Nearly 400 Greek government workers may face prosecution for failing to justify their incomes under anti-corruption laws in the country's first case of its kind, authorities said Tuesday.
Some 30 others will also be referred to prosecutors after an inspection of their bank accounts turned up income and assets that could not be justified by their salaries, the general inspector's office said.
About 6,500 government workers are required to justify their incomes under anti-corruption measures, said Leandros Rakintzis, general inspector of public administration.
Judges and lawmakers face similar requirements "but in practice there is almost no inspection," said Rakintzis.
Corruption watchdog Transparency International said last month that Greeks are increasingly resorting to bribes to oil the machinery of both public and private services.
More than 13% of Greeks resorted to bribery last year, with most of the money going to hospitals, tax offices and urban planning departments, said the group, drawing on statistics from a six-month survey of 6,000 respondents.
The number marked an increase of around 10% from the year before.