The Belgian Justice confirms the provisional detention of Eva Kaili, accused of the Qatar bribery plot

BRUSSELS, 19 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Belgian Justice has confirmed this Thursday the provisional prison of the Greek socialist MEP Eva Kaili, accused six weeks ago for her alleged participation in the plot of bribes paid by Qatar and Morocco to gain influence in the EU institutions.

Kaili, who held one of the vice-presidencies of the European Parliament until she was dismissed due to the corruption scandal, denies her involvement in the events and her lawyers had asked for her release.

However, the Prosecutor's Office requested that he remain in prison because, in his opinion, there was both a risk of trial and destruction of evidence, according to what Kaili's lawyers said in statements to the press that went to the Court.

Finally, the Brussels Council Chamber (first instance court) has heard the arguments of the Prosecutor's Office and "confirmed the preventive detention", as reported by the Prosecutor's Office itself in a statement.

In addition to the Greek socialist, three other defendants remain in preventive detention for participation in a criminal organization, money laundering and corruption, including her partner, the parliamentary assistant Francesco Giorgi, and Niccolo Figa-Talamanca, head of the NGO 'No Peace without Justice. '.

The fourth accused is the former Socialist MEP Pier Antonio Panzeri, founder of the NGO 'Fight Impunity' through which contacts with MEPs were carried out, and considered the 'ringleader' of the plot.

This same week, the federal Prosecutor's Office announced an agreement with Panzeri whereby he agrees to confess the details of the corruption, from the 'modus operandi' of the network to the names of those to whom he has paid bribes, in exchange for reducing his He is sentenced to five years in prison, of which he will only serve one in prison.

Also this week, the European Parliament has formally launched the procedure to process the request of the Belgian Justice to suspend the parliamentary immunity of two Socialist deputies, the Belgian Marc Tarabella and the Italian Andrea Cozzolino, to be investigated.

Cozzolino has left the group of Socialists and Democrats (S