
In the corruption case in the European Parliament: anticipation of a judicial decision regarding Caylee's fate.. The defense requests her release and monitoring of her movements with electronic bracelet
- Europe and Arabs
- Thursday , 22 December 2022 19:4 PM GMT
Brussels: Europe and the Arabs A judicial decision was issued by the Consultative Court in Brussels to renew the detention of the Greek Eva Kaili, the former Vice-President of the European Parliament, and her detention should continue for a period of no less than a month pending investigation into the corruption file in the European Parliament. After her lawyers asked if she could be released under electronic monitoring,
The hearing attracted dozens of local and foreign journalists to the Brussels court. It caused long traffic jams and Kylie's Greek lawyers were also there. Michalis Dimitracopoulos has stated that his client is actively cooperating with the investigation, but he insists she never took a bribe.” Dimitracopoulos declined to comment on the contents of the file.
"We have requested that Ms. Kylie be placed under electronic monitoring," Andre Risopoulos said after the hearing. She is actively involved in the investigation, but denies any form of corruption on her part. Mrs. Eva Kylie is innocent. She was never bribed. We will not comment further on the investigation, as that could harm the investigation."
So Rizopoulos was very upset because a lot of information about the investigation and the statements of the suspects had already appeared in the press. "I have never seen the confidentiality of the investigation violated in this way," he said. "I'm not the only one who thinks this way, the Federal Prosecutor's Office has now launched an investigation into the press leaks."
Kylie was arrested on December 9, after her father was arrested earlier the same day with a large amount of money, and her partner, Francisio Giorgi, was also deprived of his freedom. The arrests came within the framework of an investigation conducted by the Federal Prosecutor’s Office in Belgium about Qatar’s attempts to influence economic and political decision-making in the European Parliament, by paying large sums to people with a political or strategic position within Europe. Parliament or make great gifts for display. Morocco was also mentioned in the investigation, with possible corruption by the General Intelligence Agency and Morocco's ambassador to Poland, Abderrahim Atmon. According to local media in Brussels, quoting the Belgian news agency, which added that in this investigation, sixteen house searches were carried out on December 9 in Ixelles, Schaerbeek, Kreinem, Fürst, Brussels, and six people were arrested.
They are Eva Cayley, her father and partner, former Italian deputy Pier Antonio Panzeri, Italian lobbyist Niccolò Vega Talamanca, and trade unionist Luca Visentini.
Federal Judicial Police investigators seized 1.5 million euros during house searches and arrests. 700,000 euros in cash was seized at Panzieri's house, while Eva Kayli's father, who was staying with his wife in Brussels, was arrested at his hotel with a suitcase full of 600,000 euros worth of banknotes. Later that day, Eva Kylie was also arrested and her home was searched. It is said that Kylie was in possession of about 150 thousand euros.
Panziri, Jorge, Kylie and Vega Talamanca are placed under arrest, while Vicentini and Kylie's father are released. Last week, the judicial authorities decided to place Vega Talamanca under electronic surveillance and to keep Panziri and Jorge in prison. As for Eva Kylie, the handling of the file has been postponed to Thursday, December 22nd.
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