OPEKEPE case: Prosecutor calls for convictions of 22 defendants in illegal subsidies trial
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- A European prosecutor called for the conviction of 22 farmers accused in an illegal subsidies case involving Greece’s OPEKEPE agricultural payments agency.
- Most of the defendants come from Crete and are standing trial before a three-member criminal court in Athens.
The prosecutor in a Greek trial involving illegal agricultural subsidies called for the conviction of all 22 accused farmers, most of them from Crete.
Dionysis Mouzakis, the European prosecutor assigned to the Athens court, presented the case against the defendants, who are standing trial before the Three-Member Misdemeanors Court of Athens.
Mouzakis described in detail what he said were the common features of the alleged criminal acts that brought the defendants before the court. The case concerns subsidies linked to OPEKEPE, Greece’s agricultural payments agency.
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Originally published by Ta Nea in Greek. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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