Greek Ex-Minister Is Tried in Bribery Cover-Up Case

In the highest-profile criminal trial of a politician in Greece in more than two decades, a former defense minister, Akis Tsochatzopoulos, appeared in a court here on Monday charged with setting up a complex money-laundering network to cover the trail of millions of dollars in bribes he is accused of pocketing from government weapons purchases.

Mr. Tsochatzopoulos, 73, a onetime Socialist heavyweight, is on trial with his wife, his daughter, and 16 former aides and associates accused of participating in the scheme.

He, his relatives and five other suspects have been in custody at a high-security prison in Athens for a year.

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