Investigation
Greece
Parliament Agrees to Form Special House Committee to Investigate Yiannos Papantoniou
Convicted for attempting to hide some 1.3 million euros from Greek authorities, Yiannos Papantoniou and his wife Stavroula Kourakou are about to undergo another probe into the past.
This time, the Greek Parliament has decided to initiate a probe into...
Crime
Swiss Police Investigating the Death of Prominent Greek Businessman, Manolis Kyprianidis
Police in Zurich, Switzerland are investigating the conditions in which a Greek businessman died, authorities have reported.
Greek native Manolis Kyprianidis was a permanent resident of the country and was found dead on Monday in his upscale home near Zurich and according...
Greece
Greek Police Dismantle Two Smuggling Rings, 29 Arrests
The Greek police dismantled two smuggling rings involved in the transportation of 600 migrants from Turkey into Greece after a month-long investigation. A total of 29 people were arrested, including a police officer who was suspended pending an investigation...
Greece
Investigation to be Launched After Phone Tapping Claims Near Greek Party Offices
An investigation has been launched in Athens after the Greek daily newspaper "Ta Nea" has reported that illegal phone tapping has taken place near the major political parties headquarters. According to the report, numerous suspicious devices have already been...
Economy
Greek Civil Servants Transfer 1.5 Billion Euros Abroad
Greek authorities are to investigate 5,260 Greek civil employees for transferring almost 1.5 billion euros to foreign banks between 2010 and 2014. According to the figures presented by the Administrative Reform Ministry, half of the civil servants and their relatives to be...
Europe
German Automakers Investigated for Tax Evasion in Greece
The Financial and Economic Crime Unit are investigating German automakers based in Greece. The Greek tax authorities are investigating tax fraud of automakers like Mercedes, Opel, BMW.
According to the Director of Financial Crime controls, Floratou, the reason for the...
Greece
Golden Dawn MPs Testimony Delayed
As the Greek government continues to build a case and said it has uncovered a wealth of new evidence, three Golden Dawn MPs - Giorgos Germenis, Stathis Boukouras and Panagiotis Iliopoulos - who were due to testify on Dec....
Greece
Prosecutors Examine EPO's Illegal Activities
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...
Greece
Greek Ex-Minister Bribery Scandal Could Easily Become Spy Novel
The steadily unfolding bribery scandal of defense procurements revolving mainly around the former Greek Defense Minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos could easily rank the case as a top class scenario for a future John le Carré novel. Unknown revealing details have come...