BRUSSELS: Prosecutors on Saturday (Feb 11) charged a Belgian lawmaker in the European parliament with corruption after searching his bank safe as part of a probe into a bribery scandal linked to Qatar that has rocked the EU. The Socialist deputy Marc Tarabella, 59, was detained by police on Friday after Be
BRUSSELS: Prosecutors on Saturday charged a Belgian lawmaker in the European parliament with corruption after searching his bank safe as part of a probe into a bribery scandal linked to Qatar that has rocked the EU.
The so-called Qatargate scandal has sent shockwaves through the EU's institutions and caused the parliament to hastily seek reforms looking to curb outside influence. Italian media reported Saturday Cozzolino had been put under house arrest ahead of an extradition hearing on Tuesday. Panzeri cut a deal with prosecutors last month in return for a lighter sentence, promising to spill the beans on the countries that gave the alleged bribes and people he paid off.
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