- summary
- After victims' complaints and years of reporting, a criminal trial on Predator began in March 2025. On 26 February 2026 the Athens court convicted Intellexa founder Tal Dilian, Sara Hamou, Felix Bitzios and Yiannis Lavranos (Krikel), sentencing them to a combined 126 years and 6 months, and ordered further prosecutions.
- country
- Greece
- date text
- 26/02/2026
- civic actions
- Victims went public and filed complaints; Koukakis testified; European Parliament PEGA inquiry; sustained press investigation.
- id
- CR-GRC-001
- incident id
- GRC-001
- notes
- Added Sep 25 2026. The only criminal convictions for spyware abuse in the database. Response type: RT-LEG (+RT-DOC); counters TC-21; escalation stage 5; result: Partial — Vendor-linked defendants convicted; responsibility of state users not established. (26/02/2026).
- outcome
- Vendor executives convicted
- responders
- Journalist Thanasis Koukakis and other victims (complaints, testimony); Greek prosecutors; Athens Single-Member Misdemeanor Court
- source
- https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2026/02/greece-spyware-scandal/; https://www.occrp.org/en/news/greek-court-hands-down-maximum-sentences-in-predator-spyware-case-orders-more-prosecutions
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