Seven senior officers in the Greek Police will immediately be removed from their positions following the serious incidents between soccer hooligans in Nea Philadelphia on Monday, in which one person was killed, Citizen Protection Minister Giannis Oikonomou announced on Tuesday. A day after 29-year-old AEK fan, Michalis Κatsouris, was stabbed …
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Underground banker for drugs money arrested in Greece
Greek police and the Europol announced the arrest of a 52-year-old businessman man in Glyfada, suburb of south Athens. He is suspect for notorious money laundering for an international drug trafficking gang. A European arrest warrant was pending against the man who is of Albanian origin, has a Greek name …
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Police brutality against protesters; they even use teargas at people on wheelchair (videos)
Riot police was filmed and pictured using extensive violence against protesters in downtown Athens on Thursday evening.Officers were seen brutally beating demonstrators, photo-reporters and journalists and did not hesitate to fire tear gas even against a man on wheelchair. Χημικό των #ΜΑΤ σε ανάπηρο διαδηλωτή. Ασχολίαστο… #ΕΛΑΣ #Αστυνομια #MAT @kmitsotakis …
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“Omicron” strikes Greek Police: Over 2,000 officers infected
The Omicron variant of Covid-19 has reportedly stroke also the Greek Police with over 2,000 officers to have fallen ill and tested positive in recent days. The majority of active cases are in the Headquarters in Athens. 200 police officers declared that they were sick with Covid-19 in just six …
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Greece to reform Police Rapid Response Units after fatal shooting at Roma teen
Minister for Citizen Protection Takis Theodoriakos announced a series of measures and upgrades aiming at improving the efficiency of the Rapid Response Units, especially themotorcycle police units DIAS as well as in the operation of the Center of Command. The reforms come some ten days after a car chase in …
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Greek police shoot dead unarmed young Roma man; seven officers arrested
Greek police shot dead an unarmed 20 year-old man and injured a 15-year-old teenager after a car chase in Perama,western Attica, early morning Saturday. Seven police officers involved in the shooting have been arrested for intentional homicide. A second teenager fled the scene. The driver and the two minor passengers …
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Just 58% of Greek police officers has been vaccinated
Just 58% of police officers in the Hellenic Police (ELAS) have completed their vaccination against the coronavirus, according to updated data seen by Kathimerini. ELAS is the main body that has been tasked with enforcing the various health restrictions imposed by the government and its officers come in close contact …
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Police identify officer arrested for trafficking to encourage other victims speak out
Greek Police on Friday identified the 39-year-old police officer held on charges of sexually abusing and exploiting a 19-year-old woman as Dimitris Bougioukos. The Police also released images of the suspect who was arrested in the eastern suburb of Ilioupoli last Sunday. The publication of his details was approved by …
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Husband of brutally murdered Caroline Crouch taken to Police HQ
In a extraordinary development, Greek police brought the husband of murdered British-born young mother Caroline Crouch from the island of Alosinos to police headquarters in Athens on Thursday. The husband, a commercial aviation pilot, was flown to Athens with a helicopter to provide additional information in the case that appeared …
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Prosecutor orders investigation into police violence against citizen in Thessaloniki (video)
The Public Prosecutor of Thessaloniki ordered investigation by the internal affairs department of Greek Police after riot policemen were filmed to hit a citizen in the face with the elbow and kick him, while they moved with baton against another one. The incident took place in the center of the …
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Greek Police forms a case file for the mass students’ rally in Athens
Greek Police (ELAS) is forming a case file for the mass students’ protest rally in downtown Athens on Thursday. The file contains charges that the rally violated the laws forbidding crowding and the recent law banning public gatherings with over 100 people. Furthermore, there was no official announcement by the …
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Greek Police bans public gatherings of over 100 persons until Feb 1
Out of a sudden and without a warning, the chief of Greece’s Police issued a ban on large public gatherings with more than 100 people with effect as of 6:00 a.m. Tuesday and for 6 days, until February 1, 2021, “at least.” Police Chief Michalis Karamalakis claims for the decision …
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Lesvos: Border guards, policeman suspended for beating refugees (video)
Three border guards and one policeman have been suspended from service after a video showed them beating two refugees outside a supermarket of the island of Lesvos, the Chief of the Greek Police announced on Saturday morning. An internal investigation has been launched against the four, the statement added. Police …
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Greeks urge Police to intervene into website exposing women without their consent
Thousands of women and girls are being threatened and harassed by a website that avenges “revenge pornography.” Dozens of social media users have reacted strongly and demand the intervention of police. This website, without requiring registration and without strict conditions, allows users to circulate material, which depicts the private moments …
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Greek police carried out over 58K coronavirus-measures checks on a single day
Greek police carried out 58,466 checks throughout the country on Saturday and confirmed over 350 violations of the measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Fines of 150 euros were imposed in 330 cases where people did not wear the mandatory mask and did not observe the required minimum distances. …
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Greek Police warns of fake sms allegedly calling for “general mobilization”
Greek Police is warning of a malicious message sent as sms to mobile phones that is calling Greeks to general mobilization. The message is calling citizens to report to the nearest Police station in order to allegedly receive their documents by the General Staff and be embedded to a “military …
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15 police officers in quarantine after contact with coronavirus-positive man
Fifteen police officers on duty at the headquarters of Greek Police in Athens have been order in “house isolation” after they came in contact with an asylum-seeker later tested positive to coronavirus. The officers were investigating the case of the sexual abuse of a minor in the accommodation structure of …
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Greek Police orders investigation of police brutality in Exarchia on Dec 6
The Greek Police has sent to the Greek Ombudsman the videos and reports of excessive police brutality and humiliation of demonstrators as they happened on Friday night. Police also calls on police violence victims or witnesses to report the cases to the Ombudsman. The brutality and humiliation of demonstrators in …
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Greek Police Got Talent: Officer on duty sings along with street musician
A Greek police officer was on patrol on Thursday evening when he saw a street musician in Monastiraki. He obviously could not resist the challenge and decided “a creative short break” was worth it. He grabbed the microphone and started to sing “Stand by Me.” The video posted by a …
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Police dismantles drugs trafficking ring, seizes 105 kg of cocaine
The Drugs Squad of the Greek Police dismantled a major cocaine trafficking ring and seized 105 kilogram of the illegal drug. In cooperation with the US DEA and following a tip off police raided an apartment in Agios Dimitrios-Brahami suburb of south Athens on Thursday. Police confiscated also 828,000 euros …
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