Four charged in connection with Qatar corruption scandal at European Parliament

[Scott]

 

 

Four people have been charged in connection with an anti-corruption investigation into the European Parliament that has sent shockwaves through Brussels. 

 

European Parliament Vice-President Eva Kaili and three others were charged and imprisoned on Sunday in Belgium, amid a police probe into alleged corruption linked with Qatar. 

 

Six people have been arrested since Friday in Brussels after investigators made multiple raids based on suspicions of "substantial" money payments by the Gulf state to influence MEPs. 

 

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2022/12/09/four-linked-to-eu-parliament-arrested-amid-suspicions-of-corruption-involving-a-persian-gu

[thaibeachlovers]

3 hours ago, Scott said:

Four people have been charged in connection with an anti-corruption investigation into the European Parliament that has sent shockwaves through Brussels. 

Shock waves because they only just found out that there was corruption involved, or because some of the ( presumably ) guilty have been charged and others may be fearful of similar?

 

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[ozimoron]

I think this is related to a wider influence peddling scandal.

 

Intercept reporter Ryan Grim told MSNBC on Sunday that the one thing he uncovered speaking to the Qataris about Jared Kushner was that if they knew Kushner would guarantee that they were punished by a years-long blockade that they would have bought Kushner's property a lot sooner.

 

Kushner Companies negotiated a bailout deal for 666 Fifth Avenue with the Qatari sovereign wealth fund.

 

If there were such a conflict of interest, if he did conduct foreign policy in the Middle East, particularly switching sides on that blockade of Qatar by the Saudis, basically to bail out his family business, that is a criminal offense.

 

https://www.rawstory.com/jared-kushner-emails-reveal-all/