Reports, testimonies and complaints of dozens of private businessmen to the Authority for money laundering about the tactics used by George Tragas were revealed by Vassilis Lambropoulos on MEGA's main newscast.
Many of them were present in person at the Authority's offices, the police editor of "Nea" and "Vima" stressed.
The businessmen from the shipping, trade and insurance sectors claimed that they were victims of blackmail following suggestive reports of their "wrongdoings", while there were allegedly some indirect threats to trigger tax audits.
They also presented videos
In fact, some of them presented auditors with videos from George Trangas' shows or clippings of publications showing insinuations against specific companies that formed the basis of behind-the-scenes collusion.
Some claimed that for at least three years they gave "monthly payments", sometimes in the form of advertising expenses, of between €30,000 and €60,000.
"We received these allegations without an official record and without a full cross-checking mechanism. This is the reason why in the conclusion there are references to the offence of "extortion", but without any further specification after the death of the media representative in question, said Vassilis Lambropoulos in relation to the attitude of the Authority.
Source: megatv/in.gr
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