Who is who in the European Parliament corruption scandal?

The corruption scandal engulfing the European Parliament widens and thickens by the day. Bombshell media reports, closed-door hearings, leaked confessions and defiant statements from criminal lawyers are adding new twists and turns to the increasingly convoluted story. At the very centre of the scandal lies a cash-for-favours scheme involving, according to the Belgian Federal Prosecutor’s Office, “large sums of money” and “substantial gifts” paid by a country in the Persian Gulf, widely identified as Qatar, with the aim to influence the European Union’s policy-making. Morocco has in recent wee…

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