Italian MEP Andrea Cozzolino arrested at a clinic in Naples (south) this Friday following an arrest warrant Arrest in Europe by Belgian authoritiesIn the framework of the investigations carried out by alleged bribery conspiracy with Eurochamber Train And Morocco.
According to local media reports, the Finance Officer (tax crime police) first went to her home in the Neapolitan district of Vomero, but was unable to locate her, although she later found her at a clinic where she was undergoing medical checkups.
There they informed him of his arrest and will soon be transferred to preventive prison, according to public television RAI.
Belgian authorities for their part this Friday call your home In the Ixelles district of Brussels and its office in the European Parliament (EP).
A former member of the Italian Communist Party, 60-year-old Cozzolino began his European career in the ranks of the Democratic Party and the European Social Democratic group, which expelled him from membership in 2009.
Last week AP withdrew immunityalso MEP Marc Tarabellaallegedly linked to Qatar and Morocco, both suspected of involvement in a bribery scheme in exchange for political influence in the European Parliament.
The scandal that broke out last December primarily affected the then vice-president of the institution and a Greek social democrat. eva kaili, caught red-handed and charged from the moment of statements and arrests.
On the other hand, former Italian Social Democrat MP Pier Antonio Panzeri, who is considered to be the ringleader of the alleged corruption plot, was also arrested, but he “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 PanzeriAccused of being aware of the MEP’s actions, he was placed under house arrest in Milan (north) on 10 December, but on 26 January the Italian Justice released them after Belgium refused to surrender both.
In addition to Panzeri and Kaili, Belgian police arrested the emotional couple of Greek politician and parliamentary deputy Francesco Giorgi, as well as lobbyist and general secretary of Niccolo Figa-Talamanca, of the NGO No Peace Without Justice (No Justice Without Peace). The second was published last week.