Mobile phone-tapping plot uncovered in Greece

The Greek government has just confirmed that a year-long investigation took place, focusing on a mobile phone-tapping that targeted the prime minister himself, high-ranking ministers and well-known business leaders. News of the investigation was the object of a front-page article in the Athens daily "Ta Nea" on Thursday, reports the Macedonian Press Agency

"Members of the government told reporters that 14 pre-paid cell phones, all operating in the Vodafone Hellas network, monitored mobile phone conversations of the targeted individuals.

According to the government, some 100 mobile phone numbers were being monitored before the 2004 Olympic Games of Athens until early March 2005."

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