Belgian police have raided the EU’s diplomatic service (EEAS) in Brussels and a training college, the College of Europe in Bruges, as part of a probe into suspected fraud, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office said on Tuesday.

Axar.az informs, citing Reuters, three suspects were detained in an investigation into suspected fraud related to EU-funded training for junior diplomats, the prosecutors said.

Raids were conducted at the prosecutors’ request at several buildings of the EEAS, the College of Europe and the houses of suspects on Tuesday. The college is an institute where university graduates from EU member states can prepare for possible EU careers.

Prosecutors said they had “strong suspicions” of fraud in a tender that granted a nine-month training program for junior diplomats across member states in 2021-22. The tender was held by the diplomatic service and won by the college.