The Lavrion issue (Greek: Λαυρεωτικό ζήτημα, romanized: Lavreotiko zitima), most commonly known as the Lavreotika (Λαυρεωτικά, 'Lavrion Affair') was the legal dispute between the French-Italian mining company Roux - Serpieri - Fressynet CIE and the Greek state regarding the exploitation of Lavrion mines. The dispute concerned the public during the period of 1869–1875 and resulted in a stock-market scandal in which stocks were sold in a far higher price compared to their real one and at a time when Greece did not yet have a stock market.