Socialist PASOK-KINAL has suspended the party status of two of its members named in a gang extorting ‘protection” money from business owners in downtown Athens. “Due to their alleged involvement in a criminal case that came to light, the Statute and Certification Ethics Committee has suspended the party status of …
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Four arrested after large quantities of cocaine found in container at Piraeus port
Police arrested four people o Thursday after large quantities of cocaine were found in a container at the port of Piraeus, the largest port of Greece. The cocaine was shipped in Latin America and was to be distributed in Europe. The Attica Security police on Thursday announced the crackdown of …
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Police dismantles gang for selling forged art works for millions of euros
Police on the island of Crete has arrested five people for attempting to sell a forged paining for 12 million euros. The five are facing charges for selling bogus art works attributed to famous artist like Claude Monet, Vincent Van Gogh, Pablo Picasso and others. Τhe bogus art works painted …
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Half ton of cocaine branded with Nazi symbol seized in Thessaloniki
Swastika-branded cocaine were seized in Thessaloniki and seven people were arrested as members of a criminal gang that smuggled 585 kilograms of cocaine from Latin America. The alleged ringleader of the gang, which had been under police surveillance, is a 50-year-old Albanian national and the gang included his wife, his …
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Gang selling fake “professional pilot’s license” to students dismantled
Greek Police has dismantled a gang that was enabling students to pass exams in order to obtain a professional aircraft pilot’s license. Neither the gang nor the brainless students had scruple to obtain a license that could risk the lives of hundreds of people. The gang accused of rigging the …
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Police officers among 67 people involved in mafia “Greek style”
The case of one of the largest criminal organizations was solved by the Extortion Prosecution Department of Attica Security, after an investigation that lasted about two years. Victims of the mafia-gang are 87, while the turnover from the gang’s illegal activities is estimated to be hundreds of thousands of euros. …
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Crete police dismantles antiquities smuggler ring; objects worth €1million
Greek police has arrested seven people on the island of Crete for being members of an antiquities theft ring and seized ancient objects of estimated worth over one million euros. Among the objects the gang was planning to sell to an Italian national are seven stone coffins and vases from …
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Police arrests “Pink Panthers” gang members for Rolex robbery in Athens
Greek Police announced on Friday the arrest of several members of the international Pink Panthers gang, who committed an armed robbery at a jewelry store in Athens on December 20, 2022. The gang that robbed 24 luxury Rolex watches, with a total value of approximately 135,000 euros, was dismantled by …
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Luxury watch stolen in armed robbery in Denmark found in Athens
A luxury watch stolen during an armed robbery in Denmark five years ago was located in Greece when a woman brought it to a store for repair in Athens. The robbery was attributed to international jewel thief network Pink Panthers. As its serial number was registered, the store technician identified …
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Gang “recruits” homeless to receive vaccines on behalf of others
One man has been arrested in west Athens for receiving Covid-19 vaccines on behalf of others. He admitted that he had already received several vaccines doses and that he was paid 25 euros per shot. The man was in the company of a woman who also went there for vaccination. …
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Gang of minors terrorizes and bullies vulnerable person on Lesvos
A gang of minors has been terrorizing and bulling a transgender person with the tolerance of the parents and the small community of Skala Sykamias on the island of Lesvos. The gang consisting of minors among them also 12- and 13-year-old boys and girls has broken into Dimitra’s house several …
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Police cracks down gang bringing weapons, ammunition from Albania to Crete
Greek police as cracked down a criminal gang that was bringing Kalasnikov weapons and ammunition from Albania to the island of Crete. A big scale operation conducted by the Police Departments of Chania, Crete, and Igoumenitsa, West Greece, as well as the Greek Coast Guard managed to dismantle the illegal …
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Australian escapes death after explosives detonate in his car in Glyfada
A powerful explosion took place on Friday morning in an open parking lot on Vouliagmenis Avenue in Glyfada suburb of South Athens. An Australian citizen under whose car explosives were placed got injured in legs and hands. Four other vehicles parked next to the car were damaged. It was short …
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Greek Police arrests policeman beaten by Pakistani migrants in Nikaia
The police officer who was found to have been beaten by Pakistani nationals in Nikaia was arrested by Greek Police on Friday. The 34-year-old policeman faces charges for robbery in complicity, while police is seeking for two of his accomplices, Greek Police said in a statement. Από τη Διεύθυνση Εσωτερικών …
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Greek Police investigates whether cancer patients received less medication by members of cancer drugs mafia
For the cancer drugs mafia life did not matter: two nurses in a big public hospital in Athens would give to patients a smaller dose of medication than needed and they would forward the rest of the quantity to the other members of the criminal cancer drugs gang. “Imagine three …
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Greeks, foreigners arrested for cultivating cannabis worth 4 million euros
Greek police cracked down a criminal gang cultivating cannabis and turned into expensive crystalline hemp in Athens. It is one of the biggest drugs trafficking gangs operating in Greece, its members are form Greece, Vietnam, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic. The financial benefits for the gang members estimated to …
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Greek Railways manager, employees among the arrested for illegally selling scrap to gang
Employees at the Hellenic Railways Organization (OSE) are among the 19 people the Greek Police arrested for having formed a gang that was stealing railway equipment estimated worth of 7 million euros. Eight OSE workers – a manager and several employees but also an employee at the Greek Public Power …
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Police cracks down gang pickpocketing tourists on Athens Metro & ISAP
A police crackdown on a gang of pickpockets working in Greek capital has led to 31 arrests so far and the resolving of 764 cases of reported thefts. In an official statement on Monday, Greek Police said that 31 people, mostly of Albanian nationality were arrested, while another 18 suspects …
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Police: Colombian drug cartel behind mysterious Hospital Thefts in Greece and 11 other European countries
Colombian gangs are behind a series of stealing costly diagnostic devices from hospitals in Greece and another eleven European countries, Greek authorities said on Wednesday. Three Colombian nationals aged 20, 37 and 50 have been identified, Security Director for Attica Prefecture, Christos Papazafiris, said at a press conference. He revealed …
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These are the Ancient Artifacts stolen from Olympia Museum (pcts, video)
Greek police released pictures and video footage of the recovered artifacts stolen from the Museum of Ancient Olympia, after three Greeks were arrested on Friday for the armed robbery in February 2012. The bronze and terracotta statuettes, vases and lamps, which date from the Geometric to the Classical era, all found and …
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