Greece Re-Tries Whistleblower Journalist

ATHENS - The journalist who caused uproar in Greece by publishing the so-called ?Lagarde List of suspected tax evaders with bank accounts in Switzerland, is due in court on Oct. 8 on charges of infringing privacy laws. Almost a year after he was acquitted of the crime, Kostas Vaxevanis will be in the dock again after a public prosecutor took the unusual step of demanding he be retried for revealing the identities of more than 2,000 wealthy Greeks with cash deposits in Geneva. 'What is at stake is the ability of a journalist to exercise his duty as a public watchdog in a case of major public interest,' his lawyer, Harris Ikonomopoulos said.

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