Oct 24, 2018
ATHENS, Greece | Greece: Former minister to be held ahead of corruption trial
ATHENS, Greece | Greece: Former minister to be held ahead of corruption trial
ATHENS, Greece — A former Greek finance minister, who headed the country’s effort to join the euro, is due to be jailed while awaiting trial on corruption charges.
Yannos Papantoniou and his wife Stavroula Kourakou are scheduled to be jailed Wednesday in Athens, after a judge ordered they be held in pre-trial detention on money laundering charges stemming from bribes allegedly paid to secure a…
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