Akis Tsochatzopoulos
Economy
Greek Politicians’ Fake Success Story
The German weekly news magazine Focus in its article, A Fake Success Story, strongly criticizes the supposedly success story of Greece’s Prime Minister, Antonis Samaras.
“Looks can be deceiving: The calm that seem to generally prevail, the lack of mass...
Crime
Zigras Points at Tsochatzopoulos Again
Former Greek defense minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos' cousin Nikolaos Zigras gave more damning evidence in the former minister's corruption trial on May 31, alleging a series of kickbacks from defense contracts took place.
Appearing at the Athens Court of Appeal which...
Greece
Tsochatzopoulos' Suitcases Stuffed With Cash
Former Greek defense minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos, on trial for an array of corruption and money-laundering charges, used offshore firms and fake companies to hide his trail, and also packed suitcases with cash, a key prosecution witness testified.
The claims were...
Crime
Simitis Won't Appear In Tsochatzopoulos Case
The Athens Appeals Court hearing the trial of former Defense Minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos for money laundering has rejected his request for the former members of the Government Council for Foreign Affairs and Defense (KYSEA), including ex-Prime Minister Costas Simitis,...
Crime
Supreme Court Appoints Corruption Chiefs
Greece's highest court has appointed two new financial prosecutors to replace the outgoing investors Spyros Mouzakitis and Grigoris Peponis who have been digging into a slew of scandals and produced cases against high-level former government officials.
Panayiotis Athanasiou, who has...
Crime
Tsochatzopoulos Gang Back To The Dock
Disgraced former defense minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos and 18 other suspects will appear again on May 8 before the three-member panel of the Athens Court of Appeal in their trial for a number of corruption charges, including money-laundering in a...
Greece
Tsochatzopoulos Denies Taking Bribes
Former Defense Minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos, whose corruption trial began with great fanfare on April 22, said he never accepted bribes or laundered money prosecutors said he received from offshore companies.
Tsochatzopoulos, wo has been in jail for a year and...
Crime
Tsochatzopoulos Back to Court
The first morning hours of 11 April 2012, the Public prosecutor Popi Papandreou rang the bell of the neoclassical house at Dionysiou Areopagitou Street, announcing the former Minister of Defense his arrest warrant for political money laundering. Akis Tsochatzopoulos...
Crime
Switzerland Probing Tsochatzopoulos Too
Already in detention, sentenced to eight years in prison for failing to disclose his wealth, and facing more serious charges of money laundering and corruption, former Greek defense minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos is being investigated by Swiss prosecutors trying to...
Crime
Tsochatzopoulos Charges Political Coverup
Former Greek defense minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos, who has been detained in jail for nearly a year and was just sentenced to an eight-year term for failing to disclose his wealth while he awaits trial on more serious charges, has...