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The scandal of Qatari officials' bribery has caused an earthquake. Belgian authorities have already arrested Eva Kaili, and today (13/12) they carried out a new raid on the European Parliament in Strasbourg.
One of those arrested, Francesco Giorgio, testified for several hours, according to Corriere Della Sera. "Georgie spoke for several hours after his arrest last Friday, when it was decided to detain him. Over 1.5 million was seized from both the home of Eva Kaili's partner and former MEP Antonio Panjeri, who is accused of being the mastermind of a bribery scandal to promote Moroccan and Qatari politics," the Corriere noted.
Someone had warned
"Through Georgie's statements, a window is opening that will help Belgian investigators in the investigations launched last summer. Before Francesco Georgie, Eva Kaili's father was arrested as he was leaving with a bag containing 600,000 euros in 50 notes from the luxury hotel where he had stayed with his wife for a few days," the newspaper continues.
"Someone must have warned him in advance of the police operation and some suspect it may have been Georgie himself who heard something. Perhaps a phone call (Georgie was probably being monitored by phone) led the police officers to lurk in front of the hotel to surprise Kaili's father," it further noted.
Over 1.5 million More than 1.5 million euros in cash were found in the homes of Kaili and Panceri
In total, more than 1.5 million euros in cash were discovered at the home of former Italian MEP Pierre Antonio Panceri and Greek MEP Eva Kaili, according to evidence and photographic evidence published by Belgian newspaper Le Soir.
During a search of Panceri's house in Brussels, investigators from the Federal Judicial Police had discovered around 600,000 euros. Adding to the money found in the possession of Kaili's father and at the home of the latter and her partner Francesco Giorgio in Brussels, the massive search revealed more than 1.5 million euros.
The prophetic message
Francesco Giorgio was a Parliamentary Counsellor in the field of foreign affairs and human rights. He is originally from Italy and works as an assistant in an Italian MEP's office in the same European Socialist group.
After his return from a trip to Qatar which was followed by posts on his personal Instagram account, he received a comment from a follower which turned out to be prophetic.
The comment was made in 2018, in a post depicting him kneeling and filling out paperwork for the European Parliament in Strasbourg.
"Once you're in Qatar, you'll never be the same," his follower said.
Source: in.gr
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