MEP Eva Kaili (left), then vice-president of the European Parliament, was implicated in the scandal alongside former MEP Antonio Panzeri (right), amongst others.

She served as one of fourteen vice presidents of the European Parliament from January 2022 until she was arrested in December 2022 and charged with corruption as part of the Qatar corruption scandal at the European Parliament. Kaili was a Member of the Hellenic Parliament from 2007 to 2012.

Dec 13, 2022 · Eva Kaili feels betrayed by European Parliament colleagues who decided to strip the Greek MEP of her role as vice president of the assembly on Tuesday after she was accused of accepting bribes...

Dec 11, 2022 · Eva Kaili, a vice president of the European Parliament and vocal defender of Doha, landed in police custody, according to the Belgian federal police. The case also centers around an NGO that, until recently, counted some of the biggest luminaries in left-wing politics among its board members.

Feb 17, 2023 · Kaili is in jail, swept up in a high-octane corruption scandal gripping the EU establishment in Brussels, in which Qatar — and also Morocco — are accused of paying off EU lawmakers in order to influence Parliament’s work. The conference did not come out of the blue.

Feb 6, 2024 · STRASBOURG — Eva Kaili, a chief suspect in the Qatargate corruption scandal, faces a return to jail if she carries on talking about the case to the media, according to her legal team.

Dec 14, 2022 · A European Parliament member implicated in an alleged corruption scheme involving Qatar will remain in detention until at least next week after her hearing was postponed by a judge on Wednesday...

Dec 13, 2022 · Greek MEP Eva Kaili denied involvement in an alleged bribery scandal involving World Cup host Qatar at the European Parliament. She is one of four suspects charged after Belgian investigators found large sums in cash in homes and a suitcase.

Dec 13, 2022 · The European Parliament removed Greek MEP Eva Kaili as a vice president of the assembly on Tuesday after she was accused of accepting bribes from Qatar in one of the biggest corruption...

Dec 10, 2022 · Bags of cash were found in the Brussels home of Greek MEP Eva Kaili who was placed in detention by Belgian authorities on Friday suspected to be involved in a bribe scandal related to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.