Unpaid VAT and EFKA dues, 500 shell firms and alleged state contacts are at the heart of the case against bakery owner Angelos Giannakopoulos

Greece’s anti-money laundering authority has ordered the freezing of assets belonging to defendants in two major tax fraud investigations, while explicitly exempting payroll accounts to protect employees’ wages

Authorities are investigating alleged lost state revenue exceeding €100 million in a case involving the owner of the To Horiatiko bakery chain, with the probe also extending to suspected trafficking and a network that could implicate around 100 people

Authorities suspect a network of about 200 companies behind a tax fraud that may have cost the Greek state more than 100 million euros