Akis Tsochatzopoulos, co-founder of socialist party PASOK and former defense minister, passed away at the age of 82. He was suffering from serious health problem and was hospitalized in a private clinic in the last ten days In 1 July 2011, amid accusations of corruption scandals, the Greek Parliament voted …
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Ex PASOK Defense Minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos ordered back to prison
Greece’s Supreme Court, Arios Pagos, ordered former PASOK Defense Minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos back to prison in order to serve the rest of a 19-year long sentence kickbacks and money laundering. On Monday, the Supreme Court ordered 79-year-old Tsochatzopoulos back to Korydallos prison upholding a previous ruling by a court earlier …
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Ex Defense Minister Tsochatzopoulos, his wife and daughter to return to prison
Ex Defense minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos, his wife Vicky Stamati and his daughter Areti Tsochatzopoulou will have to return to prison, the five-member Court of Appeals decided on Tuesday. The second instance court opened the prison door to Tsochatzopoulos and nine more defendants on the case of “golden bribes” for the …
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Court of Appeals finds ex Defense Minister, another 15 defendants guilty for “golden bribes”
After a procedure than lasted three year, the Five-Member Court of Appeals ruled on the so-called “golden bribes” and found guilty former defense minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos and another 15 defenders. The sentences are still to be announced. According to in.gr, it is worth noting that the court reduced the amount …
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Ex Defense Minister Tsochatzopoulos returns to prison after failing to provide 200K bail
Former Defense Minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos was taken back to prison after his family failed to get together to sum of 200,000 euro needed for his bail. The former minister returned to prison after a a heart surgery in a public hospital. 77-year-old Akis Tsochatzopoulos has been convicted to 20 years …
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Convicted ex Defense Minister Tsochatzopoulos beaten in prison
Former PASOK Defense Minister and inmate Akis Tsochatzopoulos was brutally beaten in his cell in wing F of Korydallos prison in Athens. The former minister convicted for bribes in armament procurement was taken to the prison hospital to receive first aid as he had suffered “heavy beating”. According to daily …
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Greek arms dealer arrested for suspected bribes for Russian anti-tank missiles
These arms purchases and arms deals are very lucrative deals. They made a few Greeks rich, especially officials in the Greek Defense Ministry. They cost the Greek people millions and million of euros or dollars then it was taxpayers’ money that was turned into kickbacks and bribes. Too bad that …
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Ex PM Simitis had no idea about the Kickbacks-Party of his Defense Minister
Former Prime Minister Kostas Simitis appeared before the court handling the appeal of former Defense Minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos against his sentence for money laundering and bribery in the Greek Defense Ministry. Testifying in front of the five members of the Court of Appeal for Felonies, ex PM Simitis stated among …
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Greek bribes: What is the volume of a suitcase full with 80 million Drachmas?
W-O-W! Former Greek Defence Minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos had a suitcase full of bribes money. Kickbacks from a state contract. Allegedly the suitcase contained 80 million Drachmas – 235,000 euro. That so claimed by the ex-minister’s first cousin and former confidant Nikos Zigras. According to daily Ethnos, key prosecution witness Zigras …
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Greek prosecutor orders arrest of German citizen over armament bribes
I have the feeling Greece tries to steal the media focus currently busy with Cyprus. Otherwise I have no logical explanation for two news items coming from Greece. Maybe Greek authorities were alarmed to hear all these Cypriot citizens demanding “catharsis” for those who threw the country into such an …
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Athens court sentences ex Defence Minister to 8 years imprisonement, half million euro fine
A court in Athens sentenced former Defence Minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos to 7+1 years imprisonment, a fine of 520,000 euro while it ordered the confiscation of his luxury real estate property, a three-storey building at noble Dionisioy-Aeropagitoy Street close to Acropolis. Akis Tsochatzopoulos, former powerful PASOK official stood trial on Monday morning …
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Athens: Ex PASOK Defence Minister, acting Golden Dawn MP stand trial
Athens courts have a busy day on Monday with prominent defenders appearing before the judges. Former defence minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos (PASOK) stands trial for inaccurate income declarations of the past. Is this a reason to stand trial? No. The main reason for Tsochatzopoulos to be in custody since April 2012 are …
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Greek Businessman Accused of Bribery in TOR-M1 Found Dead in Indonesia
Vlassis Kambouroglou, 60, managing director of Drumilan International has been found dead on Saturday in his hotel room in Jakarta, Indonesia. In a story that reads like a modern times novel written together by John Le Carre and Graham Greene, some Greek media claim that Kambouroglou had committed suicide while …
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Sorry seems to be the hardest word!
Amid the song and dance of famous “Wedding Party on a Battleship” – the AVEROF, you know… -, which became talk of the country, I forgot, or better say, I didn’t catch up with other important news and issues that affect crisis-suffering Greeks. You may have understood by now that …
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