BRUSSELS, December 2. /TASS/. Former High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and current rector of the College of Europe, Federica Mogherini, has been detained by Belgian police, AFP reports.

Officers are conducting searches at the EU diplomatic service headquarters.

TASS has compiled the key facts known about the situation.

- Former EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini has been taken into custody by Belgian police, AFP reports.

- Police have arrested three people suspected of procurement fraud, corruption, and criminal conflict of interest, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office said.