A corruption magistrate on Tuesday issued a warrant for the arrest of Artemis Sorras, already a fugitive from justice, after a first-instance court public prosecutor charged Sorras and seven of his associates with serious criminal offences.

Self-proclaimed billionaire Artemis Sorras and seven of his associates have been ordered to appear as suspects before a First Instance Prosecutor on Thursday and respond to various felony charges relating to his political grouping “Assembly of Greeks” (Ellinon Synelefsis).