Greece: the Supreme Court calls for an investigation into the wiretapping case

The Greek Supreme Court has called for an investigation into the case of wiretapping a former prime minister and ministers still in office, a case that shook the country for months after it was revealed in a newspaper.DocumentWeekly.

The chief editor of the left-wing newspaper, Costas Vaxivanis, announced that he would “testify on Monday”.

Among the victims are former prime minister Antonis Samaras, as well as current ministers of foreign affairs, finance, development, labor and tourism, as well as businessman Vangelis Marinakis, owner of the Greek football clubs Olympiakos and Nottingham Forest, the English newspaper.

The newspaper, which has links to the left-wing opposition Syriza party, explained that it had obtained this information “from two people who played a key role in the wiretapping”.

He pointed out that the Predator malware was not only used to penetrate the phones of the targets, but also the phones of some of their relatives.

Government spokesman Ioannis Okonomou responded by saying there was “no evidence” of the prosecution, but asked the judiciary to investigate the newspaper’s report.

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For its part, the European Parliament on Friday called on Greece to conduct an “urgent and thorough” investigation into the illegal wiretapping that has cast a shadow on the Greek political scene in recent months.

The case came to light in July when Socialist MEP Nikos Androlakis filed a complaint claiming that he had been subjected to numerous attempts to hack his phone using Predator spyware.

In August, the scandal led to the resignation of the chief of intelligence services and the resignation of an adviser to the prime minister, and the government admitted to intercepting Androlakis without giving reasons, but denied the use of illegal electronic software.