As Parliament prepares to revisit the Predator spyware affair, new reports allege the government is considering legislation that could allow foreign defendants linked to national security cases to be tried in their home countries.
The push to compel testimony from Grigoris Dimitriadis, the prime minister's nephew who took the fall and resigned in 2022, and the Israeli businessman behind Predator appears to have the votes to make the summons mandatory.
Report citing alleged 2020 cooperation agreement between Intellexa and intelligence service prompts renewed calls for investigation and access to purported evidence
The surveillance affair—often referred to as the “Predator scandal”—has been an issue of major political acrimony in Greece since 2022.
Tal Dilian, who is appealing his conviction over the Predator spyware scandal, says Greek state agencies operated the system and demands a parliamentary inquiry to clear his name.
Greece's governing party used its parliamentary majority to neutralize minority rights and block scrutiny of two major scandals, deepening tensions in a parliament already struggling with a crisis of public trust.
Government-backed approval of a parliamentary inquiry under a 151-vote requirement sparked walkouts and accusations of a “parliamentary coup” from opposition parties.
The security conference Athens Defence Summit is being organized by a private company founded in February 2026 and run by the son of Dimitris Avramopoulos and the son of pro–New Democracy publisher Karamanlis. The role of Grigoris Dimitriadis
Supreme Court Prosecutor Tzavellas sent a letter instead of appearing before parliament, as PASOK leader Androulakis accused the intelligence service of flouting a court ruling and threatened legal action.
Citing constitutional separation of powers, Supreme Court prosecutor Tzavellas follows a well-worn judicial playbook used by his predecessors to resist parliamentary scrutiny of the Predator spyware case.
The heads of Greece’s intelligence service and the country’s top prosecutor are set to testify before a parliamentary committee as political pressure mounts over the ongoing wiretapping scandal
Kyriakos Mitsotakis's government is back on the defensive over the Predator surveillance scandal, after his nephew and former chief of staff claimed in an interview that he resigned in 2022 to protect the administration.
The decision by the Athens Bar Association follows recent a vote - taken in a split decision by its board members - to demand the resignation of the top Supreme Court prosecutor over his ruling to keep the wiretapping case closed
In his testimony, Supreme Court prosecutor Tzavellas reportedly said he had full knowledge of the reasons behind each surveillance order he signed, citing his role overseeing counter-terrorism investigations
The decision was adopted by a slim majority (12 in favor, 11 against with two abstentions) and aims to express heightened disapproval of the latter's decision not to not to reopen the Predator wiretapping case
In an analysis by TA NEA, 10 legal failures are identified in the Supreme Court prosecutor's decision not to reopen the Predator wiretapping case, with lawyers warning the ruling shields key suspects from scrutiny.
The decision of the Supreme Court did not define what must be investigated; it only defined how far the investigation is allowed to go.
PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis said members of the party’s parliamentary group will formally submit the request and called on other opposition parties to back it, aiming to gather the required 120 signatures in the 300-MP Parliament
Despite the trial court's own call for further investigation, Greece's Supreme Court prosecutor ruled the Predator spyware case closed, leaving its deepest questions officially unanswered.
In.gr presented two promotional brochures attributed to the company at the center of the wiretapping scandal, Intellexa, which are addressed to “law enforcement authorities” and security and intelligence agencies. These materials confirm the claims of Tal Dillian that the company works only with governments and law enforcement authorities, while increasing the incriminating evidence concerning Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his then right-hand man, nephew and secretary-general of the Prime Minister’s office, Grigoris Dimitriadis.