Wed, 28 Dec 2011 11:50:01 +0100 (Reuters) - Cypriot-born abbot Efraim is transferred to Korydallos prison near Athens December 28, 2011. The abbot of one of Greece's richest and most powerful monasteries went to jail on Wednesday awaiting trial for hoodwinking the government in a high-profile land swap deal six years ago. Efraim, 56, chief of the Vatopedi Monastery at the monastic community of Mount Athos, is accused of inciting officials to commit acts of fraud, perjury and money-laundering, a charge that can fetch him a jail term of several years. REUTERS/Eurokinissi/Giannis Panagopoulos (GREECE - Tags: POLITICS RELIGION CRIME LAW) NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. GREECE OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN GREECE
File - In this Sept. 9, 2011 file photo, Abbot Efraim leaves ...
Tue, 27 Dec 2011 21:20:02 +0100 (AP) - File - In this Sept. 9, 2011 file photo, Abbot Efraim leaves a court in Athens. The abbot arrived at an Athenian court late Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011 accused of embezzlement, money laundering and making false statement in a government land swap deal was arrested Saturday and placed under guard in his monastic cell, in the grounds of the 1,000-year-old Vatopedi Monastery at Mount Athos. (AP Photo/Eurokinissi, Giannis Panagopoulos) GREECE OUT
Dr. Efraim Zuroff delivers the annual report on the "Worldwide ...
Sun, 21 Nov 2010 20:50:14 +0100 (AFP/File) - Dr. Efraim Zuroff delivers the annual report on the "Worldwide Investigation and Prosecution of Nazi War Criminals" and the list of the ten most wanted Nazis (behind), at a briefing in Los Angeles in 2009. A newly revealed "secret history" written by US officials has detailed how successive administrations provided refuge to Nazi war criminals in the aftermath of World War II.(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)
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