A spokesperson for the Belgian Federal Prosecutor's Office confirmed searches at several Brussels addresses regarding a money laundering investigation, but declined to confirm if Felix Tshisekedi's relatives were targeted.

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The Belgian police raids were conducted as part of an investigation into money laundering linked to misappropriated mining revenues from the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Katanga province.

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