An anti-corruption investigation into suspected influence peddling at the EU assembly leads to the arrest and charge of European Parliament Vice-President Eva Kaili and three others
Greek MEP Eva Kaili was elected in January as one of 14 vice presidents at the EU assembly, where she has served as a member since 2014.
Prosecutors did not identify the four by name, but a judicial source told the AFP news agency they include Eva Kaili, a Greek socialist MEP and one of the parliament's vice presidents."Four individuals have been arrested by the Brussels investigating judge who is leading the investigation," the Belgian federal prosecutor's office said in a statement.
Kaili was among six suspects arrested in Brussels on Friday and later suspended from her role as vice president of the European Parliament. The arrests came after Belgian police carried out sixteen raids across Belgium's capital Brussels on Friday.
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