Corruption Prosecutor says she fears for her life after “burglary” in her home

“I have become the number one target. Next step is to kill me,” Corruption Prosecutor Eleni Touloupaki said on Sunday in her first statement to media dikografies after a “strange burglary” in her home over the weekend.

These are the first words by Eleni Touloupaki, after the “burglary” in her house, where the unknown perpetrators did not steal any valuables or appliances but they turned upside down her office.

At the time of the burglary, the corruption prosecutor was returning to Athens from Crete where in spent her summer vacations. It was the cleaning lady who entered the apartment on Sunday morning and called the police when she realized the mess.

Speaking to judicial news website “Dikografies,” Touloupaki said that she was informed by the domestic helper, who went to her home on Sunday morning to clean the house. The helper was the first person to enter the home after the burglary.

The perpetrators allegedly were searching for something in her office, the prosecutor said, adding that “they were looking for some documents and searched even in the piano.”

Citing police sources, state-run news agency amna  notes that the house door was broken. Police officers went to Touloupaki’s home on Sunday to investigate the issue and also to check whether it was indeed a burglary.

It is recalled that law prosecutors and other court officials are not allowed to have official documents or files in their homes.

Touloupaki’s name has been in the spotlight lately regarding her handling of the Novartis case is under investigation.

According to libre.gr, on Saturday, “Dikografies” reported that no request has been submitted for the replacement of Eleni Touloupaki by the Minister of Justice, Costas Tsiaras.