Greek court jails Cypriot former minister, son, over money laundering linked with arms deals
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A Cypriot former interior minister and his son have been jailed in Greece on money laundering-linked charges, in connection with a corruption case involving a jailed Greek former defense minister.
An Athens court on Wednesday sentenced Dinos Michailidis, a Cypriot minister in the 1980s and 1990s, and his son Michalis, to 15 years in prison. They denied wrongdoing.
Another two Greeks and a Syrian national received sentences ranging from life in prison to 12 years.
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The defendants were accused of laundering, or helping launder bribes connected with armaments deals on behalf of Akis Tsochadzopoulos, formerly a senior official in Greece's once-dominant Socialist Party who was defense minister from 1996-2001.
Tsochadzopoulos is serving a 20-year sentence in a Greek prison for money laundering.