corruption

Greece significantly improved its corruption perception ranking in the index published by the Transparency International organization in 2019, scoring 48 points out of 100 and placing in 60th position worldwide. As recently as the year 2018, Greece had scored 45...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has unleashed a barrage of promises to voters very much like those that brought him to power in 2015. With European Parliamentary and local governmental elections approaching in May, and national elections looming in autumn,...

Greece is second from the bottom among EU countries in this year’s Corruption Perceptions Index, which was released by the organization "Transparency International" on Tuesday. At the very bottom of the EU nations studied, Bulgaria scored 42, which is one...

A civil engineer who testified prior to the arrest of former minister Yiannos Papantoniou and his wife Stavroula Kourakou on money laundering charges, told prosecutors that he had helped the couple transfer €2.5 million in cash abroad. Papantoniou and his...

Yiannos Papantoniou, a prominent political figure who was previously served as the country's defense minister and finance minister, was taken into custody late on Tuesday on charges of money laundering. The arrest followed a marathon deposition which began on...

Realtors, lawyers, accountants, notaries, members of the banking industry, high-end retailers, and money transfer agents are in the high-risk money laundering group in Greece, according to a Finance Ministry report. The report entitled "National Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Risk...

Greeks are the least satisfied with their lives among citizens in Europe, according to a report in the electronic version of German financial magazine WirtschaftsWoche. The report is based on a survey of Greek citizens conducted for the annual Atlas...

Greece has been advised to clean up its act on corruption and transparency by the Council of Europe. In particular, the Greek government needs to tighten up its rules on party-political funding, lobbying and relationships between the judicial and executive...

Greece is falling behind on efforts to stamp out corruption. This was the conclusion of two reports issued Thursday by the Council of Europe (CoE)'s anti-corruption watchdog, GRECO. One report on corruption prevention in parliament and the judiciary said only six...

Greece ranks 13th in a list of the most corrupt Western nations, according to latest Transparency International (TI) figures. Greece's grading was based on areas such as government accountability, the justice system, health, education and law enforcement. By gathering data from entrepreneurs,...