Scientology criminal enterprise case thrown out by Belgian judge

Investigators and prosecutors criticised after trial of 11 members of church and two affiliated bodies that could have led to banA court in Brussels has thrown out charges that could have seen Church of Scientology banned as a “criminal enterprise” in Belgium, after a judge said the defendants were targeted because of their religion.Eleven members of the celebrity-backed, US-based church and two affiliated bodies had been charged with fraud, extortion, the illegal practice of medicin