Greece rocked by claims drug giant bribed former leaders
(The Guardian Greece)

Report alleges Swiss drugmaker Novartis bribed senior politicians and thousands of doctorsThe Greek prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, has called for parliament to investigate whether two of his predecessors and eight former ministers accepted bribes from the Swiss drugmaker Novartis, after allegations of industrial-scale bribery involving senior politicians.The former PMs Antonis Samaras and Panagiotis Pikrammenos, the governor of the Bank of Greece and the EU´s migration commissioner were all identified as alleged beneficiaries of bribes in a report compiled by anti-corruption prosecutors with the help of US authorities. Continue reading...