The former lawyer for Salah Abdeslam, who had a major role in the 2015 Paris terrorist attacks, has taken over the defense of Greek MEP Eva Kaili in the European Parliament corruption investigation, according to Politico.
CORRUPTION
The Hellenic Police are conducting an administrative investigation ordered by Citizens’ Protection Minister Takis Theodorikakos into allegations made in several publications concerning the signing of fictitious civil partnerships by young border guards.
Belgian prosecutors investigating a corruption scandal that has hit the European Parliament carried out new searches on Friday and took in for questioning a lawmaker whose immunity from prosecution was waived last week.
A report emanating from the police’s Internal Affairs Division and alleging several instances of police corruption and relations with what has been called “the Greek Mafia” has been sent to politicians and journalists in recent days.
The European Union parliament on Thursday removed the protective immunity of two lawmakers linked to one of the bloc’s biggest-ever corruption scandals, paving the way for them to be questioned by Belgian investigators.
Transparency International’s latest Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) regarding the public sector showed that with a score of 52/100 – which it shares with Cyprus – Greece is now ranked 51st out of 180 countries.
Former MEP Eva Kaili has reiterated her claim to innocence following Thursday’s decision by the pre-trial council in Brussels that she will remain in custody over her involvement in the Qatargate scandal.
A Belgian court has rejected an application from Greek MEP Eva Kaili to be released from pre-trial custody, following a hearing before the Court of First Instance in Brussels.
The government of Cyprus has stripped 222 wealthy investors and their family members of citizenship, an official said Wednesday, part of efforts to mend a reputation sullied by an investment-for-passports program that an inquiry found had unlawfully granted citizenships in hundreds of instances.
European Parliament President Roberta Metsola is expected to announce the launch on Wednesday of the procedure for the waiver of the immunity of Greek MEPs Eva Kaili and Maria Spyraki.
Belgium’s federal prosecutor said on Tuesday that former Italian member of the European Parliament Pier Antonio Panzeri agreed to work with Belgian authorities over a cash-for-influence corruption scandal in exchange for a reduced sentence.
Roberta Metsola achieved a number of firsts when she was elected president of the European Parliament a year ago.
An Italian court on Monday agreed to hand over to the Belgian authorities a second woman suspected of involvement in a Qatar graft scandal that has rocked the European Parliament.
Spurred into action by a major corruption scandal, the European Parliament president wants to prevent former lawmakers from lobbying on behalf of businesses or governments soon after they leave office and to make public the names of current members who break assembly rules, a parliamentary official said Wednesday.
In a commentary published in Kathimerini on January 5, my good colleague Pantelis Boukalas expressed surprised at the term “orthodox entrepreneurship,” which was used by now-resigned New Democracy lawmaker Themis Cheimaras to justify his company’s business dealings with the state (a practice forbidden by the Constitution for active MPs). As we recently learned, between 2019 […]
Eva Kaili, a former vice president and member of the European Parliament who is facing corruption charges in Brussels over her role in what has been dubbed Qatargate, saw her daughter for the first time on Friday since she was remanded in custody last month.
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