Belgian political scandals
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This is a list of political scandal
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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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- Guy Jespers affair (end 1970s)
- KS affair (end 1980s)
- Marc Dutroux affairMarc DutrouxMarc 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 assassinationAndré CoolsAndré H.P. Cools was a Belgian socialist politician who died by assassination.-Political career:Cools had a long and distinguished political career...
(1991) - Agusta scandalAgusta scandalThe 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 affairUNIOP-INUSOP affairThe 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)