Vassilis Papageorgopoulos
Crime
Thessaloniki Ex-Mayor had his Life Sentence Reduced
Former Thessaloniki Mayor Vassilis Papageorgopoulos had his life sentence for embezzlement reduced to a maximum of 20 years by a new court ruling today.
By a vote of 3 to 2, the five-member Appeals Court ruled that Papageorgopoulos had been...
Crime
No Funds To Fight Greek Corruption
While Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has been touting his push to cut down the level of corruption in Greece - the highest in the European Union - an anti-graft chief hired last summer said he's still waiting for...
Greece
It's Easy To Find The Greeks Who Can't Steal Straight
There’s so many scandals in Greece that you need a scorecard to keep them straight and they all involve politicians, businessmen and connected people who thought, often with much justification that either they were too smart to get caught,...
Greece
Former Thessaloniki Municipality Senior Officers Charged With Money Laundering
Former Thessaloniki Mayor Vassilis Papageorgopoulos, former general secretary of the Municipality of Thessaloniki Michalis Lemoussias, former deputy mayor Michalis Zorpidis and a senior employee of the Municipality were found guilty of money laundering by a court prosecutor on Monday...