
Socialist Qatargate Suspect’s Son Arrested for Drug Trafficking
The Belgian man used to run a legal cannabis company along with the son of the judge investigating Qatargate, while his MEP mother lobbied for wider legalization in Brussels.
The Belgian man used to run a legal cannabis company along with the son of the judge investigating Qatargate, while his MEP mother lobbied for wider legalization in Brussels.
Socialist MEP Marie Arena’s contacts with primary suspect Antonio Panzeri suggest she was an essential part of his network.
It had come to authorities’ attention that the son of Michel Claise, the Belgian judge overseeing the investigation into corruption in the European parliament, runs a business with the son of socialist MEP Marie Arena.
Three of the four suspects currently being held on charges related to the Qatargate scandal have links to the parliamentary subcommittee formerly headed by MEP Marie Arena.