2023-10-25 08:17:45
Judge Michel Claise – initially in charge of the investigation into corruption in the European Parliament – filed a complaint once morest X for defamation, computer forgery and criminal organization, revealed Le Soir on Thursday. After the investigating judge Michel Claise, a second magistrate familiar with this case will be replaced. – Photo News By Sudinfo with Belga Published on 10/12/2023 at 06:47
The magistrate is targeting attacks suffered on the sidelines of this case nicknamed “Qatargate”, the investigation of which he left in June.
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The judge also mentions, in a newspaper interview, attempted break-ins at his home: the first in December 2022 shortly following the outbreak of Qatargate. A second attempt reportedly took place recently.
“Then there are death threats in writing too,” explains the judge. This does not appear in his complaint either, but the magistrate also denounces a computer intrusion – or at the very least attempts – into his phone. A hack which, according to the daily, might not be formally corroborated by investigators from the Computer Crime Unit (FCCU) of the federal police.
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The Brussels indictment chamber decided on Tuesday to postpone the control of the regularity of the investigation in the “Qatargate” case until May 14, in order to give all parties time to put their arguments on paper. . AFP By Sudinfo with Belga Published on 09/19/2023 at 2:35 p.m.
It was at the request of Eva Kaili’s defense that the indictment chamber held a hearing on Tuesday, to which all parties were called. The advice of the former vice-president of the European Parliament considers that European rules concerning parliamentary immunity were violated during this investigation.
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The Belgian federal prosecutor’s office has been investigating attempts by Qatar and Morocco to influence the economic and political decisions of the European Parliament through corruption for several months. The two countries allegedly attempted to influence decisions and resolutions in the European Parliament through former Italian MEP Pier Antonio Panzeri and his non-profit organization Fight Impunity.
Several people are indicted, including Pier Antonio Panzeri, who has confessed and obtained repentant status, but also his right-hand man Francesco Giorgi, his partner and former vice-president of the European Parliament Eva Kaili, the lobbyist Nicolo Figa-Talamanca, Belgian MEP Marc Tarabella, trade unionist Luca Visentini and Italian MEP Andrea Cozzolino.
On June 19, judge Michel Claise, who specializes in financial crime and who until then was leading the investigation, decided to withdraw from the case due to a potential conflict of interest. It is now judge Aurélie Dejaiffe who is leading the investigation.
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