Main opposition leader Stefanos Kasselakis clarified in an interview with Alpha TV on Tuesday that he does not know if the previous SYRIZA leadership had made use of shady funding sources.
CORRUPTION
The OECD has noted Greece’s adjustment to taking measures against corruption and fighting it in international business transactions, in a report after an assessment carried out in the country.
The OECD has noted Greece’s adjustment into taking measures against corruption and in fighting it in international business transactions, in a report after an assessment carried out in the country.
Main opposition SYRIZA leader Stefanos Kasselakis has challenged Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to bring in an independent firm of chartered accountants to check the finances of both SYRIZA and ruling New Democracy for the past 10 years, in the latest row over shady political funding sources.
Corruption cases involving public officials abound and are on the rise.
By enlisting the help of the FBI – as announced recently – Cyprus is making an effort to deal with the problem of corruption that has been a blight on the country’s reputation for so many years.
Albanian prosecutors said Saturday they ordered the arrest of the mayor of a seaside tourist town in the country’s south on corruption charges.
A regional government official who charged up to 3,500 euros in bribes to issue machine operator licenses is facing criminal of corruption, embezzlement and illegal possession of weapons following his arrest by police on Monday.
The ethnic-Greek mayor-elect of the Albanian town of Himare Fredi Beleri should receive a jail sentence of two and a half years, Albanian prosecutors said at his trial on Tuesday.
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) has decided to dismiss its proceedings against Greek MEP Maria Spyraki, in a case of suspected fraud in relation to the management of the parliamentary allowance, and in particular concerning the remuneration of Accredited Parliamentary Assistants.
Politician Eva Kaili, who is being investigated over corruption allegations dubbed Qatargate, could face legal repercussions if she speaks to the media about the scandal, Brussels-based news site POLITICO has reported.
Cyprus’ Independent Anti-Corruption Authority has initiated an investigation based on claims made in the book “Mafia State” by journalist Makarios Drousiotis, which exposes allegations of corruption against former president Nicos Anastasiades.
Parliament’s website will be publishing the declarations of 1,034 politicians in which they detail the provenance of their wealth and assets on Monday instead of Sunday, as originally planned.
Federal prosecutors and the FBI are conducting a broad public corruption investigation into whether Mayor Eric Adams’ 2021 election campaign conspired with the Turkish government to receive illegal foreign donations, according to a search warrant obtained by The New York Times.
A prosecutor in Athens will investigate two civil servants whose wealth declaration (so called “pothen esches”) showed large sums in their bank accounts that could not be justified by their official incomes.
The Financial Police conducted searches at the homes of MEP Eva Kaili in Psychiko and her sister Madalena in Kifissia, which ended Wednesday.
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