Dubbel gestraft

Published on 23 April 2013 at 14:56

Akis Tsohatzopoulos riskeert een celstraf van 20 jaar wegens het witwassen van geld.
Op de kogel: Overeenkomst [met de trojka EU, ECB en IMF]

Het proces tegen Akis Tsohatzopoulos is op 22 april in Athene van start gegaan. De 73-jarige de socialistische voormalige minister van Defensie wordt ervan beschuldigd steekpenningen te hebben aangenomen tijdens de aankoop van Russische luchtdoelraketten en Duitse onderzeeërs.

Tsohatzopoulos is begin maart al veroordeeld tot acht jaar gevangenis wegens belastingontduiking.

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