pipeline affair (1990s)
  • Superclub affair (1990s)
  • Cools assassination
    André Cools
    André H.P. Cools was a Belgian socialist politician who died by assassination.-Political career:Cools had a long and distinguished political career...

     (1991)
  • Agusta scandal
    Agusta scandal
    The Agusta scandal or the Case Agusta-Dassault was a Belgian corruption scandal. It resulted from the purchase of military helicopter of the Agusta A109 Agusta-type by the Belgian Army in 1988, where Agusta and Dassault bribed various office holders...

     (scandal broke early 1990s)
  • Aralco affair (early 1990s)
  • OMOB affair (early 1990s)
  • UNIOP-INUSOP affair
    UNIOP-INUSOP affair
    The UNIOP-INUSOP affair was a Belgian political scandal of the early 1990s, in which it was alleged that government ministers from the Socialist Party overpaid for political studies in the late 1980s....

     (early 1990s)
  • Hormone affair (1990s)
  • Dioxine crisis (1999)
  • Carolorégienne affair (2005)
  • ICDI affair (2006)
  • Fall of the Leterme Government (2008)
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