PEP jailed for 20 years for money laundering along with his wife, ex-wife & daughter.
18/07/2024
Court officials said on Monday that a former Greek minister already in jail for tax fraud was given another 20 years in prison for money laundering. His wife, ex-wife, daughter and 13 others were also convicted of money laundering on Monday.
The officials added that Akis Tsohatzopoulos, defence minister from 1996 to 2001, was convied of transferring kickbacks from arms deals between 1997 and 2001 into foreign bank accounts.
In the highest-profile conviction of a politician in decades, Tsohatzopoulos was sentenced in March to
- Eight years in prison for failing to disclose the source of his wealth and
- Submitting false income statements from 2006 to 2009.
Tsohatzopoulos last served as a minister in 2004 and quit politics in 2009.
The court officials said two other defendants were acquitted of the money laundering charges.
The case has come to symbolise the graft that has plagued the crisis-hit country. Soaring unemployment and austerity measures have deepened widespread anger against the generation of politicians who led Greece into a debt crisis in 2009.
The government is trying to placate that anger by cracking down harder on high-level tax evasion and fraud.
SOURCE
- https://www.reuters.com/article/world/former-greek-minister-found-guilty-of-money-laundering-idUSBRE9960NM/
- Writing by Renee Maltezou; Editing by Andrew Heavens
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