Eva Kaili dismisses corruption allegations amid
Qatar probe
Greek politician ‘has nothing to do with bribery from
Qatar,’ lawyer says.
BY NEKTARIA
STAMOULI
DECEMBER
13, 2022 11:20 AM CET
https://www.politico.eu/article/eva-kaili-dismiss-corruption-allegation-european-parliament/
Greek MEP
Eva Kaili says she is innocent and “has nothing to do with bribery from Qatar,”
the lawyer representing her in Greece told local TV on Tuesday.
Kaili is at
the center of a spiraling investigation into corruption and bribery by World
Cup host country Qatar. She was arrested by Belgian police in a series of raids
that found €600,000 in a private home, “several hundred thousand euros” in a
suitcase nabbed at a Brussels hotel and €150,000 at Kaili’s apartment.
“I have no
insight into whether money was found or how much was found,” Kaili’s lawyer
Michalis Dimitrakopoulos told local Open TV.
Dimitrakopoulos
said Kaili’s father, Alexandros Kaili — who was arrested as part of the Belgian
operation but has since been released — said that no restraints were imposed on
him by the Belgian authorities and that “he is free if he wants to come to
Greece” but “when a father sees his child in such a difficult situation, he
stays by [their] side.”
Kaili’s
family’s assets in Greece have also been frozen by the Greek anti-money
laundering authority, it said Monday. The politician’s lawyer plans to file an
appeal tomorrow against that decision.
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