The World Jewish Congress (WJC) on Wednesday welcomed a Greek court’s decision to convict the leadership of the country’s Golden Dawn national political party for heading up a criminal organization.
A Greek court ruled earlier that seven of the 18 former party lawmakers, including party leader Nikos Michaloliakos, were guilty of leading a criminal organization. The rest were found guilty of participating in a criminal organization. In all, there were 68 defendants in a trial encompassing four cases.
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