Two defendants for participation in the alleged network of illegal subsidies by OPEKEPE, centered on Giannitsa Pellas, were sentenced by the Three-member Chamber of Defects of Thessaloniki to 12 months in prison, with a three-year suspension, each for three cases of attempted fraud against the interests of the EU. This is the 39-year-old who acts as «Chief» of [...]

The three-member Athens Court of Appeal has decided the guilt of 57 farmers from Crete who according to the indictment illegally received European subsidies through OPEKEPE. On the other hand, the court found, by majority, an innocent producer accepting its self-sufficient claim to eliminate the claim that it was guilty of returning the sums collected and calculated around EUR 30 000. [...]