Several members of the Council of Europe’s parliamentary assembly broke the body’s rules on ethics and are "strongly suspected" of corruption, according an internal inquiry, The Guardian reports.
The report, revealed on Sunday, ends a 10-month investigation into cash-for-votes allegations focused on Azerbaijan.
Pace set up the inquiry last year to investigate charges that former and current members had voted to soften criticism of Azerbaijan’s authoritarian government in exchange for cash and luxury gifts.
In a 219-page report published on Sunday night, a panel of three judges concluded that "a number of former Pace MPs ... had acted contrary to the Pace code of conduct".