Greek journalist acquitted in Swiss accounts scandal

Greek editor Costas Vaxevanis makes statements outside a courthouse in Athens November 1, 2012. REUTERS/Yorgos Karahalis

ATHENS (Reuters) - A Greek journalist who published the names of more than 2,000 of his compatriots who held Swiss bank accounts was acquitted on Thursday in a case that touched a nerve over the role of tax evasion in the country's debt crisis.

The trial of Costas Vaxevanis, editor of the weekly Hot Doc magazine, had aroused international concern and intense interest among Greeks hit by the impact of the country's economic collapse and angry at the privileges of the elite.