Ten years of Golden Visa: “Anatomy” of the program that changed the Greek real estate market

From the first Golden Visa in Greece in 2013 until today, more than 17 thousand residence permits have been issued to citizens from 108 different countries, with revenues exceeding 7 billion euros. Who invests, with what procedures and what incentives? How are buyers screened and how did the program come to strangle the domestic real estate market? Transparency International’s research, scandals and recommendations to reduce risk