On Tuesday, law enforcement authorities carried out searches in several European countries, including Luxembourg, in the context of faulty face masks delivered by Avrox.

Following this major police operation, the CEO of the Luxembourg-based company has also been arrested in southern France over the course of the week. Avrox is accused of having delivered 15 million potentially harmful masks to the Belgian state. In addition, it is suspected that the company forged documents to receive the order in the first place.

The Belgian judicial authorities have launched an investigation for fraud, forgery, and money laundering.