After being accused of corruption, a pro-crypto member of the European Parliament was allegedly arrested in Belgium.
Le Soir reports that Eva Kaili (Greek Social Democrat) and Vice President of European Union (EU), Eva Kaili were arrested together with three other officials allegedly for collusion with Qatar, current host of FIFA World Cup.
The report finds that anti-corruption investigators with the EU had information that a nation in the Gulf was allegedly attempting to influence the EU’s politics and economics by offering gifts and money to key officials as bribes. Though Qatar wasn’t named specifically, Le Soir reports that its sources point to the country.
According to Politico, which viewed the arrest warrant, Kaili is accused of “intervening politically with members working at the European Parliament for the benefit of Qatar and Morocco.” The lawmaker also reportedly met with Qatar’s labor minister in early November.
In an interview with Real Vision Media Kaili had previously spoken highly of blockchain technology. She also said that non-fungible tokens were equally as important. Kaili stated that she tried to pass legislation to study and analyze NFTs.
“For the NFTs specifically… I think they present a great opportunity. Two days ago, I was trying again to convince my committee to bring an old initiative legislation report because I don’t see it coming anytime soon, and I think it would be very nice and important to clear the air and make sure we understand what Europe’s approach [is].
So I asked to have a file on the NFTs and to analyze the dynamics and the potential that its market has… I can think of several problems [NFTs] can solve… you can remove intermediaries, you can claim IP [intellectual property] Rights online immediately, you can use them [for] authentication, verification [and] basically for trust, for transparency.”
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