What sentence would Eva Kaili receive in Greece – The first statements of her family

The vice-president of the European Parliament Eva Kaili, who is held in the maximum security prison of Saint-Gilles, is accused of criminal organization and money laundering.

What can be done in case all these are true? What might her punishment be? The lawyer Vassilis Kapernaros spoke to SKAI, hypothetically, as he pointed out. “This is what I don’t know because it is an event that we are facing for the first time as Greeks, as a member state of the European Union” he said regarding whether Eva Kaili will be tried in Belgium. “I don’t know by what law he will be tried, if we get there” he pointed out.

If they were here “we have bribery and money laundering. And if it is participation in a criminal organization, which needs at least three natural persons. What bribery, bribery means in this case: that one gives and receives money contrary to one’s profession. Rinsing follows. When he is an employee and contravenes his duties, he has up to 10 years. However, if he does it professionally, he has at least 10″, pointed out Mr. Kapernaros.

Eva Kaili: The first statements of her family

“We are waiting for her father to return to Greece. He faced a health problem when it became known. The case is handled by a lawyer. We don’t know anything, we are also waiting for information from the Belgian authorities,” said a person from Eva Kaili’s family environment to ANT1.

The vice-president of the European Parliament, Eva Kaili, suspected of being involved in a corruption ring involving current and former MEPs, aides and other public figures from the European environment in Brussels, was brought in on Friday, Le Soir newspaper reports, adding that she was then taken in hearing. Her partner, Francesco Giorgi, a parliamentary assistant, had also been referred to the hearing. At the end of this detention, the period of which could not exceed 48 hours, Ms. Kaili was arrested, accused of corruption, money laundering and participation in a criminal organization, according to Le Soir and Knack magazine.

Her partner has also been charged and an arrest warrant has been issued against him, as well as former S&D MEP Pierre Antonio Panzeri, the newspaper points out, adding that F., a Brussels lobbyist who was brought in on Friday, also remains in prison, just like Eva Kaili.

As for Eva Kaili’s father, who was caught with a suitcase full of cash leaving a Brussels hotel, he has been released, while Luca Visentini, general secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation, has been released on condition, according to Le Soir.