BRUSSELS: Under the terms of a plea deal struck with Belgian investigators, former Italian lawmaker Pier Antonio Panzeri has begun to spill the beans in the graft scandal rocking the European Parliament. Panzeri is the central figure in a suspected network, dating back to 2014, that distributed cash bribes
BRUSSELS: Under the terms of a plea deal struck with Belgian investigators, former Italian lawmaker Pier Antonio Panzeri has begun to spill the beans in the graft scandal rocking the European Parliament.
"It's important to understand that no one's giving him anything for free... he has decided to secure his own situation and to negotiate his sentence," he said in an interview. Greek MEP Eva Kaili, a 44-year-old former newsreader and then one of the vice presidents of the EU's only elected body, quickly became the public face of the scandal - but Panzeri was said to be the ringleader.
"It's not simply a question of explaining that 'On such and such a day I received 1,000 euros for the first time', he'll have to explain the whole background," Kennes said. His house has been searched, and leaks from the inquiry to the Belgian press suggest investigators believe Panzeri sent him huge cash transfers."I would recall that Mr Panzeri's declarations alone wouldn't be enough to see someone condemned, they would have to be corroborated by other evidence," he told AFP.
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