Ex-minister jailed as money laundering probe deepens

Former Socialist defense minister Yiannos Papantoniou and his wife Stavroula Kourakou were taken to Attica's high-security Korydallos Prison on Wednesday after judicial authorities ordered them to be remanded in custody over charges of money laundering linked to alleged bribes from a state defense contract.

Papantoniou was remanded after testifying for almost 18 hours. He and his wife were initially taken into police custody late Tuesday before being transferred to Korydallos on Wednesday.

An investigating magistrate and prosecutor decided to detain the pair pending trial after deeming them a flight risk as they rent a second home in Switzerland and have bank accounts there.

The judicial officials also deemed that the pair could commit further offenses if allowed to go free.

Papantoniou has denied charges according to which he laundered 2.8...