The former mayor of Greece’s
second city, Salonika, and two of his top aides were sentenced to life
in jail on Wednesday after being found guilty of embezzling almost 18
million euros, or $23.5 million, in state funds — a rare conviction in a
case involving the political corruption that has contributed to the
country’s dysfunction and economic decline.
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