Tort law

Twenty people who have filed criminal complaints against two medical professors who they say committed a 3 million-euro fraud have been waiting for a year for the trial to start.

Calculations suggest that the projected costs of fraud for Turkey is approximately $40 billion, according to Fikret Sebilcioğlu, an executive board member of Ethics and Reputation Society (TEİD).

A committee tasked with monitoring copyright infringement online ordered Greek internet service providers to block access to 38 domain names which illegally reproduce movies and TV series for three years.

Prosecutors in Bulgaria say they have smashed a passport scam which saw thousands fraudulently acquire Bulgarian citizenship - and with it, the right to travel and work throughout the European Union, reports BBC News. 

More than 20 people have been arrested, including officials.

Applicants are said to have paid up to $5,690 (£4,445) for fake certificates of Bulgarian origin.

The Athens Council of Appeals has decided in favor of the extradition of a Chinese national to his home country to stand trial on financial fraud charges.

The 53-year-old has been in Greece since 2017 and was apprehended in early August on an arrest warrant issued by Interpol.

A self-proclaimed billionaire, who claimed he had enough money to buy Greece's entire debt, was remanded on Thursday, following the unanimous decision of a prosecutor and an examining magistrate in Athens.

Artemis Sorras is charged with setting up, being a member of and running a criminal organization, fraud against the State and banks and money laundering.

For three years phone scammers have taken about BGN 20 million from their victims. This was stated by Nova TV spokesman of the Prosecutor General Rumyana Arnaudova. This amount does not include the value of the given jewelery and precious items.

A 50-year-old police officer in Thessaloniki is believed to belong to a criminal ring that has swindled significant sums out of people trying to sell cars online.

The officer and another suspected ring member, a 43-year-old man, were arrested on Saturday on multiple fraud charges.

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The call came from members of the European Parliament on Vice-President of the European Commission Frans Timmermans, the organization said.

Such lawsuits, known as strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs), can harass and intimidate journalists into silence by requiring them to make repeated court appearances and pay exorbitant legal fees, a statement said.