Magazine editor cleared of privacy violation. Why I published the Lagarde List. Greek journalist Kostas Vaxevanis (left) escorted to the public prosecutor in Athens on October 28, 2012 In 2010, the so-called “Lagarde List”, which names more 2,000 Greek tax evaders, was handed over to the Greek government. But nothing was done. Kostas Vaxevanis, editor in chief of Hot Doc, was recently arrested for publishing it. For him, it’s a symptom of Greece's corruption. "The more laws a country has, the more corrupt it is," the Roman historian Tacitus used to say. Greece has quite a few laws. So many, in fact, that corruption can feel quite safe. As I write, the adventures of an independent magazine in Greece, Hot Doc, which I edit, are being discussed worldwide.
The "Lagarde" case in Greece is merely an extreme expression of this situation. For the past two years, the issue of naming people who are assumed to hold bank accounts in Switzerland has poisoned political life in Greece, with political and financial blackmail taking place in the dark rooms of corrupt power. Greece gave birth to democracy. Now it has been cast out by a powerful elite | Kostas Vaxevanis. "The more laws a country has, the more corrupt it is," the Roman historian Tacitus used to say. Greece has quite a few laws. So many, in fact, that corruption can feel quite safe. An exclusive club of powerful people engages in illegal practices, then pushes through necessary laws to legalise these practices, granting itself an amnesty, and in the end, there are no media to uncover what really happened.
As I write, the adventures of an independent magazine in Greece, Hot Doc, which I edit, are being discussed worldwide. Our publication of a list of alleged Swiss bank account holders, and my subsequent arrest, has provoked a storm. But not in the Greek media. The "Lagarde" case in Greece is merely an extreme expression of this situation. For the past two years, the issue of naming people who are assumed to hold bank accounts in Switzerland has poisoned political life in Greece, with political and financial blackmail taking place in the dark rooms of corrupt power. Un journaliste grec victime de la "liste Lagarde" Un journaliste grec victime de la "liste Lagarde" Grèce: le journaliste et l'affaire de la liste HSBC-Lagarde. Lagarde List. Journalist Kostas Vaxevanis published the Lagarde List with more than 2000 politicans and very powerful people from greece. Because this list needs the most possible impact the wikileaks forum will provide you the full list with all names of greek people.
Here is an article again for you: "Why I published the Lagarde List In 2010, the so-called “Lagarde List”, which names more 2,000 Greek tax evaders, was handed over to the Greek government. But nothing was done. Kostas Vaxevanis, editor in chief of Hot Doc, was recently arrested for publishing it. "The more laws a country has, the more corrupt it is," the Roman historian Tacitus used to say. As I write, the adventures of an independent magazine in Greece, Hot Doc, which I edit, are being discussed worldwide. The "Lagarde" case in Greece is merely an extreme expression of this situation.
And then, with utmost hypocrisy the powers that be remembered what they were about.