Contrary to expectations, former Vice-President of the European Parliament Eva Kaili will only be heard by the judge in charge of the bribery case in Qatar next week, as staff at Saint-Gilles prison, where she is being held, go on strike. but her lawyer in Belgium said the client “did not know of the existence” of the money found in the search of her home.
Other suspects were heard and an associate of the Greek MEP Francesco Giorgi and former MEP Pier Antonio Panzeri was given a preventive measure, and Niccolò Figa-Talamanca, general secretary of the No Peace Without Justice NGO, was placed under house arrest. with an electronic bracelet.
Speaking to AFP, lawyer Andre Risopoulos said that Kylie’s case was separated from the rest of the alleged co-conspirators of the “criminal organization, money laundering and corruption” scheme and echoed the claims of his Athens colleague Michalis Dimitrakopoulos of the former news anchor’s innocence when she said she didn’t know about having money in her house.
In addition to the €600,000 found at Panzeri’s home, more than €900,000 was seized at Kaili’s residence and the hotel room where her father Alexandros was staying, who was arrested and later released, as was Luca Visentini, secretary of the International Trade Union. Confederation.
If in Brussels the Belgians rejoice with prosecutor Michel Claise, photos in newspapers as a humanist, author of crime books and known in the judicial world as a sheriff, in Italy they are trying to connect the dots between the various Italians involved in the scandal. At the center of this is Pier Antonio Panzeri, whose wife Maria Colleoni and daughter Silvia were arrested by the Italian police as part of the investigation. Next week they will have to justify the 17,000 euros in cash found in their house in order to avoid extradition to Belgium.
According to the Belgian extradition request, to which the Politician had accesslistening to Panzeri allowed the investigators to state that not only “they seem to be well aware of the activities” of her husband and father, the current president of the NGO Fight against Impunity, but also “participate in the transportation of offerings”, in addition to use the credit card of the person whom they call it a “giant”.
The Belgian document also links the Moroccan ambassador to Poland, Abderrahim Atmun, to the proposals made to the Panzeri family. Kylie’s partner, Giorgi, is secretary general of the non-governmental organization Panzeri and adviser to MEP Andrea Cozzolino, also an Italian.
