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Former minister to face kickback charges over frigates scandal

Former minister to face kickback charges over frigates scandal

Former Socialist Defense Minister Yiannos Papantoniou and his wife Stavroula Kourakou will appear before a corruption magistrate at the end of September on charges of receiving kickbacks from arms procurement programs.

The two are being investigated for the alleged laundering of 1 million euros in connection with a Hellenic Navy frigate armaments program in 2003.

On Wednesday, both Papantoniou and Kourakou requested that they be given two months to examine the 680-page case file. 

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