A much-anticipated trial of four representatives of companies involved in what’s known as “predator-gate” wiretapping furor in Greece is set to restart on Sept. 25 before a single-justice misdemeanor court in Athens.

The companies have been accused of marketing, distributing, and facilitating the use of the notorious “Predator” mobile phone surveillance software to allegedly eavesdrop on Greek citizens, including politicians, journalists and military officers, among others.

The trial originally commenced on March 5 earlier this year but was indefinitely suspended in order for the indictment and warrants to be translated in English for the benefit of the foreign nationals who are defendants, two out of the four, in fact.

The specific defendants are charged with violating the privacy of communications between 2020 and 2021 of two people, a local journalist and a former public policy manager for Meta.

The specific offense was downgraded in mid-2019 in the last days of a then SYRIZA-ANEL coalition government from a felony to a misdemeanor – a part of a widely criticized penal code revision undertaken by the Tsipras government before the latter convincingly lost a general election.

PASOK president Nikos Androulakis and other political figures are expected to be present at the trial to support the charge, as the witness roll already exceeds 50.