Arms dealer Dafermos to testify on Friday on bribery charges

According to information, Dafermos dissmisses the charges claiming that he was innocent and that the state was not harmed by the contract

Arms dealer Konstantinos Dafermos, his son and an official of a company involved in the case were sent to the corruption investigator on Wednesday.

The warrant against Dafermos relates to illegal payments allegedly given as bribes to secure a contract to supply Kornet anti-tank missile launchers to the Greek armed forces.

According to information, Dafermos dissmisses the charges claiming that he was innocent and that the state was not harmed by the contract. He also called the agreement beneficial in many ways for the Greek state.