New revelations about Artemius

October 2016. The violent conflict that erupted between New Democracy and SYRIZA a "perfume" offshore Panama Papers a lawyer Cypriot who was linked to three offshore countries and whose lens "captured" to visit the Maximos Mansion the same Cypriot lawyer's trip with the later minister, Nicolas Pappas, in Venezuela 2013, and a Cypriot truce – shareholder of "Avgi".

Haris Karanikas

The controversy between the opposition and the government began with the publication of the newspaper "Eleftheros Press" (signed by Jason Pipinis) where Artemis Artemis – the Cypriot lawyer – was photographed outside of Maximos and continued the theme of the trip to Venezuela. The New Republic, on October 23, 2016, had a barrage of announcements: "Did he visit, yes or no, Mr. Artemis in Maximos Mansion on October 10 – Who did you meet? His visit, which is not denied by the company of Maximi, is it related to the debate in Parliament and to the answer given by Mr. Tsipras about who is behind the "Avgi" offshore? "

" In its effort to "grab the bar" for the identity of the people who visit the Manor Maximos daily and publicly, the New Democracy has broken all the constraints of seriousness and quaintness ", responded the Prime Minister's Office. The following day, 36 MPs from the North asked a question in the House: "What expertise does Mr. Artemios – an offshore specialist – give to Mr. Tsipras and Pappa during his visits to the Maximos mansion, and why? Until his cooperation with the government arrives? "There were some of the issues that the NDP members asked for.

The paper then released a report on Mr. Pappas' trip with Mr. Artemis to Venezuela in August 2013. And a new announcement came of ND asking for relations between the two and a new question was put to House, this time by 46 deputies.

The same day came the answer of Maximos: "The narrative narrative that the New Democracy tries to do, even giving international dimensions, is so ridiculous that it allows no discussion … "

Artemis Artemis in October 2016 in front of the Maximos Mansion

This photo was published in Free Press reports A little later, Nikos Pappas in his radio interview with Real FM admitted that the trip to Venezuela had indeed taken place. "The trip was then made and other members of SYRIZA have participated ed. An inquiry was made into whether the leader of SYRIZA could go to Venezuela.

And the purchase of products from state-owned supermarkets in Venezuela at that time, "said Nikos Pappas.One again the ND responded with a statement saying that it would be good if the government does not throw the ball into the pit and responds to its relationship with the Cypriot lawman.In all this, Artemis Artemiou had published his own announcement-response to the original publication of the free press.

Among other things He stated that his office provides legal advice to businessmen in Cyprus and abroad, and therefore has meetings with representatives of the state and leaders of organizations He also noted that on October 10, 2016, he had held a meeting at Maximos Mansion to present, in the name and on behalf of his client, a proposal for investment in the Hellenic Republic and that he had no connection with the Cypriot society Avgi.

Regarding the offshore links to the published Panama Papers database, Mr. Artemis said: "It is evident that we are trying to link my professional activities to the political developments in Greece, based on lies and exaggerations. I note, for example, the reference to the publication that I have a prominent position on Panama Papers right now I only badociate that with just 3 of the some 7,000 badociated companies in Cyprus.

The three companies were created and operate on behalf of our clients who are NOT politically exposed persons in Cyprus or Greece. "At the time of the New Democracy-SYRIZA war in 2016, the first leak of Panama Papers was published – about 11.5 million emails, documents, pbadports and other offshore documents run by the law firm Mossack Pan-American Fonseca from the 1980s to 2015.

These data have been was leaked to the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung, who shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) c dozens of valid media outlets around the world, such as the Guardian, the BBC, the World, L & # 39; Espresso and the other Greece participated in Protagon

The figures of the new Panama Papers

About two weeks ago, a new leak was occupied by the international press: 1.2 million documents Mossack Fonseca rela the 2016-2017 period were taken over by the Sueddeutsche Zeitung, which shared with ICIJ and the media collaborators. These documents reveal new facts about the actual offshore business owners, who in the first leak seemed to be "orphaned," since Mossack Fonseca was trying to collect as much as possible to comply with the law. The new leak found records of all three off to which Mr. Artemis was attached.

Although he himself stated in his statement in 2016 that all three had been established and operated on behalf of his clients, new evidence suggests that Mossack Fonseca, the Panamanian law firm, Where the Panama Papers flowed, had its own record. as owner for two out of three offshore. The two offshore companies listed in Mossack Fonseca's internal registers for having the true beneficiary of Mr Artemius are Pizzazz Limited, based in the British Virgin Islands, and Alicium Limited, based in the Seychelles. Both appear to have been in the management of his attorney's office in 2015.

On the left, Artemis Artemis announced in October 2016 that the offshore would have been created and operated on behalf of clients. On the right, a document from the new Panama Papers leak where it is clear that the Cypriot lawyer himself is a true owner of Alicium Limited based in Seychelles since April 16, 2015

An enclosed document in the new leak is the acceptance of the property of Alicium Limited by Mr. Artemis in February 2017, and before that, Mossack Fonseca did not seem to know who held the offshore. In another new file of the Panamanian law firm, created in May 2016 (one month after the initial revelations of Panama Papers), the name of Mr. Artemios seems to be that of the true owner of Pizzazz Limited, based in the Virgin Islands British Islands.

The new leak also identifies a number of details on the subject and activities of the offshore, as alleged by Mr. Artemis and which raise questions if one takes into account that he was an offshore who had a real owner of a lawyer.

As stated in the records, Mr. Artemios was the recipient of an offshore company that provided advisory services and market research regarding fertilizer products . In addition, it appears that Pizzazz has a contract for these services.

In early April 2017, a few days before signing the Pizzazz resolution, Free Press in another article revealed that Nikos Pappas and Artemis Artemius were traveling on the island of Margarita with a plane from Mahend Chalil, a Lebanese businessman in Venezuela who was allegedly targeted by US law enforcement.

A survey of Armando.Info in Venezuela – one of the media involved in the Panama Papers – in cooperation with Protagon, found that Mr. Halil was "strongly" involved in the Maduro regime at least seven companies that have concluded government treaties. In addition, sources at Armando.Info reported that there is information that Distribuidora Agromar, a Venezuelan company, is in Mr. Halil's interest and that it also distributes fertilizer products.

The Armando.Info investigation also revealed that former Venezuelan Attorney General Louise Ortega Diaz, who is now living in a South American country, had begun to search for M companies. Halil suspected of illegal acts with foreign currency. Left, a certificate from the Cyprus Co-operative Bank that Pizzazz had a bank account until April 2017.

Right, a document from an affiliate at the Artemis firm claiming that Pizzazz had never opened bank account in his name

The new leak is also a document that shows that Pizzazz had a bank account with the Cyprus Co-operative Bank, which has closed in April 2017 when the law firm of Mr. Artemios submitted had returned the documents to the solution of the offshore company. However, signed documents indicate that Pizzazz has never had a bank account.

It should be noted that Lambros Pieri, co-founder of the law firm Artemis, participated at that time in the supervisory committee of the Banque coopérative.

Unanswered Questions

Protagon sent questions to Mr. Artemis, who first stated that he wanted to help journalistic research. Issues related to his relationship with both offshore and why while he stated that he was his clients, he appears himself as the owner, according to the records of Mossack Fonseca. In addition, it was asked which company had an agreement signed by Pizzazz to provide consultancy services for fertilizer products.

Still, it seems that Pizzazz does not have a bank account, whereas according to a document the new leak seems to have taken place. Mr. Artemis did not answer the questions. With regard to the third offshore, known as Elazzoulian Limited and headquartered in the British Virgin Islands, to which the law firm Artemis was attached, there appears to be a Cypriot shareholder.

Elazzoulian's shareholder has operations in Greece: in December 2016, he buys shares of Lambros Pieris, co-founder of the firm Artemis, in an advertising agency based in Greece, where EYDAP is a big client .

In particular, the advertising company created at the beginning of the year 2015 would have been rewarded for the production of prints as well as for some creative projects concerning EYDAP pages and electronic accounts. Source: Protagon.gr

SOURCE: protagon.gr