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 […]

The 83-year-old arms dealer Panagiotis Efstathiou went to court today to state his plea in response to the allegations of former deputy director of armaments Antonis Kantas. Mr. Efstathiou, who is accused of bribery and money laundry, has also been investigated by the German courts for his involvement in the armaments scandal. In August his […]

The 78-year-old representative of Germans arms company Wegmann Dimitris Papachristos was arrested yesterday over the recent armament scandal to surface and was given until Friday to state his plea before the courts. According to Mr. Papachristos’ attorneys, the 78-year-old has vowed to assist in the investigation to the best of knowledge, while pointing out the […]

The 83-year-old arms dealer Panagiotis Efstathiou has been summoned as a defendant to testify in the armament scandal, after being implicated by the former deputy director of armaments Antonis Kantas as one of the main bribers during the 1997-2002 period. Mr. Efstathiou, who has been investigated by German and Greek authorities, faces charges of bribery […]

The former secretary of armaments Antonis Kantas has made serious allegations regarding the extent of corruption in the Ministry of National Defense and the armament deals for the Armed Forces, implicating political divs and shaking the political system to its core. Kantas revealed that he had 10 bank accounts in Switzerland to receive bribes, while […]

The former deputy director of armament Antonis Kantas has been detained until his trial. Mr. Kantas is expected to continue his plea on Thursday. Aside from agreeing to return the sum of 16 million dollars that were found in three of his bank accounts, Mr. Kantas has also handed over to the investigative authorities a […]

The former Cypriot Minister of the Interior Dinos Mihailidis has been detained, after testifying before the examiner for his involvement in the extensive money laundering scanda. Mr. Mihailidis was extradited from Cyprus as one of the main divs in the money laundering operations orchestrated by former Greek National Defense Minister Akis Tsohatzopoulos, which involved bribes […]

According to the civil action brought against Akis Tsohatzopoulos, the former Minister of National Defense deceived the members of the Government Council of National Defense (KYSEA) on numerous occasions, in order to collect bribes. Regarding the controversial submarine deal, prosecutor Dionisis Kolovos stressed that Mr. Tsohatzopoulos and his partner-in-crime Yannis Sbokos manipulated and withheld information […]