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The Siemens bribery scandal in Greece was a corrupt and bribery scandal that hit Greece over deals between Siemens AG and Greek government officials during the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens, Greece〔(Report: Siemens Scandal May Involve Top Executives | Business | DW.DE | 27.11.2006 )〕 regarding security systems〔()〕 and purchases by OTE in the 1990s.〔(The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia )〕 Although there is no conclusive evidence, the scandal has created a serious change in the attitudes of the Greek public, most notably a dissatisfaction with both main political parties in Greece, New Democracy and Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) and creating a "hole of authority" leading to a vicious circle of political instability, only if the Greek people don't reach a new consensus over which major political parties best represent their ideals. It has been claimed that the political outcome of the case may be analogous to that of Italy 15 years ago.〔()〕 It has been claimed that the bribes may have been up to 100 million Euro.〔()〕 These bribes were allegedly given in order to win state contracts.〔〔()〕 It is that a few PASOK members acting as individuals may have been involved, although this is simply a claim and nothing has been proved or at least any evidence come to light.〔()〕 A Greek prosecutor, after two years of investigations, filed charges on 1 July 2008 for money laundering and bribery.〔(Siemens Hit by Corruption Charges in Greece, Norway | Business | DW.DE | 02.07.2008 )〕 It has been claimed that it is certain Siemens divisions that were involved in the transactions.〔(Former Siemens executive sentenced for bribery scandal - People's Daily Online )〕 Tasos Mantelis who was Minister for Transport and Communications during the PASOK administration in 1998 admitted in May 2010 to a parliamentary investigation committee that the sum of 200,000 German marks was deposited in 1998 in a Swiss bank account from Siemens during his administration, allegedly for funding his election campaign. A further deposit of 250,000 German marks was made into the same bank account in 2000 which Mantelis claims is from an unknown source.〔(Χορηγός μου η... Siemens - Ελλάδα - Επικαιρότητα - Τα Νέα Οnline )〕 As of August 2012, the Greek government has signed a settlement with Siemens worth 330 million euros.〔(Debt crisis: Greek government signs €330m settlement with Siemens | The Telegraph | August 27, 2012 )〕 == See also == * Siemens scandal, refers to the 1914 scandal in Japan that involved "... collision between several high-ranking members of the Imperial Japanese Navy, the British company Vickers and the German industrial conglomerate of Siemens AG." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Siemens Greek bribery scandal」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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