At least eight people have been charged by the Belgian prosecutor — including one of Huawei’s most senior executives in Europe — with active corruption, money laundering and criminal organization, after a series of police raids of premises in Belgium, France and Portugal.
Huawei is listed as a member of 22 associations in the European Union’s transparency register, which tracks corporate lobbying activities. Several of these, like DigitalEurope, BusinessEurope and the European Internet Forum, have already moved to suspend the Chinese company in response to the bribery scandal.
Several other organizations told POLITICO at the end of March that they were “closely monitoring the situation.” Some took measures to distance themselves in the past weeks.
At SolarPower Europe, Huawei representatives still hold key roles but the organization has scaled back the company’s “non-membership financial commitments,” a spokesperson for the association previously confirmed. SolarPower Europe did not immediately respond to POLITICO’s request for an update on its work with Huawei.
Think tank CERRE, which has Huawei as a member, previously said it had the situation “under close review.” It declined to comment for this article.
The European Cyber Security Organisation (ECSO), where Huawei is still listed as a member, is reviewing the company’s status with results expected on April 29, it said in a comment.