Lawyers seek release of suspect in EU corruption scandal
Eva Kaili has been held in custody since December 9, accused of corruption, membership of a criminal organisation and money laundering.
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Eva Kaili has been held in custody since December 9, accused of corruption, membership of a criminal organisation and money laundering.
A former European Parliament vice president suspected of being at the center of one of the European Union's biggest corruption scandals is to be kept in prison for at least another month, Belgian prosecutors said Thursday.
A former European Parliament vice president suspected of being at the centre of one of the European Union's biggest corruption scandals is to be kept in prison for at least another month, Belgian prosecutors said Thursday.
A Greek MEP at the centre of a graft scandal rocking the European Parliament and linked to Qatar protested her innocence in a Belgian court on Thursday and asked to be released from detention.Eva Kaili, 44, was "cooperating in an active manner" with the Belgian federal prosecutor's investigation and was requesting to be released under electronic surveillance, her lawyer, Andre Risopoulos, said outside the Brussels courtroom.The judge, who was only deciding custody terms and not weighing the case itself, was expected to give a decision later in the day.
Eva Kaili asks a Belgian court to release her from detention under electronic surveillance.