European Affairs consultant and expert Nuno Wahnon Martins.
Suspicion of corruption in the European Parliament, involving alleged Huawei bribes, led to the detention of Portuguese lobbyist Nuno Wahnon Martins, according to SIC Notícias. But who is this consultant anyway?
The investigation carried out by the Belgian authorities in the European Parliament, with, led to the detention of Portuguese Nuno Wahnon Martins, a consultant and specialist in European affairsas assured a.
There are suspicions of a bribery scheme that would aim to benefit the commercial interests of the Chinese technology in Europe.
Nuno Wahnon Martins is not MEF, but will be associated with MEPs who are suspected in the case.
The consultant’s company in Portugal, It would be a “facade” For the MEPs implicated, allegedly receive money from Huawei, as SIC News further.
But who is Nuno Wahnon Martins?
Nuno Wahnon Martins has been a counselor in Brussels and was also Advisor to an Italian MEP of the European Centro-right party party.
At the moment, is linked to the Milton Friedman Institutebased in Italy, acting as representative of this organism in Brussels.
Basically, Your job is to do lobby with European representatives for the interests of the institute that is dedicated to promoting the ideas of economist Milton Friedman, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1976, namely the economic liberalism and individual freedoms.
O Also looking for influence public policies In defense of the free market, individual sovereignty and the reduction of state intervention in the economy.
As is registered in the transparency register of the European Union and, therefore, listed publicly, Nuno Wahnon Martins can have access to European institutions And so it can influence them for the formulation of certain policies and decisions favorable to the Friedman Institute.
In the profile of Nuno Wahnon Martins on social network X, former Twitter, you can see the consultant alongside Javier Mileithe president of Argentina and one of the great current defenders of economic liberalism, at an event of the Friedman Institute.
A great honor and a pleasure to meet and having the opportunity to be present at the @FriedmanIsnt prize
— Nuno Wahnon Martins (@nwahnon)
The consultant also has calls to Jdcorpsor Jewish Diplomatic Corps, an initiative of the world Jewish Congress, which is composed of a global network of members from various countries, and aims to defend the “Jewish interests in international affairs”as explained in the profile of the organization.
SIC Notícias also found that Nuno Wahnon Martins is associated with a Lawyer Office in LisbonLatin Legal Advisors, which did not confirm the consultant’s arrest, ensuring that the office has nothing to do with the investigation, nor was the target of searches.
The channel notes that the consultant was arrested in Franceand awaits extradition for Belgium, where the investigation takes place and where it will be heard by the process judge.
However, a Huawei spokesman expressed, in statements cited by the Belgian newspaper, that the company has “Zero tolerance” for corruptionwhich takes the “allegations” of this “serious” case and that will be “urgently, contacting the investigators to better understand the situation.”
