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The former minister, Yiannos Papantoniou and his wife, Stavroula Kourakou, were jailed as a result of a unanimous decision by investigators and prosecutor, after a long-standing apology regarding the money laundering attributed in the indictment to the weapons program to modernize six frigates of the Navy.

Their detention was decided after a long exchange of views between the interrogator Iliana Zamianika and the badistant investigator Georgios Evangelos and the competent prosecutor.

The apology of the former minister and his wife lasted two days, Monday and Tuesday, before the special investigators of Corruption Ilia Zamanika and the deputy investigator Georgios Evangelos. The blatant indictment counts 650 pages.

Ms. Kourakou then remained at the investigation office for approximately five hours and denied the charge of money laundering.

G. Papantoniou: The Polakis doctrine is generally applied

"The instrument of Greek justice jeopardizes our own democracy.Polakis doctrine is generally applicable," said Giannos Papantoniou at his departure from the investigative offices after the decision to detain him, as well as his wife .

The two detainees will spend the night at GADA and should be appointed by the prosecutor the next morning for the prisons.

The accusations

The two men are accused of paying 2.8 million pounds of illicit income allegedly received by Mr. Papantoniou when he was in office in 2003. During the comprehensive proceedings that began Monday morning for his former minister PASOK. and on Tuesday for Mr Kurakos, the couple denied in front of corruption investigators Eliana Zamanika and Yorgos Evangelos that they received gifts to promise Mr Papandoniou the signing of the contract to modernize the 6 S type fighters of the Navy to the company French THALES. that which relates to the compensatory benefits resulting therefrom.

During the two-day apology, Mr Papantoniou was reported to have received dozens of questions about the contract, which, fifteen years after his signature, made him responsible to the court. This is the contract 010B / 03 signed on 6.2.2003 for the modernization of the average life of six "S" frigates of the Hellenic Navy with subcontractors Hellenic Shipyards SA – as main contractor and subcontractor THALES NEDER LAND BV and the Department of National Defense.

In the serious indictment, which prevailed over the answers of the former minister and his wife to the judges' decision as to their penal treatment, it is stated that, for the contract in question Mr. Papantoniou received the award. In fact, investigators consider that this money is in the amount of about 4 million Swiss francs being investigated because it is likely that he has been made available to promote specific contracts of the Ministry of Defense.

The amount of corruption attributed to Mr. Papantoniou seems to be directly related to the cost of the frigate modernization project, of about 400 million euros, a sum of money that investigators now consider to be a loss for the state. The file refers to cash receipts, from the account of a French company, on an account held in Geneva by his now deceased representative, Charalambos Becathoros. From there they are transferred to Cyprus from where partial withdrawals are made. The amounts in question by the investigators appear filed in civil accounts, a friend of the Papantoniou couple. The engineer accused of the case was apologized a few days ago to investigators on corruption and was released with a 500 year old financial guarantee and a ban on leaving the country.

It is recalled that Mr. Papantoniou is accused of legalizing illegal wages amounting to 2.8 million Swiss francs. On Tuesday, he returned to the investigative office to complete his apology regarding the charges against the 800 – page indictment contained in the contract. of 2003 to upgrade six Navy frigates.

The ex-minister's apology was exhaustive and there were many moments when the two investigators bombed Mr. Papantoniou with questions about the reasons for the case against him. him just a year ago, while there were elements of Swiss banks. for flows and money movements which, according to the judicial authorities, "show" illegal advantages.

Fifteen years after the signing of the contract in question, Giannos Papantoniou was called upon to answer the merits of the case. Indeed, according to claims by Askrisis, the Minister of National Defense allegedly committed in 2003 a – prescribed – infidelity to the state with 400 million euros. motivated illegal benefits received. The case file concerns these illegal charges and the means of concealing and legalizing these funds.

The former minister does not accept that the contract of the six frigates caused damage to the state and, according to the information available to him, the melody was mentioned several times during the proceedings because the investigators interviewed Mr. Papantoniou for eight hours on this subject. the subject. According to information, the former minister reportedly told investigators that, if he did not sign this contract, the state would suffer a loss of 3 billion euros, that it would have to dedicate to the construction of new ships. "The choice you are essentially suggesting through the indictment would undermine the resilience of the economy and national security," he told law enforcement officials. .

With regard to the legalization of the funds attributed to him, Mr. Papantoniou seems not only to question the reasoning of the two investigators, but also to give them total ignorance of the banking system. He argues that the two law enforcement officers, desperate for the lack of data, created a scenario without substantive evidence. "I have not had any money, you have absolutely no evidence, no indication or anything that may suggest corruption." It's not true to claim the act charge, "said the former minister.

For his part, Mr Papantoniou 's husband, Mr Kourakou, remained at the polling station for about five hours and denied the accusation of money laundering attributed to him.

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