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Police have released more images of cash which they say was used to bribe four EU officials as the group are set to appear for the first time in court today. 

EU parliament vice-president Eva Kaili, 44, her partner Francesco Giorgi, 35, ex-MEP Pier Antonio Panzeri and lobbyist Niccolò Figa-Talamanca are all set to appear for a bail hearing charged with corruption, money laundering and organised crime. 

They were arrested late last week by investigators who also seized a suitcase full of cash that was being carried out of a Brussels Sofitel by Kaili's father, along with boxes and bags stuffed full of notes found inside her flat and Panzeri's home.