MEP Denies Qatar Bribery in EU Corruption Scandal

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Greek MEP Eva Kaili has 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 €1.5m in two homes and a suitcase.

MEPs have voted – by 625 to one – to strip Kaili of her role as one of its 14 vice-presidents.

Prosecutors carried out a string of searches over several days and said cash worth about €600,000 had been found at the home of one suspect, €150,000 at the flat of an MEP and €750,000 in a suitcase in a Brussels hotel room.