Handwritten notes seized from the offices of the “Choriatiko” tax fraud network reportedly name five active unionists affiliated with the governing New Democracy party, raising questions about their contacts with the alleged criminal organization
More than 1,500 independent bakeries have closed in four years, as soaring energy bills, rising ingredient prices and competition from supermarket chains squeeze traditional businesses across Greece
A tax evasion ring, a deadly hospital robbery, an island bank heist, a murdered former police officer and a helicopter escape attempt in Trikala
The case involves alleged corruption within the police, drug trafficking and business owners accused of seeking preferential treatment. A former Mykonos police officer led the criminal organization between 2022 and 2025
Rhodes Mayor Alexandros Koliadis explained his contacts with a businessman tied to the case and a transparency document found at a suspect’s home
Revelations of alleged tax fraud at a pizza and bakery chain send shockwaves through Greece's food service industry, raising questions about corporate accountability, mounting pressure on businesses and uncertainty over employees’ futures.
A fundraising fraud case involving millions allegedly diverted from sick children unfolds amid dozens of arrests in separate investigations into To Horiatiko, Pizza Fan and a suspected basketball match-fixing ring
Main suspects states, from jail, that he will sell his assets to settle debts to the state, denies allegations of sexual exploitation but acknowledges writing a note accusing minister of targeting him
Investigations into alleged tax fraud at Pizza Fan and Horiatiko point to multimillion-euro losses, while the 'basketgate' probe examines suspected match-fixing in Greek basketball
SwitzGroup seeks release of frozen accounts belonging to nine Bread Factory franchise outlets, arguing that restrictions threaten operations and jobs, as authorities pursue separate major tax-evasion cases involving a bakery and pizza chain, respectively
The Dubai-based group has asked Greece’s financial crime authority to unfreeze accounts belonging to companies operating nine Bread Factory locations, saying the restrictions threaten businesses and around 1,000 jobs.
A 700-page case file details an alleged network of shell companies, 520 bank accounts and suspected links to informants in law enforcement, as investigators probe tax evasion and money laundering and examine the reported connection to another retailer
EFKA and Labor Inspectorate staff, police officers and local officials allegedly covered for the ring, as 59 defendants begin testifying
Greek police internal affairs service is to examine whether public employees leaked information or intervened on behalf of the bakery chain’s owner, who is among 59 people arrested in an alleged €100 million fraud case.
The investigation into the Horiatiko restaurant chain involves 149 defendants and allegations of tax evasion, money laundering and robberies targeting tourists at an Athens strip club. The main defendant is due to testify Thursday.
How the case unraveled and how the organization deceived the state, using dozens of straw men and hundreds of companies
Irish authorities alerted Greece’s anti-money laundering authority to suspicious accounts linked to defendants in the Horiatiko tax evasion case
Those arrested in the investigation involving the To Horiatiko bakery chain face charges ranging from criminal organization and tax evasion to money laundering, while a separate bribery case has also resurfaced
The order covers bank accounts, safe-deposit boxes and other assets of defendants in both cases, while exempting payroll accounts to protect employees - dozens of suspects have been arrested as judicial proceedings and police investigations continue
Unpaid VAT and EFKA dues, 500 shell firms and alleged state contacts are at the heart of the case against bakery owner Angelos Giannakopoulos