SDOE
Crime
Battle Lines Drawn Over Lagarde List Probe
A showdown is building over a pending investigation of former finance minister George Papaconstantinou’s handling of a list of 2,000 Greeks with deposits in secret accounts in a Swiss bank between the government and the major opposition party Coalition...
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...
Crime
Former Greek FM Faces Bank List Probe
Facing an investigation into whether he tampered with a list of more than 2,000 Greeks with $1.95 billion in secret accounts in a Swiss bank by removing the names of three relatives, former Greek Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou said...
Crime
First Lagarde List Missing 600 Names
A new list of Greeks with deposits in a Swiss bank given prosecutors by French officials reportedly shows as many as 600 more names than a previous one which still hasn’t been checked for possible tax cheats, and after...
Economy
Big Shakeup In Greek Tax Departments
Under pressure from its international lenders to do something about tax cheats, the Greek government announced a major shakeup of its tax offices, with 164 directors, deputy directors and Finance Ministry observers being moved to different departments as part...
Economy
Financier Says Margaret Papandreou Not On Bank List
A Greek-Israeli businessman has joined former Prime Minister George Papandreou, and the former Premier’s mother, Margaret, in denying Greek media reports that she was linked to a list of 2,059 Greeks with $1.95 billion in accounts in a Swiss...
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
Papaconstantinou Blames Aides for Lost Depositor List
Former Greek Finance Minister Giorgos Papaconstantinou has defended his handling of the now infamous list of Greek depositors at the Geneva branch of HSBC by telling Parliament that he asked the Financial Crimes Squad (SDOE) to investigate for possible...
Economy
Venizelos Blames Predecessors Over Lagarde List
PASOK leader Evangelos Venizelos, blasted for failing to check on a list of 1,991 Greeks with $1.95 billion in deposits in a Swiss bank, said it wasn’t his fault and blamed his predecessors, former Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou, and...
Greece
Facing Graft Probe, Greek Parliament President May Quit
Greek Parliament President Vangelis Meimarakis, who suspended himself during a reported probe into the bank accounts of 36 politicians that allegedly found huge sums in their bank accounts for which they couldn’t account, is feeling the heat and said...