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Top unionist under investigation for embezzlement

Greece’s Anti-Money Laundering Authority has frozen the assets of Yiannis Panagopoulos, the longtime president of the country’s largest private-sector labor union, amid a sweeping probe into the alleged embezzlement of tens of millions of euros in state and European Union funds.

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It is being investigated for an embezzlement case following an audit of funding of over 73 million euros, during the period from 2020 to 2025, from the Greek State and the European Union.

·Athens, Greece
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In a statement, the president of the GSEE, Yiannis Panagopoulos, refers to the issue that has arisen, following the Authority's investigation into money laundering, where he is being investigated for two felonies, embezzlement and money laundering, and at the same time his accounts have been frozen. As he states: "Regarding what is written and circulated about me, I emphasize that I have nothing to hide. I have nothing to fear. I am at the dispo…

For two criminal acts, embezzlement and money laundering, the president of the GSEE, Giannis Panagopoulos, is being investigated, as part of an investigation by the Authority for Money Laundering. The Authority's findings, headed by Charalambos Vourliotis, have been completed and forwarded to the Athens Prosecutor's Office. According to ertnews, the bank accounts of G. Panagopoulos, six more persons who are alleged to be his accomplices, as well…

The secretary of the Central Political Committee of PASOK, Andreas Spyropoulos, is requesting the suspension of the party membership of the president of the GSEE, Giannis Panagopoulos, until the money laundering case is resolved...More...

·Greece
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Kathimerini broke the news in Athens, Greece on Thursday, February 5, 2026.
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