Vaxevanis
Economy
Prosecutor Probing Venizelos, Papaconstantinou
Former finance ministers from the PASOK Socialist party, George Papaconstantinou, and Evangelos Venizelos – now the party’s head – will be investigated by Parliament to determine whether they were criminally negligent for failing to vet a list of 2,059...
Business
Vaxevanis Says Greece Hiding Corruption
A Greek journalist acquitted of violating privacy laws for publishing a list of 2,059 depositors with $1.95 billion in a Swiss bank being kept secret by the government, said the country’s political and rich are trying to muzzle the...
Greece
Kill the Messengers: Greece Can't Handle The Truth
It’s a good thing that Costas Vaxevanis, one of a handful of legitimate journalists left in Greece in a country where too many are in the bag to politicians and the rich, wasn’t standing in front of a hole...
Economy
Vaxevanis Says Rich Elite Rules Greece
As he faces trial on charges of violating privacy laws for publishing a list of 2,059 Greeks with $1.95 billion in deposits in a Swiss bank who were never checked for possible tax evasion, investigative journalist Costas Vaxevanis has...
Economy
Greece Arrests Another Journalist, For Libel
Continuing a crackdown on journalists revealing embarrassing information or questioning its policies, the Greek government arrested a television journalist after midnight on Oct. 31 after he threatened to expose more damaging allegations about the country's economy as Prime Minister...
Economy
Greek Lawyers Says Vaxevanis Unfairly Prosecuted
The board of the Athens Bar Association (ABA) said it was surprised that a Greek investigative journalist was prosecuted on violation of privacy laws a day after he released a list of 2,059 Greeks with $1.95 in deposits in...
Economy
Vaxevanis Says Greece Hiding Tax Evasion
A Greek journalist who was arrested for exposing the names of 2,059 people with $1.95 billion in deposits in a Swiss bank said the government moved swiftly to silence him because it is trying to cover up for rampant...
Economy
Lagarde List Leaked: Greek Politicians, Big Names
A closely-kept secret by the Greek government – the names of 1,991 people who made $1.95 billion in deposits in the Geneva, Switzerland HSBC bank branch – has been released by a Greek investigative journalist and immediately went viral...