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Greek journalist, Kostas Vaxevanis, was arrested in his home last night for publishing the ‘Lagarde list’. The list consists of the names of about 2000 Greeks who made $1.9 billion in deposits in the Swiss based HSBC bank and are being probed for tax evasion. The full list contains the names of 22,000 wealthy European tax evaders.
neo11 from Daily Kos reports:
[...] In a tweet posted Saturday evening by Vaxevanis, he stated that police were stationed outside the offices of Hot Doc, as well as outside his home and the homes of his personal friends.
Vaxevanis is a well-regarded investigative journalist with a career spanning back to 1988. He has worked with several major media outlets in Greece as a war correspondent and is now the publisher of Hot Doc. [...]
You can follow Kostas Vaxevanis on twitter @ https://twitter.com/KostasVaxevanis
PETITION: DROP ALL CHARGES AGAINST KOSTAS VAXEVENIS: http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/Drop_all_charges_against_Greek_journalist_Kostas_Vaxevanis/?cmlcgcb
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Business Insider reports that people are turning up dead since the ‘Lagarde List’ went viral: http://www.businessinsider.com/greek-men-on-lagarde-list-found-dead-2012-10
The Lagarde list: http://www.protothema.gr/files/1/2012/10/27/lista/p1.jpeg
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‘Z’ Redux
You know how to tell if journalists are doing their job in today’s world? By whether they end up in jail.
Greece: Journalist Kostas Vaxevanis, “They are searching for me instead of the truth.” – Video – English Subtitles: http://99getsmart.com/?p=5298
i am really pleased to see that some people are on top of this! i commented on this elsewhere and noted that the bankster thieves have paid off the whore politicians like they did in the u.s. in 1913 with the federal reserve act. for more info see http://www.ifamericansknew.org.
if you dont know what drives your life, you dont own it.
thats funny but not funny. sad but true. the sick irony of this is when you hear of a journalist being arrested or jailed you go “oh good, now we’re getting somewhere!” http://www.ifamericansknew.org
i heard his interview. pimped out political whores just get elected to get guaranteed better pay, parties, power, who knows what else. look at berlusconi… not only did the courts cave on his sentence, he vowed to fight back and defy them. sometimes i wonder if the cameras and lights dont add to the shallowness of the seekers who seem to lack the talent for acting but not for pretending.
Thank you for the petition link.
Greek Journalist Kostas Vaxevanis released from jail in Athens today after being arrested in his home for publishing the Lagarde list: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVSr_20K4gE&feature=em-uploademail-new
Thanks for signing it and please share. Thanks! :)
Money printing bankster thieves dont need folks like him speaking their mind. You have to wonder what’s next.