Person · — · Brussels / Italy
Andrea Cozzolino
- Also known as
- Italian MEP S&D, Maghreb delegation, Qatargate, Francesco Giorgi employer
- Address
- Brussels / Italy, Italy / European Union
- Listed
- 30 July 2026
Italian MEP (S&D). EP immunity lifted Feb 2023; arrested and charged with corruption, money laundering and participation in a criminal organisation (denies). Succeeded Panzeri on Maghreb-related parliamentary work; employed Francesco Giorgi as assistant. Panzeri’s cooperating statements alleged Cozzolino received large sums (press figures up to hundreds of thousands of euros) to lobby favourably for Qatar — contested. Mittäter on the public Qatargate map.
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- Qatargate — immunity lifted; arrested/charged Feb 2023 (denies)
Criminal · Belgium / European Parliament · 2023
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