Italian court seeks data on Belgian prisons, in EU scandal


              Lawyers Angelo De Riso, right, and Nicola Colli leave after a preliminary hearing in Brescia Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022, for the daughter of former MEP Antonio Panzieri, Silvia Panzeri. Panzeri, 38, is the daughter of ex-EU deputy Antonio Panzeri, who has been arrested in Brussels with three other suspects, and Maria Dolores Colleoni, whom Italian judges a day earlier ordered turned over to Belgian authorities on an arrest warrant that cited her role in managing gifts from Qatar and Morocco. Antonio Panzeri and three other people were charged Dec. 9 with corruption, participation in a criminal group and money laundering. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
            
              Silvia Panzeri, the daughter of former MEP Antonio Panzeri, leaves the Brescia law court on a penitentiary police car, in Brescia, northern Italy, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022. Panzeri, 38, is the daughter of ex-EU deputy Antonio Panzeri, who has been arrested in Brussels with three other suspects, and Maria Dolores Colleoni, whom Italian judges a day earlier ordered turned over to Belgian authorities on an arrest warrant that cited her role in managing gifts from Qatar and Morocco. Antonio Panzeri and three other people were charged Dec. 9 with corruption, participation in a criminal group and money laundering. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
            
              Silvia Panzeri, the daughter of former MEP Antonio Panzeri, leaves the Brescia law court on a penitentiary police car, in Brescia, northern Italy, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022. Panzeri, 38, is the daughter of ex-EU deputy Antonio Panzeri, who has been arrested in Brussels with three other suspects, and Maria Dolores Colleoni, whom Italian judges a day earlier ordered turned over to Belgian authorities on an arrest warrant that cited her role in managing gifts from Qatar and Morocco. Antonio Panzeri and three other people were charged Dec. 9 with corruption, participation in a criminal group and money laundering. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
            Lawyers Angelo De Riso, right, and Nicola Colli answer to reporters after a preliminary hearing in Brescia for the daughter of former MEP Antonio Panzieri, Silvia Panzeri, allegedly involved in EU legislature lobby scandal. Panzeri, 38, is the daughter of ex-EU deputy Antonio Panzeri, who has been arrested in Brussels with three other suspects, and Maria Dolores Colleoni, whom Italian judges a day earlier ordered turned over to Belgian authorities on an arrest warrant that cited her role in managing gifts from Qatar and Morocco. Antonio Panzeri and three other people were charged Dec. 9 with corruption, participation in a criminal group and money laundering. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) Lawyers Angelo De Riso , centre left, and Nicola Colli arrive at the Brescia's court prior to to a preliminary hearing in Brescia for the wife of former MEP Antonio Panzieri, allegedly involved in EU legislature lobby scandal, in Brescia, Italy, Monday, Dec. 19, 2022. Belgian prosecutors suspect the wife and daughter of a former member of the European Union's parliament of being part of a criminal gang trying to influence EU lawmakers on behalf of Qatar and Morocco, according to arrest warrants seen Monday by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) Lawyers Angelo De Riso , left, and Nicola Colli arrive at the Brescia's court prior to to a preliminary hearing in Brescia for the wife of former MEP Antonio Panzieri, allegedly involved in EU legislature lobby scandal, in Brescia, Italy, Monday, Dec. 19, 2022. Belgian prosecutors suspect the wife and daughter of a former member of the European Union's parliament of being part of a criminal gang trying to influence EU lawmakers on behalf of Qatar and Morocco, according to arrest warrants seen Monday by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) An outside view of the MEP Antonio Panzeri's house in Calusco D'Adda prior to the preliminary hearing in Brescia for the wife of former MEP Antonio Panzieri, allegedly involved in EU legislature lobby scandal, in Brescia, Italy, Monday, Dec. 19, 2022. Belgian prosecutors suspect the wife and daughter of a former member of the European Union's parliament of being part of a criminal gang trying to influence EU lawmakers on behalf of Qatar and Morocco, according to arrest warrants seen Monday by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) Lawyer Nicola Colli arrive at the Brescia's court prior to to a preliminary hearing in Brescia for the wife of former MEP Antonio Panzieri, allegedly involved in EU legislature lobby scandal, in Brescia, Italy, Monday, Dec. 19, 2022. Belgian prosecutors suspect the wife and daughter of a former member of the European Union's parliament of being part of a criminal gang trying to influence EU lawmakers on behalf of Qatar and Morocco, according to arrest warrants seen Monday by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Italian court seeks data on Belgian prisons, in EU scandal