Archaeological Sites Bulldozed for Sex Favors, hint Greek Ministry Sources
Submitted by bat400 on Saturday, 12 January 2008 Page Views: 5371
Site Watchit began as a tale of sex, lies and a secret video recording at the heart of the ministry charged with bringing the Elgin Marbles back to Greece. But after apparent suicide attempts and allegations of blackmail and endemic corruption, the affair has called into question the moral authority of the Culture Ministry.The juiciest sex scandal in modern Greek memory began when an archaeologist allegedly decided to get revenge on her married boss after he refused to give her a full-time job at the ministry. Evi Tzekou, 35, is in custody on charges of attempted blackmail
Mr Zachopoulos, the chief of staff at the Culture Ministry, jumped from a fourth-floor flat in central Athens hours after losing his job by prime ministerial order. He remains in a critical but stable condition, unable to talk to investigators.
Ministry staff claim they were privy to “ferocious arguments” between Mr Zachopoulos and Ms Tzekou, in which she demanded €200,000 (£149,000) to stop her “exposing” him after he refused to renew her contract. ... Ministry sources said they believed that Ms Tzekou took the sexual initiative to blackmail Mr Zachopoulos on behalf of businesses wanting to clear archaeologically listed land for commercial use. “We know he was able to decide on declassifying archaeological land in favour of developers, and that he had made several such controversial decisions in the past,” one source said.
For more, see The Times.
Note: Blackmailed Minister Accused of Declassifying Sites for Development in Return for Archaeologist's Sexual Favors.
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