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Former Greek Financial Prosecutor Claims His Job Was Obstructed By Govt Officials

In an interview on Greek newspaper “Proto Thema,” and fifteen months after his resignation, former financial prosecutor Spyros Mouzakitis claimed that his work was obstructed by government officials. He further made special reference to the loans given to political parties when...

Supreme Court Appoints Corruption Chiefs

Greece's highest court has appointed two new financial prosecutors to replace the outgoing investors Spyros Mouzakitis and Grigoris Peponis who have been digging into a slew of scandals and produced cases against high-level former government officials. Panayiotis Athanasiou, who has...

Former AEK President Nikolaidis Testifies

Demis Nikolaidis, former AEK Athens player and president, testified to the police on March 28 regarding the club’s unpaid taxes, and was released to give testimony next week to the Athens public prosecutor. "I gave myself to the authorities of...

Djebbour Examined for Tax Evasion

Rafik Zoheir Djebbour, the Algerian international footballer of Olympiakos is being investigated for possible tax evasion,  according to web capital.gr of NET and MEGA. The footballer, first scorer in the Super League, was targeted by economic prosecutors just a few...

Greece Probes Officials Over Lagarde List

Greek prosecutors have questioned two finance ministry officials close to former Socialist finance minister George Papaconstantinou, who is caught up in a tax scandal shaking Greek politics, judicial sources said on Jan. 4. Agence-France-Presse said the two officials worked in...

Prosecutor Charges Lavrentiadis With Fraud

A Greek prosecutor filed felony charges against prominent Greek banker Lavrentis Lavrentiadis over a financial scandal that has led to the demise of small lender Proton Bank, court officials said on Wednesday, according to Reuters. Lavrentiadis, a high-flying businessman who...

Prosecutor Recommends Pressing Fraud Charges Against Business Executive

On Friday, Athens First Instance Court prosecutor Yiannis Dragatsis recommended felony charges be pressed against high-profile entrepreneur Lavrentis Lavrentiadis and another 25 individuals, in relation to massive loans that proved damaging for Proton Bank, and which were approved when...

ELSTAT False Deficit Case Reaches Supreme Court of Greece

On Friday, financial prosecutor Grigoris Peponis submitted his initial findings on the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) case file to the country’s Supreme Court. According to a former employee of ELSTAT, Zoe Georganta, the statistics service had “cooked” the country’s public...

Economic Prosecutors Peponis and Mouzakitis Remain in Position Until Further Notice

Prosecutors heading the judicial task force charged with fighting tax evasion, Grigoris Peponis and Spiros Mouzakitis have been called by the supervising economic prosecutor Nikolas Pantelis at Areios Pagos earlier today. The two men submitted a memorandum to deputy prosecutor...