The files on three victims of defective Takata airbags are now at the Crime Combating Department of police headquarters and are being examined alongside findings from the inquiry committee’s report.
Phileleftheros understands that traffic police investigations into all three cases were completed some time ago, all necessary actions requested by the Law Office were carried out, and the cases will now be examined by the team investigating potential criminal liability arising from the inquiry’s findings.
The investigations into the death of 19-year-old Styliani Giorgalli and Kyriakos Oxinos, as well as the injury of Alexandros Loungos, extended abroad, as traffic investigators requested information from European and other organisations about who was obliged to inform vehicle owners about recalls due to defective airbags.
Investigations then examined whether owners of the vehicles involved were informed about recalls.
These questions will be answered by investigations now being conducted by the investigative team at headquarters’ Crime Combating Department, which is examining overall liability arising from the inquiry’s findings.
Police said yesterday that the investigation does not exclude anyone, and for anyone against whom evidence is found, the file will be forwarded to the Law Office for instructions.
Attorney general rejects claims about inquiry timeframe
Meanwhile, the attorney general responded sharply to references by human rights parliamentary committee chairwoman Irini Charalambidou that the periods 2023 and 2024 were not included in the terms of reference of the three-member inquiry committee, characterising them as unfounded and false.
Attorney General Giorgos Savvides states that the period under investigation, according to the terms of reference, covered from the date of the Republic’s accession to the EU until 11 March 2025.
He notes that the inquiry committee’s report, following preliminary study by legal officials of the Republic’s Law Office, was sent to the chief of police on 15 July 2025, with instructions from the attorney general himself to investigate all possible criminal offences against any person. Savvides refers finally to police for responsibility to inform victims’ relatives regarding the progress of investigations.
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