The measure, which also applies to relatives of the elected representative, concerns “bank accounts, chests, companies and any other financial asset”, according to the president of the Greek authority to fight against laundering of ‘Silver.
MO12345LEMONDE With AFP
The independent authority against the money laundering of Greek silver announced, Monday, December 12, freezing all the assets of the Greek vice-president of the European Parliament Eva Kaili, imprisoned in Brussels for her alleged involvement in a resounding scandal of corruption In connection with Qatar.
The measure that aims at the elected official, dismissed from the Greek socialist party Pasok-Kinal following this case, concerns “bank accounts, chests, companies and any other financial asset”, according to the president of the Authority, Charalampos Vourlotis, quoted by a member of the same organization. Greek banking establishments and competent state services have already been informed of this measure by the independent authority against money laundering, according to Mr. Vourlotis.
The freezing of assets also concerns family members close to Ms. Kaili, like her parents, according to the same source. In the crosshairs of the authority also appears a real estate company recently established in the Chic Athenian district of Kolonaki, which would have been created by the 44 -year -old European deputy and her Italian companion, also imprisoned in Belgium.
M kaili and three other people, including a former Italian European elected official, were charged and placed in detention on Sunday, as part of a survey by a Belgian judge on suspicions of Qatar payments to influence decisions within the European Parliament. “Ticket bags” were found in the apartment of M Me Kaili, according to a judicial source. The case must be discussed Monday at a meeting of presidents of political groups of the European Parliament, at the opening of the plenary session organized in Strasbourg.
of “serious accusations”
A little earlier, the head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, deemed “very worrying” the “serious accusations” on Monday against Eva Kaili. “An investigation is underway and we follow it,” he said. “It is a scandal on which we have to make the truth burst so that we can make sure that this does not happen again, abounded the head of Irish diplomacy, Simon Coveney. A complete and transparent investigation must be carried out in order to Obtain an explanation on what happened. “” It is really an incredible incident that must now be unequivocally elucidated and with all the rigor of the law, because it is also and especially the credibility of Europe, “said the German Minister of Foreign Affairs, Annalena Baerbock.
The case bursts in the 2022 football worldwide, while the organizing country must make efforts to defend its reputation decried in terms of human rights respect, especially those of workers. Eva Kaili, former 44-year-old television presenter, elected in January 2022 to one of the vice-presidents of the European Parliament, had visited Qatar in early November, where she had praised the Minister of Labor the reforms of the emirate in this sector.