Every year, the UN marks International Anti-Corruption Day on December 9. The event had gone largely unnoticed until Belgian police found a new way of directing attention to the issue at the end of last year. On that day, they caught several current and former European Parliament officials with a total of €1.5 million in cash. They arrested Greek Socialist MEP and Parliament Vice President Eva Kaili; her partner, Parliament staffer Francesco Giorgi; and his former employer, ex-MEP Pier Antonio Panzeri, both from Italy. Active investigations since then have engulfed two more Socialist MEPs, Belgian Marc Tarabella and Italian Andrea…

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