The case came to light when a video emerged showing the lawyer, Mihalis Koukouvinos, asking for money from a businessman to block the legal actions of the farmers.
Apart from extortion, Koukouvinos was also found guilty of fraud at misdemeanor level for a transaction involving one of his clients.
Here are the controversial videos that clearly show this criminal act and prove that the infamous Vatopedi case was based on a lawyer (or extortionist) who took advantage of an issue that had already been decided by the PASOK party in the late 90s. As you will see, the case has nothing to do with what you have come to know about the Vatopedi case.
Since the beginning, HellasFrappe has noted that this so called scandal was never a scandal to begin with. The only reason many may still believe that it was a scandal is because it was formulated to bring down the government of former ND leader Costas Karamanlis.
Keep in mind, that until the Vatopedi case came to light, Karamanlis was extremely popular with Greek voters and the establishment" who was desperate to bring George Papandreou to power was striking at his government (from morning to night via the Greek and int.'t media). Why? They were against Karamanlis' pivot to Russia -via the Bourgas-Alexandroupolis pipeline-, angry with Karamanlis' veto to FYROM's accession to NATO and certainly not pleased with Karamanlis' stance on the destructive Annan plan for Cyprus. They wanted to bring him down and out of the way.
After setting off a destructive plot (named the Pythia plot) to take down his government, as well as attempting to assassinate him, they took advantage of a local extortionist case and glamorized it to the international media by making it look like he was supporting greedy monks.
Below you can view the two controversial videos that were aired in late 2008 following George Papandreou's "money exists" speech at the Thessaloniki Trade Fair. A speech, which we all know, was PASOK's bow to the establishment and the beginning of the Troika's entrance to Greece. Following this, we have also posted a link to read the original story that is connected to this article which proves that there was never any scandal to begin with.
When the Vatopedi case comes to mind people automatically characterize it as a scandal where money laundering and embezzlement walked hand in hand between government officials and simple Monks. This is because both the domestic and international press worked hard at spreading many falsifications about this case, which today are very difficult to prove otherwise.Read more by Clicking HERE
The reason is obvious: The case has never been presented to the public in the correct manner for all the obvious reasons. Vatopedi was the tool used by the "establishment" to bring down the popular Karamanlis government which we all know had turned its back on the West and was looking towards Russia and the BRICS countries for prosperity. (In terms of energy and pipelines).
What some people do not know is that the Vatopedi issue basically surfaced -or made it to prime time- when the government of Karamanlis declined to help oligarch D. Kontominas out of a swindling deal. Kontominas, the enigmatic Greek billionaire known for numerous international financial swindles, and who is the owner of ALPHA Television channel in Greece, was accused a decade ago for criminal acts which his companies conducted in other foreign countries (especially in Africa).
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