On 9 December 2022, Kaili was arrested by Belgian Federal Police following an investigation into organized crime, corruption and money laundering tied to lobbying efforts in support of Qatar.
A suitcase of cash was found with her father upon his arrest, and bags of cash were found at her home.
The same day she was suspended from both the Socialists and Democratic Group with which she sits in the European Parliament and her national party PASOK.
As part of the investigation, Belgian Police raided 16 homes and detained at least four others including parliamentary assistant Francesco Giorgi (Kaili's life partner, former MEP Antonio Panzeri (for whom Giorgi had worked at parliament, and with whom he had founded the human rights NGO "Fight Impunity"), and Kaili's father who was arrested while on a train with a large amount of cash, having been warned by an accomplice.
During the raids over €600,000 in cash was recovered by investigators
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Kaili#Corruption_charges_and_arrest