Kaili confessed that she asked her father to hide money

During her interrogation, MEP Eva Kaili admitted that she asked her father to hide some of the money in her house, Knack magazine and the Belgian newspaper Soir report in new articles. .

Belgian MEP Mark Tarabella, on the other hand, points to former MEP Pierre Antonio Panchery as the recipient of «gifts» from Qatar, as shown by documents from the criminal investigation into alleged corruption in the European Parliament noted. It is also reported that the MEP on Thursday must appear before the pre-trial council, which will decide on any further detention.

It is reported that when Mrs Kaili's companion, Francesco Giorgio, was questioned, he admitted that he was a member of an organisation that uses both Morocco and Qatar to interfere in European affairs. It should also be noted that, according to documents obtained by Soir and Repubblica, Eva Kaili partially confessed. In particular, it is stated that she admitted that she had asked her father to hide the money left at home.

As for Ms Kaili's father, he was arrested on Friday 9 December - the first day of the anti-corruption operation - while he was hiding in Sofitel in Brussels with a suitcase full of cash. Interrogations show that the father, who spent a few days in the Belgian capital, had been instructed by his daughter to hide cash money, Knack writes.

«The defendant admits that she instructed her father to hide the money,» Judge Michel Klees wrote in the arrest warrant issued against the Greek MEP on December 9. «She states that she was aware of her husband's (Francesco Giorgio) past activities with Mr Panceri and that suitcases with cash passed through her apartment,» Knack said.

Pierre Antonio Panzeri, the Italian MEP arrested the same day in Brussels, is the alleged «orchestra leader» of the organisation operating in the European Parliament, according to Belgian investigators.

Knack also mentions the police operation that took place on 9 December. In the quote in question, entitled «Panic», it is noted that «police stopped Francesco Georgie shortly after he left their apartment in the European Quarter on Friday 9 December. At that time, Kaili panicked. The former presenter not only contacted her father but, according to the arrest warrant, also tried to warn Mr Panceri, as well as «two members of the European Parliament named in this investigation». Their names are not mentioned.».

Knack notes that Eva Kaili's Belgian lawyer sent an email on Monday night in which he wrote: «I am personally outraged that you had access to these documents. Am I the only one who respects the rules?» Writing about «partial confessions» is, according to the lawyer, a «biased interpretation.».

The article also states that «he (Panceri) accused MEP Mark Tarabella of being the recipient of “gifts” from Qatar», the investigator wrote in the arrest warrant for Panceri, adding that the latter «partially confesses to the facts» of corruption and interference in favour of Qatar and Morocco.

Contacted by Belgian MEP Mark Tarabella's lawyer to comment on Paceri's accusation, he replied that «Mr Tarabella has not received gifts from anyone», the lawyer said, adding that «he was not influenced to make decisions or take positions».