[ALBSA-Info] Greece finds no Milosevic accounts

[Gazhebo at aol.com]

Greece finds no Milosevic accounts

Greece is carrying out its duty to the international community regarding the 
freezing of bank accounts owned by former Yugoslav President Slobodan 
Milosevic and his close associates, government spokesman Dimitris Reppas said 
yesterday.

"We are with the policy followed by the European Union and other countries on 
this issue," Reppas said. He added that Athens had "an open line" with the 
International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia while the Bank of Greece was 
in touch with other central banks, including that of Yugoslavia. 

The Bank of Greece had conducted checks and found that for some aides 
"accounts did exist - though not for Mr. Milosevic - which have been frozen, 
as was our obligation and as we have done," Reppas said yesterday. Sources 
said the amounts in Greek banks were not substantial.
Meanwhile, Cyprus yesterday denied that it had allowed Milosevic to deposit 
in Cypriot banks the money from sales of gold.