Costas Tsalikidis, a Vodafone Greece executive, was found hanging in his Athens apartment...An investigation into the wiretaps revealed another telecom had planted spyware into Vodafone’s equipment, and that Tsalikidis had allowed the spyware’s placement and met regularly with the other telecom. The wiretaps went live in June 2004 and were removed a day before Tsalikidis’ death.
Tsalikidis’ family refused to accept the man had taken his own life and hired their own investigators, who uncovered several inconsistencies to the suicide theory.
- a lack of injuries common during hanging, contradictions as to the rope marks on Tsalikidis’ neck,
- and an extremely complex sailing knot used for the noose that would have been quite impossible given Tsalikidis’ complete lack of sailing experience...
- Tsalikidis’ hyoid bone was broken – an indication he’d been strangled.
- Tsalikidis’ personality was not compatible with a suicide profile...
After years of investigating, the Greek government issued an international arrest warrant for a CIA official they believe was at the heart of the wiretapping affair while he was stationed in Athens. more
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