Mitsotakis Vows No Untouchables After Bribery Ring Busted Inside Athens Planning Offices

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has promised to dismantle corruption networks inside state institutions after police broke up a sophisticated bribery and extortion ring operating within Athens urban planning offices, using the scandal to accelerate the transfer of building permit powers away from local authorities entirely. "The battle against corruption is not won with empty promises, but with a clear plan, persistence and political will," Mr. Mitsotakis said in a social media policy ad...

By ANTHEE CARASSAVA