Greek AP eva kailiHe was sacked from his post as vice-president of the European Parliament this Tuesday for alleged bribery plots related to Train this will continue to influence the decision-making process of the European institution. preventive prison at least one more week. Three of the four people arrested last Friday, ‘operation’Qatar gate‘this Wednesday court of first instance this leads the case but the view of the Greeks Postponed to December 22 He was prevented from being transferred to the Court of Justice due to a strike by officials in Haren prison near NATO headquarters.
This was confirmed to AFP agency by Kaili’s lawyer. Yes, the other three detainees and defendants did the same thing as the ex-president of the European Parliament “with membership in a criminal organization, corruption and money laundering”: his partner and deputy parliamentarian, Francesco GiorgJoyful; old MEP Pier Antonio Panzeri and NGO Secretary General, No Peace Without Justice, Niccolò Figa-Talamanca. The trial created a lot of anticipation among the media, who could neither see the defendants in and out, nor their lawyers leaving the Belgian court facilities completely unnoticed. Now the judge investigating the case, Michel ClaiseWho has to decide whether these three defendants are kept in prison or released on parole or unconditionally.
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In any case, the operation is not over. Since last Friday, the judicial police have searched and seized around twenty. more than one and a half million euros Cash in the homes of some of the defendants, among them a bag of money in the hands of the father of the accused, whose father was interrogated but was eventually released. According to the Belgian newspaper, some of this money le soirwould have been withdrawn in Belgium, which would have made it easier for investigators to find the bank they came from and the person the money came from. Authorities will also follow their fingerprints to compare them with other potential defendants or interrogators.
New information released this Wednesday also points to the former MEP Panzer as the epicenter of the conspiracy. This former MEP who currently heads the NGO fight impunitywas already a target of State Security Belgium also began investigating services outside its head office to fight corruption in July. These other services were responsible for collecting information about activities that could pose a threat to the state, and those that would gather evidence of a possible violation that would ultimately justify a judicial investigation. According to the same information, this investigation started in 2021 and was to be investigated as the source of possible bribes to Morocco as well as Qatar.