Tag Archives: arrest

Two Turkish nationals were arrested for espionage after they were seen flying a drone over a Navy station on the island of Poros, south of Athens, last Saturday, police sources said Monday. The two suspects then left the island but police located and arrested them in Monemvasia, a town in …

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A 27-year-old arsonist admitted to have started a wildfire in Aspropyrgos, western Attica, seeking revenge on his parents. The man, arrested on Monday, and told police “I started the fire because my parents wanted me to continue studying at the Merchant Maritime Academy.” He reportedly explained that his parents were …

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A 42-year-old seasonal firefighter was arrested in Kefalonia on Tuesday. He is accused of 5 cases of arson on the island in the Ionian Sea. Local authorities proceeded to arrest a 42-year-old seasonal firefighter, who serves in Kefalonia and is accused of 5 cases of arson. According to an announcement …

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Greek police arrested a 43-year-old Panathinaikos FC fan, a hooligan already known to police from the past. The arrest warrant had been issued for his participation in the bloody incidents in New Philadelphia during which 29-year-old Michalis Katsouris was murdered. It is noted that the Panathinaikos fan was identified by …

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One businesswoman was arrested on the island of Tinos for violating regulations on occupying public space on beaches. Raids have been carried out at beaches of Tinos since Wednesday as finance ministry inspectors continue to check the state of legality by business people who have placed sun-beds and -umbrellas across …

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Three police officers were arrested on the island of Mykonos for providing private security service to villas even during their shift hours at the local police station. Citing police sources, media report on Monday that the officers were providing the private security service for 12 euros per hour to the …

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A foreign national was arrested at Kipi, the border station with Turkey, when she tried to leave Greece with her underage child, which has been registered in the United Kingdom as “missing”. The woman was arrested by passport control police belonging to the Alexandroupolis Directorate, on a Red Alert warrant …

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An Italian national, aged 60, allegedly a high-profile member of the Italian Camorra criminal organization, was arrested at Gouvies, on the island of Corfu, in a broad collaborative operation of Greek and Italian police, it was reported on Saturday. The man was arrested as he was coming out of his …

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Police in Athens have arrested a 61-year-old man in connection with two explosions caused by small makeshift bombs at the Masonic Lodge, the Grand Lodge, in the city center on July 13. According to state broadcaster ERT on Tuesday, the suspect was identified by investigators looking into an attack on …

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Police has arrested a 35-year-old man for the brutal murder of transgender woman Ana Ivankova from Cuba in her apartment in Athens beginning of the month. According to police, the man, a national of Bangladesh, had a relationship with the 45-year-old Ana. Fingerprints, DNA material and a pair of scissors …

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The owner of the carriage horse that collapsed and died while pulling a tourist carriage through a downtown street on Corfu on early Thursday afternoon has been arrested and fined 30,000 euros for animal abuse. At the same time, animal welfare societies stage a protest on Corfu on Friday morning …

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A former children’s basketball coach who was convicted in 2013 to 401 years in prison for sexually abusing 36 minors but was released earlier this year after having served just 12 years, has been taken back into custody. Nikos Seiragakis, 59, was arrested in the Athens suburb of Nea Ionia …

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A 32-year-old man was arrested on the island of Kos, as the main suspect in the disappearance of 27-year-old Polish national Anastasia-Patricia Rubinska, who have been missing since Monday, June 12. The woman was working at a hotel on Kos and was living together with her boy friend, also a …

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A 58-year-old pathologist specializing in the treatment of diabetes and a 48-year-old nurse at a public health center in Agrinio city in western Greece have been arrested for prescription medication fraud estimated to have cost the state more than 120,000 euros. Among the many charges against them is that of …

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Police on the southeastern Aegean island of Rhodes arrested the owners of two beach-side restaurants on Monday as part of an ongoing crackdown on rampant zoning and environmental violations across the Greek isles. The two owners, aged 49 and 72 years old, both run restaurants on Ialysos Beach, a popular …

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Greek Police has arrested ten border guards serving at the Evros border with Turkey in north-eastern Greece for being involved in illegal trafficking of migrants. The operation of the Department of Internal Affairs of the Hellenic Police in the prefecture of Evros is in progress, with the arrests το have …

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A Danish couple was arrested on the island of Zakynthos on Wednesday after they left an one-year-old infant locked in the car and went shopping. They face charges for exposing a minor into danger. According to preliminary reports by state broadcaster ERT, the couple on vacations on the island in …

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The United States on Tuesday announced charges in five cases involving alleged efforts to steal technology to benefit China, Russia and Iran including a former Apple Inc engineer and a Greek businessman. The cases detailed at a Justice Department press conference centered on allegations concerning the theft of trade secrets …

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Fredi Beleri, candidate for Mayor of the Municipality of Himara,and two more people were arrested by Albanian special forces Thursday midnight. The arrest was on charges for alleged “buying of votes.” Prompt was the reaction of the Greek Foreign Ministry that delivered a demarche to Albania’s Foreign Ministry and a …

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Greek police has arrested a Greek-American woman for whom there was a European arrest warrant issued by the Spanish authorities for the offenses of fraud, criminal organization, forgery and money laundering. The woman was arrested in Markopoulos village of eastern Attica on According to judicial authorities of Spain she was …

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