https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...cash-home.html
Blimey the Beeb are reporting on it must be bad!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63921002
EU corruption charges 'could be one of the biggest scandals ever to hit European Parliament': Socialist vice president who defended Qatar is among four charged over 'bags of cash' found at home
- Eva Kaili, 44, was charged with corruption after bags of cash found in her home
- The Greek socialist previously defended Qatar and was arrested on Friday
- The arrests followed raids in Brussels which turned up 600,000 euros in cash
- Josep Borrell, the EU's foreign policy chief, said the news was 'very worrisome'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63921002
European Parliament Vice President Eva Kaili has been arrested in an investigation into suspected bribery by a Gulf state.
Belgian prosecutors believe the unnamed country tried to influence the parliament with money or other gifts.
Four others were also arrested, according to the AFP news agency.
Local media suggested the Gulf state in question was Qatar - but a Qatari spokesperson said he was unaware of any investigation, and denied misconduct.
Ms Kaili, a lawmaker at the European Parliament and one of its 14 elected vice presidents, has been suspended from the parliament's Socialists and Democrats Group and expelled from the Greek centre-left Pasok party.
In a statement, the Socialists and Democrats Group said it had "zero tolerance" for corruption, and would support the investigation.
Cash worth about €600,000 ($632,000; £515,000) was seized by Belgian police in 16 searches in Brussels on Friday. Computers and mobile phones were also taken by police in order to examine their contents.
Belgian prosecutors believe the unnamed country tried to influence the parliament with money or other gifts.
Four others were also arrested, according to the AFP news agency.
Local media suggested the Gulf state in question was Qatar - but a Qatari spokesperson said he was unaware of any investigation, and denied misconduct.
Ms Kaili, a lawmaker at the European Parliament and one of its 14 elected vice presidents, has been suspended from the parliament's Socialists and Democrats Group and expelled from the Greek centre-left Pasok party.
In a statement, the Socialists and Democrats Group said it had "zero tolerance" for corruption, and would support the investigation.
Cash worth about €600,000 ($632,000; £515,000) was seized by Belgian police in 16 searches in Brussels on Friday. Computers and mobile phones were also taken by police in order to examine their contents.
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