Greek Socialist MEP and Vice President of the European Parliament Eva Kaili was arrested several hours after the four other suspects were detained for questioning and testified.
According to a source familiar with the situation, all four of those arrested are either Italian citizens or came from that country.
Following reports of Kaili’s arrest, Nikos Androulakis, leader of the Greek Socialists (PASOK), tweeted that the MEP had been expelled from the party.
According to European media, in November of this year, just before the start of the World Cup, Eva Kaili (44), a former popular Greek TV presenter and now one of the fourteen vice presidents of the European Parliament, met with Ali bin Samikh Al Marri, Qatar’s Labor Minister. It is emphasized that the meeting was of a corrupt nature.
It is also pointed out that this is not the first time that the names of MEPs have appeared in cases of corruption and unlawful lobbying of political and financial interests of various countries. According to sources in Brussels, Eva Kaili, who was arrested for questioning, had not only been involved in corruption related to the organization and holding of the World Football Championship in Qatar, but had also been accused of serving the interests of the Armenian lobby in the European Parliament some time earlier.
On November 19 last year a group of MEPs signed a statement accusing Azerbaijan of “committing aggression against Armenia”. In particular, the statement claimed that on November 16, 2021 the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan had infringed upon the territorial integrity of Armenia in the offensive along its eastern border.
The authors of the statement called on international organizations, including EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell, to use all means “to prevent Azerbaijan’s aggression against Armenia”.
All 33 MEPs, including Eva Kaili, who signed the statement, were members of the EU-Armenia Friendship Group in the European Parliament, closely affiliated with the All-European Armenian Federation for Justice and Democracy (AAFJD), the largest Armenian organization in Europe, funded by its president, the Armenian billionaire Kaspar Karapetyan.
It is worth mentioning here that Kaspar Karapetyan, the “godfather” of the Armenian mafia in Belgium, involved in the illegal diamond business, including smuggling diamonds from conflict regions of Africa to Europe, was born in Greece and also holds Luxembourg and Armenian citizenship.
Curiously, the EU-Armenia Friendship Group is headed by Lukas Furlas, a close friend of Karapetyan’s.
According to open sources, part of the revenues collected by Karapetyan was used to finance the separatist movement in Karabakh. Along with that, Karapetyan allocates substantial funds to support radical Armenian organizations operating in Europe.
