Greek daily Kathimerini reports that one in three Greeks pays a fakelaki (“little envelope filled with undeclared money”) for treatment at state hospitals. Leandros Rakintzis revealed that these under-the-table payments may range from 200 eros for giving birth to over 5,000 euros for complicated surgeries.

A survey carried out by Professor Ioannis Kyriakopoulos states that “fakelaki”-styled payments rose by 300 million euros from 2009 through to 2013.