Overview

• Makis Voridis and four other senior officials resigned after being implicated in the probe, with Voridis insisting on his innocence.
• The prosecutor’s file accuses current and former ministers of orchestrating an organized fraud network targeting EU farm payments.
• The investigation centers on farmers falsely claiming private or leased pastures on public land to secure subsidies.
• Earlier this month Brussels fined Greece €392.2 million and cut future farm aid by 5% for systemic oversight failures.
• Athens plans to merge the OPEKEPE agency with tax authorities to strengthen controls over agricultural subsidies.