The two deputies remain in prison. The former Vice-President of the European Parliament for at least two months, the Belgian politician for one
Eva Kaili And Marc Tarabella You stay in prison. She decided Belgian Court of Appeal which rejected the appeals of the two deputies. For the former Vice President of the European Parliament, who had been in prison since December 9 last year, it was decided that he would be detained for at least another two months. The Belgian MEP, on the other hand, remains in prison for at least a month. Both are charged as part of the bribery investigation Qatar And Morocco in the heart of the European Union. At the center of the scandal is the former MEP and trade unionist Antonio Panzeriwho works with the investigators.
Panzeri directly accused Tarabella, media has reported in recent weeks, and said he should receive €250,000 in total. Tarabella “could have said yes or no, she said yes,” said the former trade unionist. Kaili, on the other hand, is not only accused of having asked her father to make him disappear 600,000 euros immediately after the arrest of the partner Francesco Georgi. As reported by Il Fatto Quotidiano, in one of the final minutes of talks with her father, the former vice president was concerned about the pressure her husband might face “from these boys” and feared he might “buckle”. At one Elsewhere, the father regretted the moment of “panic” he felt when he decided to take the suitcase containing the cash (thereby allowing his daughter to be arrested red-handed. For investigators, Kaili also tried to tell about his father to communicate with Giorgi.By the way, the Greek politicians also asked his sister to get a mobile phone and some things USB sticks important, hidden behind a mirror in the house. These registrations have complicated the position of Greek politicians who, after the electronic bracelet granted to their partner, cannot even fight to go home to their two-year-old daughter.
Among the politicians accused by Panzeri is MEP dem Andrew Cozzolino. On March 14th, the Italian judges must comment on the extradition request from the Belgian federal prosecutor’s office. The ex officio postponement was determined by the failure to provide the documents requested by the MEP’s lawyers, Dezio Ferraro and Federico Conte, at the last hearing. This is a documentary about the conditions in Belgian prisons and the translation of the international arrest warrant issued by the investigators.
Meanwhile the Prosecutor of Milan will open an independent investigation file on Qatargate. By the end of the week, according to what is known so far, the investigators are expected to formalize the opening of investigations into money laundering, starting with the checks carried out in recent weeks by the Guardia di Finanza in execution of a European Investigation Order issued by Belgian judges. The investigations include, in particular, investigations into the location of Monica Rossana Bellinithe accountant of the former MEP’s family Antonio Panzeriand some of his companies, but also the family members of Francesco Giorgi, a former collaborator of the former MEP.
At the moment, according to the files on the European Investigation Order, which the public prosecutor’s office and the Milan Financial Police have already carried out, as requested by the Belgian judges, no further documents have arrived in Milan from the Brussels investigators. In any case, Milan judges have since decided to launch an independent inquiry to look into the money-laundering profiles of the alleged bribes.