Greece

The trial of former Greek finance minister George Papaconstantinou on charges of tampering with possible tax evasion evidence continued on Tuesday with witnesses taking the stand including former colleagues and ministry staff. Papaconstantinou is on trial on allegations of striking...

The Court of Appeals ruled on Thursday that the former head of the Greek Financial Crime Unit (SDOE), Ioannis Diotis, must face charges for the way he handled the data included in the so-called "Lagarde List." The court essentially fully accepted the...

The Greek Financial Crime Unit (SDOE), along with several tax inspectors, have been investigating the case of the Lagarde List, a list of names of Greek people with Swiss bank accounts. After the investigation, SDOE is expected to announce...

Former head of Greece’s Financial Crimes Squad (SDOE) Yiannis Kapeleris was released unconditionally today, after facing prosecutors Christos Papakostas and Dimitris Kavalaris, over charges of breach of trust in connection with the "Lagarde list". Kapeleris, who headed SDOE when Giorgos Papakonstantinou...

The Hellenic Coast Guard (HCG) and the Financial and Economic Crime Unit (SDOE) in Greece are conducting investigations to locate another ton of heroin, hidden by suspects arrested last week. During last week’s large-scale operation, authorities seized 1.1 tons of...

The Financial and Economic Crime Unit (SDOE) of Greece has already conducted 500 inspections of cases in the notorious "Lagarde list." As reported violations were discovered in all 500 cases. The SDOE director Theodoros Floratos reported that so far about 25% of the...

Inspectors from Greece's financial crimes squad SDOE said they have uncovered a scheme of 10 monasteries involving black money and fake documents to attain subsidies fraudulently. According to Greek media reports, the revelations of the Financial Crime Unit (SDOE) complement...

In the midst of the summer season in Greece, the Financial and Economic Crime Unit (S.D.O.E) conducted extensive spot checks all around the country. In four cases, the auditors discovered serious discrepancies and  shut down four businesses. In particular, during...

Inspections carried out by Greece's Financial Crime Squad in tourist areas has found that resorts aren't handing out receipts as required and those in Evia are ducking 100 percent of their tax obligations. That comes as the Value Added Tax...

Greece's financial crimes squad SDOE is reportedly looking at a raft of top-ranking politicians in Greece for possible unlawful enrichment, but the leak of the 36 names has set Greek officials on a hunt to find who did it....

A former head of the Greek Financial Crimes Squad SDOE- refuting his own earlier testimony - has told a parliamentary committee investigating the handling of a list of 2,062 Greeks with $1.95 billion in secret Swiss bank accounts that...

The bulk tobacco ban of 2013, reminds of the ban imposed in Greece 130 years ago as the country's financial crimes squad SDOE is again trying to crack down on the elusive crime of tobacco smuggling, which has a...

Tired of foot-dragging by Greece's Financial Crimes Squad (SDOE) in delivering a report on a list of Greeks with secret Swiss bank accounts, members of a Parliament committee investigating it said they want it produced. The panel is trying to...

Greece's highest administrative court, the Council of State, in a preliminary finding, has ruled unconstitutional a proposal by the country's financial crimes squad, SDOE, to freeze bank accounts, stock holdings and properties of suspects linked to large scale cases...

The Greek Financial Crime Unit (SDOE)  is targeting the tax statements of around 500 people of considerable wealth from all fields of public life, including former ministers, MPs, elected officials and heads of state agencies and enterprises. It is...