Police

High-ranking officers in the Police claim that the arrest of four Turkish nationals of Kurdish descent who appear to be members of the DHKP-C militant group in Turkey is unrelated to the extradition of Angelos Filippidis to Greece, in relation to the Postbank scandal. Additionally, the police officers maintain that Greece does not harbor terrorists, […]

The police are searching for Kostas Sakkas, after he failed to show up at his local police department in Kaminia to report by midnight on Monday, as per the terms of his release from prison. Sakkas was released from prison in July 2013 following a hunger strike in protest of his unlawful detainment for 31 […]

The counterterrorism police arrested four Turkish nationals of Kurdish descent who are believed to be members of the DHKP-C militant group, during an operation in an apartment in Gyzi, from which weapons and explosives were also recovered. The four men are aged 25, 33, 41 and 49 years old and were in possession of falsified […]

The Deputy Director of a Police Department in a northern suburb of Athens was arrested today by colleagues of his in the Internal Affairs division due to tax evasion. According to police information the officer in name managed three restaurants which were registered in his wife’s name, two of which are located in downtown Athens […]

The Mayor of Oropos Yannis Economakos, two of his deputies and six other people (including municipal councilors and local residents) have been detained by the police over the events that took place on Sunday at the Malakasa toll booth, where one booth was set on fire. The police will be also using CCTV footage from […]

The police arrested a 44-year-old Turkish woman in Heraklion in Crete, who is accused of being involved with a terrorist organization and implicated in terrorist attacks in Turkey. The Turkish authorities had issued an international warrant for her arrest a few months and she was eventually arrested in a house, where she appears to have […]

Protesters from the local government employee union POE-OTA have clashed with the riot police outside the Council of State in down town Athens, where a critical vote regarding the government’s dismissal and suspension scheme is taking place. The police decided to intervene when the protesters attempted to block off the main road outside the building. […]

The police announced the arrest of a 23-year-old man from Kazakhstan, who had been convicted in absentia to life imprisonment for the murder of two DIAS police officers in Renti back in March of 2011. During the trial, the 23-year-old man had been found innocent for the robbery of a kiosk in Menidi prior to […]

The police announced that it has resolved the disappearance and murder of an 82-year-old man in Argos, who was reported missing in June 2013. The 82-year-old man’s car was discovered by a local resident in the remote area in Rito of Korinthia in early November, which prompted the police to investigate the victim’s telephone records. […]

The ongoing trial of the six men who are accused of the double robbery in Velvento of Kozani and participating in the Conspiracy of Fire Cells group continued with the cross-examination of three witnesses. The three witnesses, a betting shop owner, a bank client and a post office clerk, were unable to identify any of […]

The Police announced the arrest of a 41-year-old Russian man, for whom an international arrest warrant had been issued by the Russian Interpol in connection to a murder in Russia. According to the Russian authorities the 41-year-old man is believed to be a hit man and high-ranking member of the Russian mafia and was wanted […]

The Police announced the arrest of a 38-year-old Syrian man who is accused of scamming mobile phone companies out of about 100,000 euros. A 43-year-old Greek woman is also wanted by the Police in relation to the case. According to the police report, the 38-year-old and his 43-year-old accomplice had been performing the scam over […]

A homeless person in Kalithea alerted the police yesterday when he discovered the lower limbs of a human body in a garbage can. It has been suggested that other body parts belonging to the victim may be have dispersed in other areas. The police have launched an investigation and asked for the assistance of an […]

The police are considering that two Greek and one Albanian hit-man were behind the execution-style shooting that took place outside the Golden Dawn offices in Neo Iraklio. The three men, who have been implicated in robberies, attempted murder and burglaries, are the prime suspects in the shooting and the police are now trying to find […]

The police arrested 11 protesters on Saturday who participated in an anti-fascist demonstration in down town Athens. Amongst the 11 protesters are one minor (facing a felony charge) and a Turkish political refugee who was injured in clashes with the police. The 11 arrested protesters will be taken to state their plea before the courts […]

The police announced that a stolen car was discovered in Paleo Faliro, containing an RPG, four rockets, three Kalashnikov assault rifles, scores of ammunition and hand grenades. The Opel Astra, which was reported stolen on the 1st January 2014, had been parked outside an abandoned house on Agia Kiriaki street in Paleo Faliro for a […]

An antifascist demonstration is scheduled to take place today in at 6pm this afternoon at the scene of Pavlos Fyssas’ murder in Keratsini in order to protest the latest reappearance of Golden Dawn in the area. The protest is organized by the Keratsini-Drapetsona offices of SYRIZA and other leftist groups. On Saturday the 25th of […]

A 30-year-old Albanian man who was recently arrested in the Albanian capital of Tirana four days ago has revealed to local authorities that he has committed dozens of murders in Albania, Greece and Italy, as well as participating in a bomb attack in Thessaloniki claimed by the Conspiracy of Fire Cells! The Albanian authorities revealed […]

The police subdirectory of Serres announced the arrest of three individuals – a 34-year-old man and two 33-year-old women – for blackmailing a 53-year-old man from Serres. According to the police announcement, the three individuals threatened to post personal pictures of the 53-year-old man on facebook and managed to extract 500 euros from him. When […]

A bomb went off in the courthouse of Corinth earlier this morning at about 7.13am. The police reported that the explosive device as probably located outside the second examiner’s office. The explosion took place around the time the first courthouse employee was entering the building, so no injuries were reported. The explosion caused a fire […]