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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 13-03-08
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[01] Former D� Tsohatzopoulos' trial for kickbacks set for April 22
[01] Former D� Tsohatzopoulos' trial for kickbacks set for April 22
AMNA -- The trial of former PASOK defence minister Akis Tsohatzopoulos
and 18 other defendants accused of receiving kickbacks and "political
money laundering" from Greek state armament procurement programmes will
start on April 22, it was announced on Friday.
A Council of Court of Appeals Judges earlier indicted Tsohatzopoulos,
his wife Vicky Stamati, his daughter Areti Tsohatzopoulou, his close
aide and former armaments secretary general Yannis Sbokos and 15 other
individuals, on whom incriminating evidence of active participation in the
scandal has arisen during the course of a lengthy judicial investigation,
to stand trial.amna
Tsohatzopoulos, who is the main defendant in the case, is accused of
money laundering via offshore companies that he owned, which he used for
real estate transactions or other investment activities to legalize the
money he received as kickbacks from military procurement deals signed when
he was defence minister. In his actions he was assisted by businessmen,
lawyers, his former and present wife and his daughter.amna
The trial will start a year after Tsohatzopoulos was arrested.
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