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Suspected ringleader in EU graft probe cuts deal for lighter sentence

Italian Pier Antonio Panzeri speaks during a plenary session at the European Parliament in Strasbourg on March 26, 2019. © Marc Dossmann, AFP

The alleged ringleader of a European Union cash-for-influence corruption scandal linked to Qatar and Morocco has decided to reveal information about the affair in exchange for a lighter sentence, Belgian prosecutors said Tuesday.

Pier Antonio Panzeri, who was charged last month with corruption, money laundering and membership of a criminal organization, and his lawyers have signed a memorandum in which he repents for his acts, the federal prosecutor’s office said in a statement.

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