Bribery

Up to 55.2% of the money paid by patients in Greek health sector establishments is not declared to the tax authorities. According to the General Inspector of Public Administration Leandros Rakintzis, one in three Greeks are still bribing doctors...

Ten years after the multi-million euro Siemens corruption scandal was exposed, the trial is about to start at the Athens Court of Appeals amid hurdles. The charges are for bribery and money laundering, as the Greek prosecution accuses former Siemens CEO...

Three more people were arrested on Tuesday under the suspicion of bribing Greek military officials for armament purchases. Greek weapons merchant Konstantinos Dafermos, along with his son and his close associate, were arrested for bribing Greek government officials to purchase kornet anti-tank missiles,...

Well-known businessman Thomas Liakounakos was arrested at 10 pm on Monday on charges of involvement in Greek Navy armament kickbacks. Liakounakos is involved in managing 1.6 billion euros stemming from the purchase by the Greek government of four aircraft and...

Several big German corporations are allegedly involved in corruption in Greece as former executives are to appear in Greek courts, according to an AFP report. Siemens, Daimler, Rheinmetall have allegedly bribed Greek politicians in order to get contracts in the...

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in a recent report highlighted Greece's urgent need to improve its mechanisms to fight companies bribing foreign officials in order to win contracts. The OECD highlights that Greece should not only tackle...

The attempted bribery case involving financial adviser Giorgos Apostolopoulos and Greek MP Pavlos Chaikalis was shelved by the prosecutor due to inconclusive evidence. At approximately 7:00 pm today, the case that shook Greece 's political scene during the last week, ended with appeals prosecutor Panagiotis Panagiotopoulos...

SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras on Sunday sternly attacked Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and Bank of Greece (BoG) governor Yannis Stournaras at his address to his party's meeting in Alexandroupolis, northern Greece. Tsipras called Samaras "Prime Minister of the cafe,"...

The Greek Prime Minister’s office announced on Friday night that Antonis Samaras would be taking legal action against Independent Greeks (ANEL) after its leader, Panos Kammenos, and MP Pavlos Chaikalis alleged that there was an attempt to bribe the latter so...

President of the Hellenic Republic Karolos Papoulias met with New Democracy honorary President and Former Prime Minister Konstantinos Mitsotakis. The two men discussed Greece’s current situation and Mitsotakis expressed his concern about the difficult phase the country is going through. Over the last few days, Mitsotakis...