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Wiretapping Scandal in Greece: Police Chief Was “Under Surveillance”
A new media report on the wiretapping scandal in Greece on Sunday alleged that the former head of Greek Police (ELAS) and a senior judge were under surveillance by the intelligence service.
The report in the weekly Documento newspaper, which...
Greek News
Greek Premier Mitsotakis Denies Wiretapping Allegations
Prime Minister of Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis denied that his government was wiretapping senior politicians, businessmen, and journalists during an interview on Monday.
He called the allegations aired by Documento newspaper that thirty-three people were targeted by spyware in his knowledge...
Crime
Vaxevanis Wins Anti-Corruption Award
Greek investigative journalist Kostas Vaxevanis, who exposed the names of 2,062 Greeks with $1.95 billion in deposits in secret Swiss bank accounts that wasn't checked for tax evasion - and was prosecuted for it - has been honored with...
Crime
SYRIZA Spokesman Says Venizelos "Big Liar"
The heated Parliamentary debate that ended in a vote to investigate former finance minister George Papaconstantinou over the removal of three of his relatives names from a list of Greeks with secret Swiss bank accounts is still going on.
Panos...
Crime
Gap Shows Up in Lagarde List USB Stick
The convoluted case of a list of 2,062 Greeks with $1.95 billion in secret accounts in a Swiss bank that hasn't been checked for possible tax evasion took another bizarre turn with a report that the names of three...
Crime
Former Greek FM Assails Parliament's Probe
Former Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou, indicted by Greek lawmakers who voted to have Parliament investigate whether he removed the names of three relatives from a list of depositors in secret Swiss bank accounts, has blasted the move as an...
Cyprus
The 12 Events That Bent Greece In 2012
The world was supposed to end in 2012 – on Dec. 21 for you Mayan calendar believers and doomsday cultists – and for many Greeks it seemed like it did. Like the Flogging Molly song, it was the worst...
Economy
Papandreou Denies Mother On Swiss Bank List
Former Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou and his mother have denied reports in the Greek media that she's behind the name of a civil servant with 550 million euros ($714 million) in deposits in a Swiss bank, with the...
Greece
Acquitted Greek Journalist Prosecuted Again
Investigative journalist Costas Vaxevanis, who was acquitted of violation of privacy laws after publishing the names of 2,059 Greeks with $1.95 billion in secret accounts in a Swiss bank he said hadn’t been checked for possible tax evasion, is...
Economy
Greeks On UK Bank Tax Haven List
As Greece is still investigating why the government didn’t examine a list of 2,059 Greeks with $1.95 billion in deposits in HSBC’s Geneva branch in Switzerland for possible tax evasion, another list has emerged, showing 97 others have more...