Bribery

New arrests were made today in the case of bribes for defense equipment contracts. The police have arrested Sotiris Emmanouil and Ioannis Mpeltsios. Sotiris Emmanouil was an executive of the Hellenic Shipyards in Skaramagas, Athens. According to allegations, he received...

Panayiotis Efstathiou, a Greek businessman and key suspect in the German arms bribery scandal testified on January 2, in front of the investigator. In his testimony he implicated two former Defense Chiefs, the deceased former Chief of the Hellenic Navy General Staff,...

Antonis Kantas, former deputy general manager of armament, during 1996-2002 (with Minister of Defense Akis Tsochatzopoulos and then Yannos Papantoniou), was arrested for the second time. He is now accused of money laundering. Kantas will submit his defense Tuesday. Kantas...

  A team of prosecutors accompanied by officers from the financial police department raided the headquarters of the Hellenic Football Federation (EPO). This action was part of an investigation that is held in order to find evidence connecting Greece’s soccer...

The Greek Parliament’s March 6 vote declaring that the traditional method of passing bribes in small envelopes called “fakelaki” may not be unlawful because they are just Greeks way of saying thanks for favors is continuing to spark reaction. The...

A Greek-Australian customs officer working at Sydney Airport, Paul John Katralis, 25, was arrested by federal police agents and is now facing drug trafficking and bribery charges. Authorities said he tried to import 14 kilos of pseudoephedrine, a stimulant used...