Greek
confiscation law for corrupt civil servants
A letter
from Nicolaos Vogas, Greece
Dear JUST Response,
Re: Di
Pietro, corruption and Clean Hands (JUST Response,
Aug 26 2003)
I am a first rank judge of the Greek Supreme Court
of Audit and a member of its 5th Chamber. In this capacity I am conducting
research into illegal acts by civil servants, and by other workers with
similar obligations, which result in unlawful revenues (subject to State
confiscation in conformity with the provisions laid down by the recently published
pertinent Greek Law 3213/2003).
My research covers all EU
Member States and I am at present researching each
country's relevant legislation, concentrating on the methodology of each
particular State's actions (confiscation, sequestration, etc.) on
discovery that the above persons cannot fully justify the legal source of
their annual revenues.
While searching the
Internet, I found your research network and read through your articles. I highly
appreciated your commentary on Operation "Clean
Hands" concerning how leading politicians were brought to
justice on corruption charges.
Please note that, in accordance with article 6 of
the above law, in Greece an amount of money equal to those revenues acquired by the
civil servant (members of Parliament, Public servants, owners of TV stations
or other media, Judges, journalists etc.), his spouse of his children, the
source of which cannot be justified, is subject to complete confiscation.
I would be very grateful if you could offer
me your information service as to which Laws or Acts or Legislative Decrees in
force today in Italy have bearing upon this issue. I would require their
numbers and/or titles, and - if possible - their full content (in
electronic form such as pdf or in Word format).
Finally, please accept my sincere congratulations
for your excellent work to date and my best wishes for its continuation.
Note:
This letter was published by JUST Response on January 28 2004.
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