bribes

Despite the periodic revelations and the often painful consequences for those implicated, phenomena of corruption and bribery persist at the sinful Defence Ministry.

The police arrested businessman Thomas Liakounakos late on Monday evening in relation to the military procurement and...

The Swiss banker Jean-Claude Oswald was detained after he testified in two separate bribery scandals in Greek courts on...

The recently-apprehended Swiss banker Jean-Claude Oswald is set to testify on his involvement in two major scandals in Greece...

The recently-recaptured Vicky Stamati has announced that she intends to visit prosecutor Grigoris Peponis on Monday in order...

The investigation into the finances of LAOS president Giorgos Karatzaferis has revealed about 6 million euros in his accounts...

According to former Ericsson employee Liss-Olof Nenzell, the Swedish telecommunications company paid out a total of about13 million euros towards bribes...

The wife of the former Minister of Finances and National Defense Yannos Papantoniou, Mrs. Stavroula Kourakou appeared as witness before the investigative...

In his testimony to Swiss judicial authorities who are visiting Greece to investigate the transfer of millions of euros worth of bribes via Swiss banks, Nikos Zigras demanded that the bribes return to Greece. Mr. Zigras, who was convicted in October for his role in the Akis Tsohatzopoulos scandal, accused the Swiss state of “building […]

In his plea on Wednesday, the former deputy director of armaments at the Ministry of National Defense Antonis Kantas alluded to two important political divs being involved – one of whom is still active – without however identifying them by name. Based on rumors circulating amongst judicial circles the revelation of the names of the […]

A New Democracy poster circulating on social networks regarding the return of bribe money to the Greek state has been heavily criticized by Samaras’ coalition government partners PASOK. The poster boldly claims that “By order of the Prime Minister Antonis Samaras 17,700,000 euros from bribes are returning to the Greek people”. PASOK’s communication’s officer Dimitris […]

The Ministers of Education Konstantinos Arvanitopoulos and Health Adonis Georgiadis will meet with the Deputy Minister of Finances Christos Staikouras today to discuss drawing funds from the bribes that have been returned to the Greek state in recent trials. The Education and Health Ministries are specifically set to collect an estimated 17.3 million euros that […]

The 83-year-old arms dealer Panos Efstathiou for STN Atlas, who has been implicated in a major armament bribery scandal, has decided to cooperate with the investigators and promised to reveal details about the involvement of others who have yet to face charges. According to his indictment, Efstathiou handed out at least 26 million euros in […]