What is included in the memorandum of cooperation he signed – The announcement of the Belgian prosecutor’s office
Memorandum with the Belgian authorities signed by Pier Antonio Pancheri, according to an official statement from the prosecutor’s office. In particular, the prosecution states: “In a case opened by the Federal Prosecutor’s Office for suspected fraud within the European Parliament and assigned to a Brussels investigator, there was an important development today. One of the important key figures in the case, Pierre Pantcheri, assisted by his lawyers, signed a memorandum with the federal prosecutor under articles 216/1 to 216/8 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. These articles concern suspects who repented of a case.
This refers to an undertaking whereby a penitent makes substantial, revealing, true and complete statements about the involvement of third parties and, if applicable, his or her own involvement in relation to criminal offenses within the particular case.”
The announcement goes on to say that “Mr Pierre Pancheri charged on 10 December 2022 with participation in a criminal organization as a leader for money laundering and active and passive corruption.
With this memorandum, he undertakes to inform the investigators and the Court specifically about:
– the mode of operation,
– the financial arrangements with other involved parties,
– the financial structures set up,
– the stakeholders of the structures and the benefits offered,
– the involvement of known and unknown persons in the investigation, including the identity of persons admitted to bribery”.
“According to the memorandum signed today, a limited sentence is provided for Pierre Pantcheri. The sentence includes imprisonment, a fine and the confiscation of all assets acquired, which are currently estimated at one million euros,” the statement noted. It is also stated that “it is the second time in Belgian legal history, since the introduction of the so-called “pentiti” law (s.p. pentiti regret, referring to the Italian law allowing investigations into the mafia), that these proceedings have resulted in the signing of a memorandum. In both cases, the case was handled by the Federal Prosecutor’s Office.”
Corriere della Sera: Pancheri admitted to paying over 100,000 euros to Tarabella
According to the Italian newspaper Corriere della Serao Antonio Panzeri in his interrogations by Belgian prosecutors about the “Qatargate” scandal, “allegedly stated that he paid between 120 and 140 thousand euros to Belgian MEP Marc Tarabellain various installments, during the period in which, in his group, in the European Parliament, the debate was ongoing on the position to be taken to respect the rights of the workers employed on the projects for the Qatar International Football Championship».
This admission was allegedly made in an interrogation held on December 10, 2022.
The Italian newspaper Il Sole 24 Oreat the same time, adds that Pancheri “allegedly urged the prosecutors to ascertain the position of the MEP of the Italian centre-left Democratic Party, Andrea Coccolino, but without mentioning payment of money”.
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