A retired lawyer with an office in Kolonaki fingered as a “middleman” of a German company by incarcerated former deputy head of procurements at the ministry of Defense Antonis Kantas, seems to be the first person in a series of slated arrest in connection with defense related corruption.
The man named by PASOK president Evangelos Venizelos as implicated in judicial disputes with the defense ministry, Yannis Tafyllis is also a member of the SYRIZA Secretariat for Defense and Foreign Relations, and parliamentary candidate. Mr Venizelos also accused Tafyllis of being the man with whom Alexis Tsipras sets up machinations and backroom deals in defense related issues.
As is shown by data submitted to parliament by citizen protection minister Nikos Dendias, foreign diplomats coming to Greece immediately take on the worst aspects of Greek driving habits.
Supreme court prosecutor Efterpi Koutzamani called the decision to let 42 defendants in the stock market bubble “provocative.” The prosecutor also said that she is waiting for the decision to be registered so she can proceed to lifting the decision, asking at the same time to be handed the decision as soon as possible.