An Italian lobbyist and secretary-general of human rights and rule of law campaign group No Peace Without Justice. Prosecutors say the group was used by the suspects to funnel money paid by a Middle Eastern country to buy influence in EU institutions.
Figa-Talamanca could not be reached for comment.
No Peace Without Justice has said he had suspended himself from his role to safeguard the organisation and that the group trusted the investigation would show he had acted correctly.
The European Parliament said on Jan. 2 it had begun a procedure to waive the immunity of two other MEPs after a request from Belgian judiciary.
Sources close to the investigation said both were named by Giorgi and that the MEPs were:
A Belgian socialist MEP and vice-chair of the parliament's delegation for relations with the Arab Peninsula.
Tarabella's lawyer Maxim Toller said his client, who denied wrongdoing, was in favour of being stripped of his immunity.
An Italian MEP who worked directly with Francesco Giorgi, the latter being one of his parliamentary assistants.
Cozzolino did not respond to efforts to contact him for comment.
