money laundering

  Greece's former Economy and Finance Minister, Yiannos Papantoniou, and his wife Stavroula Kourakou were given an extension to prepare their testimony on charges of money laundering by a court in Athens on Thursday. Both appeared at the investigator’s office with their solicitor,...

Tasos Mandelis, a former socialist transport minister, was found guilty of money laundering in the Siemens kickbacks case, and was handed an eight-year suspended sentence. Judges ruled that Mandelis had received 450,000 German marks as a bribe for a contract...

A Russian man was arrested in Chalkidiki, northern Greece, suspected by the U.S. authorities of running a multi-billion money laundering operation. According to Greek police, the 38-year old man was arrested at a luxury hotel where he was holidaying with...

Greece is ready to provide information to other states on cases of possible money laundering, Justice Minister Stavros Kontonis said on Wednesday, speaking at a parliamentary committee debating a draft bill which ratifies the 2005 Warsaw Treaty on the...

Former defense minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos, convicted to 20 years in prison for money laundering in 2013, will be held in prison just a few more days after raising 200,000-euros in bailout money ordered by an Athens appeals court.  His...

The head of Alpha TV Dimitris Kontominas, a businessman that has also been involved in insurance, retail trade and cinema, was charged on Thursday with criminal counts of tax evasion and legalizing income from illegal activity following an investigation...

France's most wanted fraudster, Alli Shoobhi Kassem, was arrested by Greek authorities in Voula, an up-market suburb on the Athens coast. The French authorities had issued a European warrant for his arrest for illegal activities that include money laundering. The...

Greek authorities have raided the home of a former local boss of UBS investment bank as part of an extensive investigation into suspected tax evasion. Hellenic Police raided the home of Christos Sclavounis in Athens and took away computers, documents and...

Popular Greek-Cypriot recording artist Michalis Hatzigiannis - one of the most successful singers of the last decade - is to stand trial over charges of failure to declare 5 million euros in his tax statements for 2010-2011. His lawyers have made an appeal...

Former director of the Greek Red Cross and affiliated Henry Dunant Hospital and his wife were arrested on Monday on a warrant issued by a corruption prosecutor. Andreas Martinis, 75, and his wife Georgia are accused of bribery. Specifically, Martinis...