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Four Greek MPs Indicted in EU Farm Scandal: Prosecutors
The indictments follow allegations that lawmakers helped dozens of people claim EU farm payments for land they did not own and inflated livestock numbers.
- On Thursday, The EPPO indicted 22 defendants, including four current Hellenic Parliament members, for an alleged organised fraud scheme involving agricultural funds.
- Between 2016 and 2023, the government agency OPEKEPE was allegedly used to claim subsidies through unlawful administrative interventions, retrospective data alterations, and false certifications.
- Parliament lifted the immunity of 13 New Democracy lawmakers in April to facilitate investigations; The EPPO dismissed allegations against other deputies due to lack of evidence, while three former members remain under scrutiny.
- Greek government spokesperson Pavlos Marinakis stated the four indicted deputies are presumed innocent, as the scandal has prompted ministers' resignations and parliamentary probes affecting Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
- Police arrested 20 people on Crete weeks ago after dismantling a criminal gang assisting farmers with false subsidy declarations, while The EPPO continues investigating alleged acts committed during other time periods.
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·Greece
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The European Public Prosecutor's Office announced on Thursday, July 16, that it is launching legal proceedings against 22 people, including four members of the Greek Parliament, for their alleged involvement in a vast scandal involving the misappropriation of European agricultural subsidies.
·Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
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EU prosecutors indict four acting lawmakers over farm aid fraud
·London, United Kingdom
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