In a highly publicised case Mr George Loukos, a former chair and artistic director of the Athens & Epidaurus Festival, Greece's biggest annual cultural event, was cleared on 20.6.2023 from financial mismanagement charges by a unanimous judgment of the Court of Appeal Athens sitting as...
ICGL launched the 2023 Comparative Guide on Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Regulations. This publication covers issues including criminal enforcement, regulatory and administrative enforcement and requirements for financial institutions and other designated businesses. Ilias Anagnostopoulos and Alexandros Tsagkalidis have contributed the chapter on Greece. ...
Legal 500 launched the 2023 Comparative Guide on Bribery and Corruption. The Guide provides a pragmatic overview of the bribery & corruption law across a variety of jurisdictions. Each chapter includes information about the current issues affecting bribery & corruption practice in a particular country and addresses...
Global Investigations Review has launched the 2023 edition of Extradition Know-how. Understanding the differences between extradition systems is key to effectively represent clients involved in extradition or surrender proceedings or having to decide where to live or travel to. The Guide provides a basis for this...
Chambers has launched the Fraud & Asset Tracing Guide for 2023. The Guide provides the latest legal information on fraud claims, disclosure of assets, shareholders’ claims against fraudulent directors, overseas parties in fraud claims, rules for claiming punitive or exemplary damages and laws to protect...
The Internatiponal Academy of Financial Crime Litigators held an one-day meeting on topical issues in Basel at the Alte Universität premises on 6 of May 2023. The Academy has united the top public- and private-sector litigation professionals with the renowned Basel Institute on Governance and like-minded...
On 3.5.2023 Patras Court of Appeal sitting as a first instance extradition chamber issued a decision rejecting an extradition request from the U.S. against a Romanian citizen, who had been arrested in Patras, Greece, on charges of fraud against the US, wire fraud, and money...
After a multi-week trial the Athens Court of Appeal sitting as a first instance court handed down on 27.4.2023 an acquittal verdict for a former CEO of Hellenic Shipyards SA, a subsidiary of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, on charges of instigation to breach of trust under...
ANAGNOSTOPOULOS will host a Webinar on White Collar Crime in association with LEGAL 500 on 24 November 2022, 4pm Athens. Some of Greece’s most prominent practitioners with deep and varied expertise in their fields will provide useful insights to both corporations and individuals who seek regulatory...
Following a multi month hearing the Five-Member Court of Appeal Athens handed down its judgment on 26.9.2022 quashing multiyear convictions of former executives and employees of Siemens AG, its Greek subsidiary, and of Hellenic Telecommunications Organisation (OTE) on bribery and money laundering charges in relation...