The general secretary of the international union ITUC has been dismissed from his post over his links to a European Parliament graft scandal implicating Qatar, the confederation said.
Luca Visentini was arrested in December as part of the investigation into suspected corruption among MEPs involving Qatar and Morocco.
"The events of the past few months have caused significant damage to the ITUC's reputation," said Akiko Gono, the president of the body, which federates 338 unions in 168 countries and territories around the world. "The donation I received was given to the ITUC to help trade unions in need, I believed that this money came from a reliable source.
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