Greek Supreme Court Prosecutor Konstantinos Tzavellas has officially ruled against reopening the investigation into the country’s high-profile wiretapping scandal. In a decision issued on April 27, 2026, the Prosecutor concluded that the evidence presented by the Athens Misdemeanor Court does not constitute “new facts” sufficient to overturn previous judicial findings.
This development effectively halts efforts to expand the investigation, which a lower court had pushed following the February 2026 convictions of four individuals associated with distributing the Predator spyware. While the lower court had suggested a deeper probe into potential espionage and the involvement of additional powerful figures, the Supreme Court Prosecutor maintained that these theories remain speculative.
Regarding the allegations of espionage against senior officials, including government ministers and the Chief of the Hellenic National Defence General Staff, the Prosecutor argued that there is no verified proof that state secrets were successfully accessed or stolen.
He characterized the assumption that sensitive data was compromised simply because these officials were targeted as “hypothetical” and “uncertain.” Furthermore, he reiterated that investigators have been unable to identify the actual user of the prepaid card linked to the malicious links sent to political figures, such as PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis.
Supreme Court decision limits further probe into government failures
The Prosecutor’s directive emphasizes the principle of “legal certainty,” warning that the judicial system cannot be trapped in an “endless cycle” of identical investigations without substantial new evidence. He noted that the recent trial proceedings failed to provide the necessary breakthroughs to justify reopening a case file that had already been archived.
For the Greek government, this ruling serves as a significant institutional endorsement of the initial investigations led by Deputy Prosecutor Achilleas Zisis. However, for critics and opposition figures, the decision reinforces long-standing concerns that the full scope of the wiretapping operation—and the identity of those who held “decisive authority” over it—will remain unresolved.
The case has now reached a procedural deadlock, effectively signaling that no further state-led inquiries are currently planned despite ongoing public debate and political pressure regarding the scandal’s lingering unanswered questions.
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