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Greece chases 'corrupt' Siemens executives
Published: 30 Oct 12 12:41 CET | Print version
Online: http://www.thelocal.de/money/20121030-45863.html
Greek prosecutors are planning to issue international warrants for 11 Siemens executives, though their cases have already been closed by German courts. The execs say they will appeal to the European Court of Human Rights.
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But since the cases have already been dealt with by German courts - either through convictions or settlements - the executives say that an international arrest warrant would impinge on their human rights, the Süddeutsche Zeitung newspaper reported on Tuesday.
Should warrants be issued, some of the men are planning to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, one of the execs told the paper anonymously.
The case is a reminder of that of former Siemens board chairman Volker Jung, who was detained in Greece in June 2009, and forced to stay in the country for over a year while corruption charges were investigated. When Jung finally returned to Germany, an international arrest warrant was issued.
Though German authorities refused to deport him because he had been cleared of the charges by German state prosecutors, any other European country would be bound to arrest him and send him to Greece if he travelled there, leaving him unable to travel.
A similar fate now faces his former colleagues. Most of the 11 executives have faced a German court and been sentenced. Others, like Jung and Pierer, have paid fines without admitting any guilt, and their cases are considered closed.
One of the executives told the Süddeutsche Zeitung that their appeal to Strasbourg would be based on the legal principle that someone cannot be tried twice for the same crime.
The Greek judiciary is under pressure to deal with such cases, since the crisis-hit country reportedly loses millions of euros of tax revenue every year through corruption. But the Siemens executives argue that such cases could harm the country in the long run, as it will discourage investors.
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The point of double jeopardy really does not apply more like dual sovereignty which should win out.
If you break the law in another country, you should be tried there. Simple as that.
But they're too busy hunting journalists.
And if someone corrupted Greek officials in Greece, they should be judged in Greece... BTW, I understood from BILD that in Germany there is no corruption.... :-)
I think the Greeks should prosecute these guys. I also think they should shackle their own who accept them. Bribery is a two way street and Greek polititions who pocket bribes should be striped of office, bribe confiscated and a view through bars as a bonus.
Oh this is great, smartguys normal rant is to tell the rest of us to stop reading BILD. Yet here he acknowledges he reads BILD. I knew he had a subscription.
Smarguy, you are still the most entertaining poster on the Local.
Look, Greece was living large, spending money they didn't have and NOW they have to pay the bill, or find someone else to pay it.
The Germans will eventually wake up to all of this, and stop paying for Europe. Hopefully, it will be before they have no money left to pay.
What you're missing though is that Greeks are spending money on cheap German stuff. They lower the value of the euro, German cars cost less, Greeks buy it with German lent money.
There are 2 sides to this story. Germany is fleecing the poor EU countries while the poor spend money they borrow.