Wiretappings: the Tsalikidis' case
by Mario Sanna

On march the 4th 2005 Vodafone Greece discovered a spying software in its network.

On march the 9th Costas Tzalikidis, security manager of the British company, was found hung in his apartment.

On march the 10th mister Koronias, Vodafone CEO, meets the Greek Prime Minister and tells him that his telephone has been spyed for months, as well as the phones of State top officials.

The biggest scandal in recent Greek history.

The controversy originated by this (still ongoing) involves politicians, foreign telephone companies, secret services and foreign intelligence companies.

On july 21st 2006 Amedeo Bove, security manager of Italian Telecom, commits suicide in Naples. His death happens while Telecom is involved in wiretapping affair.

There are many disturbing aspects to this case. The radar network controlled by Bove was able to catch sensitive pieces of information about any citizen, without leaving any trace.

Moreover Bove had helped Milan judges in tracing the phone calls in the area of Via Gerzoni, in Milan, where, on the 17th of February 2003 imam Abu Omar was kidnapped.

The following investigation allowed Milan’s Attorney General to send arrest warranties to CIA agents involved in the abduction and to arrest the Sismi managers who cooperated with American secret agents.

Adamo Bove and Costas Tzalikidis, two security managers, two suicides, two wiretapping affairs. Strange connections for one scenario: the one of European telecomunications destiny.

While Italian judges still investigate on Bove’s strange death (and it’s not impossible that he could have been pushed to commit suicide), realtives of the Greek Tzalikidis and their lawyer claim that Costa was killed. By whom?