Arrest of one of three protected witnesses who denounced ten politicians in Novartis scandaland initiation of criminal proceedings against him participation in a criminal organization and other serious crimes raise serious questions about the political and, above all, judicial decision of his position in witness protection status for Novartis.

His testimonies about political donations (former prime ministers, central banker and others) supported the structure of a case that has rocked the political scene for more than four years and fueled a heated political confrontation. The mentioned witness was detained, according to information from sources in the prosecutor’s office, under his real name and at a specific address of residence, and with this data about his real identity, he was taken to the prosecutor’s office yesterday, a criminal case was initiated against him, and he will apologize in the coming days to the relevant investigating authorities investigating the defrauding of dozens of businessmen who were looking for financial liquidity and fell victim to an organized spiral.

The fact of detention of a protected witness with codename “Maximos Sarafis” does not cancel, as explained by the competent authorities sources of accusation in “K”protection status granted to him for the Novartis scandal, in which he implicated influential political figures with his testimony without evidence.

As the same sources in the prosecutor’s office pointed out, in order to remove the protection status from a specific person who is now being prosecuted for involvement in organized crime, the case must be reviewed, while they did not exclude politicians who suffered from his testimony, which was not supported by any evidence, in as a result of which the relevant case materials were initiated, now they are asking to remove protection from him. In any case, his arrest under his real name and the criminal prosecution against him created “achievements” in removing the “hood”, since his current and current protected status does not cover his current illegal activities. However, his arrest raises serious questions that have long been raised about the judicial assessment of protected witnesses in the Novartis scandal and the subsequent political manipulation of their testimony. After all, of the three protected witnesses who denounced ten politicians, two have already been charged and are being dealt with by justice.

However, it is sensational that even the Judicial Council of the Special Court, which dealt with the political issue with Novartis, ruled that the protected witnesses were credible, although the Judicial Council itself acknowledged that their claims were not proven.