corruption

According to a study on corruption in Greece in 2013, the financial crisis had an effect on the levels of corruption in both the public and private sectors...

PASOK announced today that it is taking the initiative to begin discussions for a new set of regulations for NGOs, in the aftermath of an NGO scandal revealed the huge extent of corruption and fraud. According to the announcement, PASOK wants to ensure that the new legal framework will bring transparency, meritocracy and security to […]

The Deputy Director of a Police Department in a northern suburb of Athens was arrested today by colleagues of his in the Internal Affairs division due to tax evasion. According to police information the officer in name managed three restaurants which were registered in his wife’s name, two of which are located in downtown Athens […]

The leader of the opposition and president of SYRIZA Alexis Tsipras along with Zoi Konstantopoulou and Stavros Kontonis visited prosecutors Eleni Raikou, Popi Papandreou, Antonis Eleftherianos, Yannis Sevis and the appellate court prosecution supervisor Manolis Rasidakis. After the meeting concluded, the opposition leader stated that “whoever stole public funds must return them. The prosecutors’ efforts […]

After the former deputy Secretary of Armaments Antonis Kantas agreed to cooperate with the investigation into the corruption and bribery scandal, a second implicated person – who is referred to by his initials “P.E.” and has already faced the German courts – has agreed to cooperate with the investigative prosecutors and reveal the names of […]

Prosecutor Virginia Sakellaropoulou who is handling the trial of businessman Makis Psomiadis has suggested that the defendant be found guilty of attempted extortion, corruption and repeated bribery, while being found innocent of forming and managing a criminal organization for illegal gambling and money laundry. Mr. Psomiadis is facing felony charges of establishing an illegal betting […]

The Police’s Internal Affairs agency “raided” the Police Department of Omonia, as part of its operation to uproot Golden Dawn infiltrations in the police force. According to officers of the Internal Affairs agency, they recovered quantities of drugs that Omonia PD officers illegally held on to from arrests, investigations and confiscations. The agency is also […]

The leader of the employee union at the Sotiria hospital has been arrested after it was alleged that he demanded 50,000 euros from hospital president Maria Kara in exchange for not calling a strike. According to the Minister of Health Adonis Georgiadis, the union leader threatened to call a strike over the construction plans of […]

According to the World Economic Forum, competition in Greece is improving, with the country ranking 91st in the list of 148. Last year Greece ranked 90th amongst 142 countries. Greece might be the least competitive amongst the Eurozone members, however the study recognizes that the Greek government is working towards overcoming huge difficulties. The World […]

An anonymous seven-page document circulated from the Ministry of Finances demonstrates the extent of tax evasion due to political intervention in Greece. The document was written in the first person and is not signed by the relevant Minister, Yannis Stournaras. In the informal document, the author essentially admits that tax evasion is the greatest scourge […]