Akis Tsohatzopoulos risks 20 years in prison for money laundering.
On the ball: Memorandum [with the EU-ECB-IMF troika]
The trial of Socialist former defence minister Akis Tsohatzopoulos began on April 22 in Athens. The 73-year-old is accused of having received bribes in the deal to purchase Russian anti-aircraft missiles and German submarines.
Tsohatzopoulos has already been sentenced to 8 years in prison in early March, for hiding assets from the Greek treasury.
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