The general secretary of the international union ITUC, Luca Visentini, has been sacked due to his links to a European Parliament Graft Scandal implicating Qatar. Visentini was arrested in December as part of the investigation into suspected corruption among MEPs involving Qatar and Morocco, but was later released. The ITUC said that a report from its special commission and external auditors found "no evidence of donations from either Qatar or Morocco influencing the ITUC's policies or programmes". The ITUC also said that a report from its special commission and external auditors had found "no evidence of donations from either Qatar or Morocco influencing the ITUC's policies or programmes".

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