Lawyers for the disgraced former Greek European Parliament vice president Eve Kaili on Thursday asked that she be released with a tracking device, according to French paperĀ Le Monde.
Kaili is suspected of being at the center of one of the European Union’s biggest corruption scandals.
Belgian prosecutors accuse Eva Kaili of corruption, membership in a criminal organization and money laundering.
She has been held in custody since December 9. Her partner, Francesco Giorgi, an adviser at the European Parliament, is also in jail on the same charges.
“We’ve asked that (…) Kaili be put under a system of electronic surveillance, with a bracelet,” her Belgian lawyer, AndrĆ© Risopoulos, told reporters outside the Brussels courthouse where judges were considering whether to release her. Ms. Kaili’s legal team said they expect a decision later Thursday.
Mr. Risopolous said that Ms. Kaili, a Greek former TV news presenter, “is playing an active role in the investigation.
She rejects all corruption allegations against her.” He and Ms. Kaili’s family lawyer from Greece, Michalis Dimitrakopoulos, declined to comment further about the hearing.
Ms. Kaili, 44, was removed from her post at the European Parliament last week after charges were laid against her.
The EU assembly has halted work on files involving Qatar as it investigates what impact the cash-and-gifts-for-influence bribery scandal might have had. Qatar vehemently denies involvement.
