Ex-prosecutor says former minister meddled in Novartis case

Greece's former chief prosecutor for corruption, Eleni Raikou, presented evidence on Monday indicating that ex-alternate minister for justice Dimitris Papangelopoulos had used his influence, "in the manner of a pimp," to intervene in her work on a number of cases, including the Novartis bribery scandal.

Sources said that Raikou, who resigned in 2017 claiming she had come under pressure from the SYRIZA-Independent Greeks administration over the Novartis affair, presented her evidence to a Supreme Court deputy prosecutor investigating judicial officials' handling of allegations that 10 high-ranking politicians and former officials had taken kickbacks from the Swiss pharmaceutical firm in the 2008-14 period. The probe was launched earlier this month following claims from those implicated - though not incriminated - that they were victims of a political setup.

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