Panzeri accountant 'brains behind laundering web'

(ANSA) - ROME, JAN 18 - The accountant of chief Qatargate suspect Antonio Panzeri, Monica Rossana Bellini, was the brains behind the network of companies used to move and launder the proceeds of the alleged bribes from the Mideast state, Belgian magistrates said Wednesday.
    Bellini, the Panzeri family's accountant, was allegedly the architect of the corporate network used to move and launder the alleged corruption money, they said in their arrest warrant for the 55-year-old Italian.
    Another Italian, Francesco Giorgi, a former collaborator of Panzeri's, reportedly spoke of the role played by the accountant.
    Bellini, who was arrested in Milan, left the northern city's San Vettore Prison and was placed under house arrest Wednesday.
    At the end of the month there will be a hearing in the Court of Appeal in Milan to decide on her extradition to Belgium. (ANSA).