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Crime
Greek Police Chief Accused by Amnesty International of Racist Comments
Amnesty International has called on the Greek government to investigate allegations that the Greek Chief of Police advised officers that undocumented immigrants should be detained for as long as possible, and their “lives made unbearable.” This was part of a related...
Greece
ND Top Official Accused Of Backing Junta
Hot Doc monthly magazine, run by Costas Vaxevanis, the journalist who revealed the names of the 2,062 Greeks with $1.95 billion in secret Swiss bank accounts that haven't been checked for possible tax evasion for nearly three years, has...
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...
Business
Vaxevanis Says Greece Hiding Corruption
A Greek journalist acquitted of violating privacy laws for publishing a list of 2,059 depositors with $1.95 billion in a Swiss bank being kept secret by the government, said the country’s political and rich are trying to muzzle the...
Greece
Kill the Messengers: Greece Can't Handle The Truth
It’s a good thing that Costas Vaxevanis, one of a handful of legitimate journalists left in Greece in a country where too many are in the bag to politicians and the rich, wasn’t standing in front of a hole...
Economy
Greek Lawyers Says Vaxevanis Unfairly Prosecuted
The board of the Athens Bar Association (ABA) said it was surprised that a Greek investigative journalist was prosecuted on violation of privacy laws a day after he released a list of 2,059 Greeks with $1.95 in deposits in...
Economy
Lagarde List Leaked: Greek Politicians, Big Names
A closely-kept secret by the Greek government – the names of 1,991 people who made $1.95 billion in deposits in the Geneva, Switzerland HSBC bank branch – has been released by a Greek investigative journalist and immediately went viral...