PEGA in Athens for surveillance: Requests meetings with Mitsotakis, Dimitriadis – Calls on Europol to contribute to the investigations
PEGA – the European Parliament’s Commission of Inquiry on Pegasus and related spy software – is coming to Greece and is seeking to meet a number of political and non-political figures who were protagonists in the EYP surveillance case.
PEGA requests to see Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Grigoris Dimitriadis, Yiannis Lavranos and Felix Bizios, as well as a series of journalists – in the context of the investigation of the case of surveillance through malicious software – denounced by Thanasis Koukakis, Nikos Androulakis and Christos Spirtzis.
According to the post of Dimitris Papadimoulis – in which the detailed program of the meetings sought by the Commission is drawn up – PEGA is coming to Greece for the wiretapping on November 3 and 4.
On Thursday, November 3, he asks, among others, to see Kyriakos Mitsotakis and/or Panagiotis Pikrammenos, but also Kyriakos Pierrakakis. He also invites the Minister of Justice, Costas Tsiaras, and the National Security Advisor, Athanasios Dokos.
On the same day – although in a different meeting – he also calls the former general secretary of the Prime Minister Grigoris Dimitriadis, as well as the former head of the EYP Panagiotis Kontoleon – while there is also an invitation for the heads of the National Transparency Authority, Alexandra Rogaku, and the president of the Communications Privacy Assurance Authority, Christos Rammos.
— Dim. Papadimoulis (@papadimoulis) October 3, 2022
On Friday, November 4, PEGA invites businessman Yiannis Lavranos (“owner of Krikel”) and Felix Biggio (“deputy managing director of Intellexa”).
At the same time, he requests meetings with Christos Spirtzis and journalists Dafni Papadopoulou, Nikola Leontopoulos, Tasos Tellogou and Yiannis Souliotis.
PEGA requests Europol’s intervention
It is worth noting that the Committee of the European Parliament – in its letter – simultaneously requests the intervention by Europol to investigate cases of surveillance of politicians and journalists in countries such as Greece, Spain and Hungary.
With clear points regarding the lack of trust in national authorities, PEGA practically asks Europol to intervene in order to use its tools to provide answers and put an end to possible cover-up methods – clarifying, however, that Member States have the right to refuse such intervention.
‼️ Spyware Inquiry Letter @EP_PegaInquiry to its Executive Director @Europol calling for investigations into abuse #spyware within EU ?? – as her new mandate allows @Europolafter adoption by @Europarl_EL & @EUCouncil https://t.co/uKtB2LDXt4 pic.twitter.com/2QgS6qHZXe
— European Parliament (@Europarl_EL) October 3, 2022