Two European newspapers reveal that the former vice-president of the European Parliament allegedly instructed her father to hide money.
The “Qatargate” revelations continue. The Gulf country is suspected of offering financial compensation in return for supporting certain European officials. Accused of belonging to a criminal organization, corruption and organized money laundering, Eva Kaili, former Vice-President of the European Parliament, has been tasked with developing EU-Arabia relations. She was heard by Belgian investigators and is said to have confessed to asking her father to hide money, according to a document seen by Le Soir and La Repubblica.
The father, who was arrested on the day of the extensive arrest by Belgian authorities, fled to the Sofitel hotel in Brussels with a suitcase full of cash. “The defendant admits that she instructed her father to hide the money,” wrote investigating judge Claise in the December 9 arrest warrant for the Greek MEP. “She explains that she knew in the past of her husband’s (Francesco Giorgi, ed.) activity with Pier Antonio Panzeri (a former MEP arrested the same day, ed.) and that suitcases with Tickets went through her apartment.”
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Eva Kaili “tried to warn Pier Antonio Panzeri, but also two MPs cited in the present investigation,” the mandate assures. The latter, arrested at his home with 600,000 euros in cash, would have partially admitted his involvement in this affair, but denounced a Belgian MEP: Marc Tarabella. “He denounces MEP Marc Tarabella as the beneficiary of gifts from Qatar”. The Belgian, meanwhile, denies any influence and gifts Qatar has received.