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Ex-Greek Minister Tsochatzopoulos Guilty in Corruption Case

After 18 months in detention the Tsochatzopoulos trial came to an end by finding the former Greek minister of defense guilty for money laundering. Sentencing is expected on Oct. 8. The high-profile corruption case involved 18 other defendants, 16 of...

Tsochatzopoulos Verdict Due This Week

After 18 months in detention, and already sentenced to eight years in jail for failing to declare the source of his wealth, former Greek defense minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos and his 18 co-defendants charged with the crime of money laundering...

Golden Dawn's No. 2 Jailed Too

After appearing in court on Oct. 3, Christos Pappas, the second-in-command of the Greek neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party, was remanded in custody, joining his leader, Nikolaos Michaloliakos and another Member of Parliament, Yannis Lagos, who were being held in...

Prosecutors Press Tsochatzopoulos Case

Already asking for the conviction and a life sentence for former defense minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos on money laundering and corruption charges, Greek prosecutors said they had a mountain of irrefutable proof of his insatiable greed to steal untold millions...

More Time for Michailides' Defense

On September 13, former Cypriot Interior Minister Dinos Michailides, was granted an extension until Wednesday to prepare his defense before a Greek investigating magistrate in connection with a money-laundering racket, concerning the case of the former Greek defense Minister...

Stamati Says She Is Innocent

Vicky Stamati, the wife of former Greek defence minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos who is on trial for money laundering and corruption charges, told a three-member panel of the Athens Court of Appeal that she is innocent, had no part of...

Tsochatzopoulos Says Evidence Faked

Finishing three days of testimony at his trial for allegations of money-laundering and corruption, former Greek defense minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos first said that documents taken from his office and used as evidence against him were "personal" and shouldn't have...

Ex-Cypriot Minister Faces Arrest Over Greek Scandal

A court in Limassol has ordered the arrest of former Cypriot former Interior Minister Dinos Michaelides to be extradited to Greece for questioning in connection with the bribery scandal involving ex-Defense Minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos who is on trial for...

Michailidis, Son, Tsochatzopoulos Trial No-Shows

A Greek magistrate is set to launch procedures for the issuing of a European arrest warrant for the arrest of former Cypriot Interior Minister Dinos Michailidis and his son to compel them to testify at the money-laundering trial of...

Tsochatzopoulos Fined 613,000 Euros

Former Greek defense minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos, being tried on money-laundering and corruption charges and already given an eight-year sentence for failing to declare his wealth, now has been fined 613,000 euros ($809.9 million) by the Court of Auditors after...