PASOK chief files new lawsuit over phone tap attempts

PASOK chief Nikos Androulakis has filed a new lawsuit in connection with attempts to illegally tap his phone with Predator spyware in 2021, when he was serving in the European Parliament and running for the leadership of the center-left party.

Androulakis' latest attempt to get to the bottom of the phone-tapping scandal, which also affected other politicians, as well as journalists and business people, was reported by Ta Nea newspaper on Tuesday.

According to Ta Nea, Androulakis' lawsuit comes in the wake of a report by the investigative news site Inside Story, which found that a key figure in the phone-tapping attempts - the person who appears to have paid for the spyware, in fact - has not been summoned for questioning by the judicial authorities investigating the case even though his name emerged 12 months ago.

In the meantime, journalist Thanasis Koukakis,...