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Over one hundred police officers in Greece have been convicted for serious offenses but they still serve or are active within the police due to pending procedural issues. A total of 107 police officers who have been convicted for serious criminal offenses and are the subject of disciplinary proceedings to …

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Two high-level officers of the Piraeus Port Authority and another four officer are to be subject of “disciplinary investigation” over the tragic and forceful death of 36-year-old Antonis, a ferry passenger. The officers were removed by order of Shipping and Island Policy Minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis on Thursday. Removed are the …

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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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A legislative act to deploy members of the Fire Service and the Armed Forces to assist the ambulance Service (EKAV) has been published in the official gazette on Tuesday. The decision taken by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has triggered negative reactions not only by EKAV personnel but also by firefighters …

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Four police officers were arrested Saturday for allegedly beating and torturing a detainee. The arrests were made by Greek police’s Internal Affairs Division. The arrested, a higher officer, two lower-ranking policemen and a member of the Special Guard unit were responsible for guarding and transferring detainees. The victim, either a …

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Dialogues between high-ranking officers of the Greek Police EL.AS. with bosses of criminal gangs were published by newspaper To Vima on Sunday.  According to the newspaper claims, a total of 27 police officers seem to have been involved in criminal activities offering protection to gangs mostly active in fuel trafficking. …

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Another 400 border patrol officers will be hired in 2023 to better protect Greece’s borders, Citizen Protection Minister Takis Theodorikakos announced on Friday. The minister was speaking after a meeting of his at the Ropodi region’s police headquarters on matters of security and migration. Some 250 of these border patrol …

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A police major operation at Greece’s Krystallopigi border control check point at the border with Albania has led in the arrest of at least 14 people: seven police and customs officers and seven civilians of Albanian nationality. the operation of the Internal Affairs Unit of the Greek police followed a …

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Members of the Greek Armed Forces were deployed to act as “supportive crowd” in the production of the Hollywood War Film EXPENDABLES 4 last November in Thessaloniki, northern Greece. Now they claim that they have not be paid even one euro for “being used for the purposes of a film …

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Greece’s government is proceeding with its plan to have police officers at the universities of the country and the recruitment of officers is scheduled to begin in the next few days. The recruitment of officers who will man the so-called university police teams that will protect academic institutions around the …

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Greek Police is outfitting some officers with body-worn cameras as part of a pilot program initiated in response to accusations of heavy-handed police tactics to quash street protests. About 20 officers of the motorcycle police unit DRASI and the crime prevention and suppression team (OPKE) will wear the new cameras, …

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The union of Police officers in Greece has raised serious safety issues on Thursday after three police officers died of Covid-19 since the beginning of the month. The latest fatality, a 55-year-old officer was intubated and passed away in the early morning hours of Thursday. He had been was hospitalized …

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The Athens prosecutor investigates whether charges against 12 Fire Brigade officers during the devastating fire at Mati in 2018 will be upgraded to prosecution for fatal exposure of citizens to danger. the decision is expected to be announced. The upgrading of charges to criminal level is at the urging of …

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A dangerous incident took place at the Evros border netween Turkey and Greece, when Turkish soldiers fired warning shot and then aimed at German officers patrolling with border with Greece. According to an exclusive story by German magazine Der Spiegel the incident took place on April 28. Frontex has deployed …

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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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Greece’s government has decided to deploy policemen to protect notary offices during the electronic property auctions. However, the union of police officers reject the plans saying that protecting notaries while they are implementing such negative policies creates tensions between police and the public. ‘While the government supposedly cares about improving …

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A commander of a division of Traffic police in Attica was caught red-handed to receive 2,000 euros by a citizen in order to erase several fines amounting 10,000 euros. together with the commander, a police officer who was present at the transaction was arrested as well as the owner of …

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A number of Turkish officers posted to Nato have sought asylum since the country’s failed military coup in July, Nato’s secretary-general said on Friday. Jens Stoltenberg said the officers had requested asylum in the countries where they had been posted but gave no names, numbers or reasons for the requests. …

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