HE Italian Member of the European Parliament Andrea Cozzolino placed under house arrest in Naples (south)where he was arrested at the European Parliament this Friday after being accused of involvement in the alleged conspiracy to take bribes from Qatar and Morocco.
The 60-year-old Social Democratic politician was located this Friday by agents of the Finance Guard (economic crimes police).) in a Neapolitan clinic where he went through some medical checkups and, according to local media, he spent the night in Poggioreale prison.
However, the Criminal Court of Naples ordered him this Saturday under house arrest, where he will serve at his home in the Vomero district of Naples until his extradition to Belgium is decided.
Final handover to Belgian authorities to be heard next February 14according to the same sources.
Italian authorities have therefore issued a European arrest warrant for a Belgian court investigating a bribery scheme against members of the European Parliament linked to Qatar and Morocco in exchange for political influence.
Last week, the European Parliament withdrew its immunity and also Belgian MEP Marc TarabellaBoth are suspected of involvement in this case.
Tarabella, 59, also a socialist, was arrested this Saturday on charges of public corruption, money laundering and membership of a criminal organization.
The scandal that broke out last December first affected that period. Eva Kaili, the vice-president of the institution and Greek social democrat, is on trial by being arrested red-handed from the moment of the revelations and arrests.
Former Italian Social Democrat MP Pier Antonio Panzeri, who is considered the ringleader of the alleged corruption scheme, was also arrested, but “regretfully” agreed to cooperate with the Belgian judicial investigation in exchange for his sentence being reduced.
Panzeri’s wife and daughter, Maria Colleoni and Silvia Panzeri, were placed under house arrest in Milan (north) on 10 December, accused of being aware of the MEP’s actions, but on 26 January, Italian Justice decided that Belgium refused to surrender both. then he released them. .
In addition Panzeri and KailiBelgian police arrested the sentimental couple of Greek politician and parliamentary deputy Francesco Giorgi, and lobbyist and general secretary of the NGO No Peace Without Justice (No justice without peace), Niccolo Figa-TalamancaThe second was published last week.
Source: Informacion
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