Ex-Siemens executive seeks to avoid extradition to Greece: report
BERLIN (AFP) - Siemens' former Greek country director, arrested in Germany for alleged corruption in Greece, has begun making a "confession" in order to avoid extradition to Athens, reports said Saturday.
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