A refugee has claimed that the 5-year-old girl’s death on an islet of the Evros river at the borders with Turkey “was set up.” Traffickers said to have suggested the allegedly fake story that became a media sensation last August. The girl had allegedly died after she was bitten by …
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Two minors charged with attempted rape of 14-year-old classmate
Two minors were remanded custody after they were charged with the attempted rape of a 14-year-old classmate. The schoolboys were arrested along with three more in the city of Corinth in North Peloponnese on Thursday The arrest of the five schoolboys, aged 13 to 16, followed the complain of the …
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Protesters deface shop of child’s rapist and pimp; more “clients” arrested
Angry protesters defaced the shop of the 53-year-old rapist and pimp of a 12-year-old girl and set his business van on fire in the Athens district of Sepolia during a rally held on Saturday. Protesters wrote slogans and threw paint on the shop’s front. Minor scuffles erupted later with riot …
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Missing 14-year-old girl was kidnapped, sexually abused, charity says
A 14-year-old girl who went missing from Nikaia, a district near the port of Piraeus, on October 7, was found in Markopoulo, east Attica, on Wednesday. The girl had informed her parents who picked her up. However, a child protection charity says the girl was kidnapped and sexually abused. Charity …
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Pedophilia scandal: Victim’s mother arrested, two defendants remanded custody
In a last minute development of the horror case of sexual exploitation of a 12-year-old girl in Athens, police arrested the victim’s mother on Wednesday afternoon. She is being accused of pandering. Earlier today, the two defendants in the pedophilia scandal that shakes Greece, a 53-year-old man and a 42-year-old, …
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“Family man” arrested for the repeated rape and pandering of minor girl in Athens
A 53-year-old who repeatedly raped a 12-year-old girl and also operated as a pimp for the underage victim has been arrested in Kolonos district of Athens. His neighbors praised him as a “good and religious family man.” The man has a mini market store in the area and the girl …
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Migrant child dies after days without food & water at the sea
A 4-year-old girl was airlifted from a boat south of Crete to the hospital of Chania, earlier on Tuesday. The child was onboard of a boat carrying migrants. The girl was unconscious when the crew of a helicopter of the Greek Air Force picked her up. The child was without …
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UPDATE: 6.5-year-old girl drowned in Corinth; father arrested
A 6.5-year-old girl was found unconscious under a boat at the beach of Kalamaki in the Saronic Gulf of Isthmia by Corinth on Monday afternoon. Authorities arrested the father, a foreign national, on Tuesday. According to a statement by the Greek Coast Guard, the body of the girl was discovered …
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40 refugees stranded on Evros islet; child dies after scorpion stung; calls on their rescue
A group of some 40 migrants have been stranded on an islet in Evros River since the beginning of August. Among them a 5-year-old girl from Syria that was stung by a scorpion and died. However, the girl’s body remains unburied. Greek authorities call on Turkey to take care of …
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5-year-old girl found drowning in the port of Piraeus; last minute rescue
A 5-year-old girl was found drowning in the sea inside the port of Piraeus with the mother to not have even noticed the incident. A tragedy was averted only because the captain of a ferry readying to dock at the biggest port of the country saw the little girl’s hands …
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Drunken US sailors barge into hotel room where minor girl was alone; Chania in outrage
Residents of Chania on the island of Crete took to the streets demanding proper behavior by foreign visitors including NATO forces and US Navy soldiers and their punishment. The protest protest took place after an incident on Sunday, where a group of drunken US sailors from the USS aircraft carrier …
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Attiki Odos: Policeman carries little girl on his back into safety (video)
A man is carrying a little girl on his back on a snowed road in the middle of the night. The man is a policeman and the girl a patient who needs to be operated in a hospital early Tuesday morning. The picture was shot at half an hour after …
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Priest in Athens arrested for sexual abuse of minor and child pornography
Α priest was arrested in Athens for the sexual abuse of a minor and possession on child pornography. The 37-year-old father of three was arrested after the victim revealed to her parents the torture she was exposed to for a period of six months and her parents went to police. …
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Two-month-old baby girl abandoned in backpack in northern Athens
A two-month old baby girl was abandoned in a backpack at a playground in Chalandri suburb of northern Athens on Wednesday afternoon. The baby was found by a police officer assigned with the protection of a lawmaker. Footage from security cameras in the area show a person carrying the bag …
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Prosecutor investigates death of 14-year-old girl infected with Covid-19
The public prosecutor in Lamia, central Greece, ordered an inquiry into the death of a 14-year-old girl who died after contracting Covid-19 and passed away in less than a week. The girl was treated at home and was taken to the hospital when it was already too late. The parents …
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UPD Toddler girl abandoned outside the Archaeological Museum in Athens (video)
A baby girl in a stroller was abandoned in the courtyard of the National Archaeological Museum in Athens on Sunday morning. A resident of the Exarchia district was walking her dogs when she spotted the baby alone behind the palm trees. The woman informed the museum guard and he alerted …
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UPD 8-year-old Roma girl crashed twice by factory door, left there for over an hour (videos)
An 8-year-old Roma girl found a tragic death when its body was crashed by an electric factory door in Keratsini suburb of Piraeus on Wednesday, November 17. Serious questions arise from the fact that the girl’s body was crashed twice by the metal door and its body remained there for …
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From Moria to Boston: Afghan refugee girl Arezu wins US-scholarship
“We need to think outside the box…because you learn more things outside the box. It’s like a cage, you need to be a free bird” says Arezu, an incredibly talented and eloquent Afghan refugee of just 12-years-old, currently living on Lesvos island in Greece. This week is the return to …
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Police officer arrested for trafficking, holding captive 18-year-old girl
A police officer was arrested late on Saturday for trafficking and holding captive an 18-year-old girl. The case was revealed when the girl managed to escape from his home and sought help in a cafe nearby in Ilioupoli suburb of eastern Athens. The girl had run away from home after …
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Body of missing 11-year-old girl found at rocky Chania beach
The body of a missing 11-year-old girl was found at a beach in Chania on Wednesday afternoon. A big search operation was launched after the girl was reported missing from the area of Makry Toixos on Tuesday. According to local media flashnews, the body was found at Agioi Apostoloi beach. …
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