According to media reports, one of the accused is the deputy speaker of the parliament, Eva Kaili, who was arrested on Friday.
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The criminal suspicions of the four people arrested in connection with the suspected corruption case of the European Parliament have become more specific.
The four suspects are now in pre-trial detention and are accused of corruption, money laundering and participation in a criminal organization, tweets the journalist of the news channel Euronews Jorge Liboreiro.
Two of the six previously arrested have been released.
The news agency AFP also reports on the charges against four people. According to sources, one of them is the deputy speaker Eva Kaili.
Both Liboreiro and AFP also report on a new house search on Saturday evening at the apartment of an MEP. of Le Soir magazine (you will switch to another service) according to which the MEP in question would be Belgian Marc Tarabella. The information has not been confirmed.
The news is updated.