Brussels accused of 'police state tactics' by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard Friday, Apr. 23, 2004 at 8:11 PM |
The European Union was accused of using "police state tactics" to stifle criticism after police raided the offices of a Brussels journalist and seized a vast archive of documents identifying his sources.
Hans-Martin Tillack, Brussels correspondent for Germany's Stern magazine, said Belgian police took computers, mobile telephones, address books, bank statements, and 17 boxes of documents.
They were acting on instructions from the EU's anti-fraud office, Olaf.
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