Former MEP
Antonio Panzeri
, one of those arrested in the Brussels investigation, allegedly used "ingenious and often incorrect methods to achieve his goals".
This can be read in a deed notified yesterday to his wife Maria Colleoni, arrested together with her daughter in their home in Calusco D'Adda, in the province of Bergamo.
The two women were met by a European arrest warrant on charges of conspiracy to commit a crime, corruption and money laundering.
In the brief description of the facts, a vacation for the Panzeri family that cost "100,000 euros" appears.
"Sacks of banknotes" were found during searches by the judicial police at the home of the vice president of the Eurochamber
Eva Kaili
, who is now under arrest.
This is what we read in the Belgian newspaper L'Echo.
The data would also clarify why Kaili was arrested despite parliamentary immunity.
Indeed, according to the internal regulation of the EP, immunity lapses in the event of flagrante delicto.
On Friday, the prosecutor's office in Brussels opened an investigation into suspected corruption in the Eurochamber.
There is talk of alleged bribery to influence decisions on Qatar.
4 Italians arrested, among them Antonio Panzeri.
The Brescia Court of Appeal validated the arrest and granted house arrest to Maria Colleoni and Silvia Panzeri, wife and daughter of former MEP Antonio Panzeri, arrested last night in the family home in Calusco d'Adda (Bergamo) in execution of a European arrest warrant.
The two women are accused of complicity in the Brussels investigation for corruption and money laundering, with the bond of criminal association which led to the arrests of Panzeri himself and other people.
The decision is of the judge Anna Dalla Libera.
The hearing was adjourned on December 19.
"My clients reported in the courtroom that they were unaware of what was being disputed with them", explained the lawyer Angelo De Riso, defender with Nicola Colli, of Maria Colleoni and Silvia Panzeri.
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"My clients reported in the courtroom that they were unaware of what was being contested" Explained the lawyer Angelo De Riso defender with Nicola Colli, of Maria Colleoni and Silvia Panzeri, wife and daughter of former MEP Antonio Panzeri, arrested yesterday in execution of a European arrest warrant in the context of the investigation that overwhelmed the EU parliament and who were granted house arrest today.
"We are satisfied and we trust that the request for delivery to the Belgian authorities will not be accepted," said the two lawyers.
The newspaper L'Echo also writes that Kaili's father was also arrested, also caught in the act of committing a crime.
Regardless of the outcome of the investigation, the possibility of her losing the seat of vice president becomes concrete for the Greek socialist exponent.
According to the rules of procedure of the Eurochamber, the majority of 3/5 of the Conference of Presidents, provided that they represent three different political groups, can propose to the Plenary that the role of vice-president, quaestor, commission president or president of an intergroup be dropped following of "serious incidents of misconduct".
The plenary can ratify this decision with a majority of two thirds of the voters, provided that the majority of MEPs is present.
Former MEP Antonio Panzeri "is suspected" of having intervened "politically with the members" who work in the European Parliament "for the benefit of Qatar and Morocco, against payment".
This can be read in one of the acts of the Brussels investigation for "corruption of officials and members of the bodies of the European Community and of foreign states, money laundering and criminal conspiracy".
In the document it is written that in any case the "presumption of innocence" applies.
The guarantee commission of Articolo Uno Lombardia has suspended Antonio Panzeri from the register of members.
"In expressing bewilderment at what is emerging, Article One expresses its trust in the judicial authority and hopes that Panzeri will be able to demonstrate his extraneousness to a story that is completely incompatible with his history and his political commitment", reads a note from Article One.
Maria Colleoni and Silvia Panzeri, respectively wife and daughter of former MEP Antonio Panzeri, arrested as part of a Brussels investigation for corruption, are considered "fully aware" of the activity of her husband and father and "even of the transport of gifts ".
The two are mentioned "in the transcript of telephone interceptions" during which the former MEP "commented on the delivery of gifts" of which he was "apparently" the beneficiary.
"The European Parliament stands firmly against corruption. At this stage we cannot comment on the ongoing investigations, other than to confirm that we have cooperated and will cooperate fully with all relevant police and judicial authorities. We will do everything we can to help the course of justice".
The president of the Eurochamber Roberta Metsola writes it in a tweet.