Dogiakos

A couple on the ferry boat Nissos Mykonos in the Aegean sea, August 2020. Photo: EPA-EFE/DIMITRIS TOSIDIS

The probe was triggered by an attack on archaeologist Manolis Psarros, who is in charge of urban planning and archeology on Mykonos, on March 7.

Greek Police, Athens, Photo: EPA-EFE/GEORGE VITSARAS

It follows reports in the media on Sunday, January 29, of secret conversations between police officers and people involved with the fuel mafia.

The opinion of the Prosecutor of the Supreme Court Isidoros Dogiakos, which provides that under the new law in force, the Independent Authority for Communication Security and Privacy (ADAE) no longer has the power to inform citizens whether their communications have been intercepted for national security reasons, caused the sharp reaction of ADAE'S President Christos Rammos who stressed that "n

Recent legislative changes introduced in the wake of the phone-tapping scandal mean that the independent Authority for Communication Security and Privacy (ADAE) no longer has the authority to respond to requests by citizens regarding whether they were put under surveillance for national security reasons, a Supreme Court prosecutor said in an opinion issued on Tuesday.