Tag Archives: police

A major police operation has been underway to bust criminal gangs set up by Turkish nationals in Athens and Thessaloniki. The operation  follows the mafia-style shooting early Monday morning in Glyfada suburb of southern Athens that left behind two dead and one seriously injured. In the police operation, eight people …

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Domestic violence against women has shown a spike in the first ten months of 2024 compared to the same period in 2023, the Greek Police said on Sunday. Police records show that 18, 427 incidents were recorded in January-October 2024 compared to 9,860 in the same period of 2023. The …

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Greek police has found and seized an arsenal of firearms and explosives during a search of a storage unit in Pangrati neighborhood of central Athens late on Tuesday. The findings coincide timely with the bomb that exploded in an apartment of Ambelokipoi central Athens two weeks ago with one dead, …

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Last week, Minister for Citizen Protection Michalis Chrysochoidis proudly announced the establishment of a new and very important institution he named the  the “Greek FBI”. Today, the police union denounced in a statement the the names and the registration numbers of  554 officers assigned to the Greek FBI have been …

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A  UN Anti-Torture Task Force is currently visiting Athens to investigate the recent deaths of two migrants in police stations of the Greek capital. the Unit is assigned to investigate and inspect cases of possible torture, mistreatment, and violations of prisoners’ human rights. The UN unit called the “Subcommittee on …

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Greek Police ordered an internal investigation against at least one riot police officer filmed using violence against a woman during a pro-Palestinian protest rally in central Athens on Monday. Multiple videos shot by other protesters and posted on social media, showed riot police officers approaching a woman protester. One of …

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Greece’s Data Protection Authority (DPA), the independent body established to supervise the protection of private citizens’ personal data, imposed a fine of  €150,000 on the country’s Ministry of Citizen Protection for violating the relevant law in the process of issuing the new identity card (ID). Following an investigation, the DPA …

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A Greek driver was shot and arrested by Turkish police at the Ipsala border station in Evros on Tuesday, Turkish authorities authorities have announced. According to the announcement, the driver hit and injured a Turkish national riding a motorcycle at the border station. Video Yunan sürücü dehşet saçtıEdirne Valiliği, İpsala Gümrük Kapısı …

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There has been a lot of talking in the last two days about drinking coffee while driving a car in the streets of Greece. I cannot even recall how this controversial issue arose, but the Greek Police uploaded a video with the title “Hands on the Wheel” on Monday afternoon. …

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The Greek government will deploy police officers with heavy weaponry to the island of Zakynthos (Zante) in order to maintain order and enhance security in the popular tourists’ destination in the Ionian Sea. this was announced by Minister of Citizen Protection Michalis Chrisochoidis who visited the island on Wednesday to …

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An unusual scenery in Greece: Police officers set up tents in Syntagma Square opposite the  Greek Parliament on Friday morning to protest against their impoverishment, budget cuts impacting their compensation for travel expenses and mandatory movement to urban centers without right to appeal. A government amendment passed on April 28, …

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A big police operation is underway at the Athens Law School on Tuesday to evict students who have occupied the building in downtown Athens in solidarity with the Palestinian people. The operation was carried out with riot police and state security who entered the building on Tuesday morning and in …

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A 16-year-old high-school student punched a police officer during a control check on Sunday night. the boy and three of his friends were arrested but also a teacher accompanying them as the incident happened during a school trip. The parents are accused of neglecting the supervision of minors. Juvenile delinquency …

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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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Greece’ Police and the National Intelligence Service have been set on alert following the terror attack in Moscow last Friday and the mounting concerns among Western security and intelligence agencies. The Hellenic Police and the National Intelligence Service (EYP) have jointly decided to intensify checks at the country’s entry points, …

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A police officer in western Greece transported more than 100 kg of  rsaw cannabis in an official vehicle. Three arrests A serious drug case involving two police officers and one civilian is being investigated by the Thesprotia Police Department. It all started with a tip-off  at the local Narcotics Enforcement …

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Εight students were transferred to hospitals with injuries in the head and the arms they sustained by police batons during the big protest rally against the bill for “private universities.” The students were injured when a group of protesters clashed with riot police forces outside the Greek Parliament opposite the …

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Riot police clashed with students protesting the opening of private universities in Greece. Students, pupils and teachers marched through central Athens on Thursday in another big rally against the privatization of higher education. The clashes reportedly erupted in the afternoon, when a group of protestors attempted to break through the …

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Two Special Guards were arrested by the Internal Affairs Service of the Greek Police on Monday morning and a case was filed against them for torture and complicity in torture, respectively. The arrested Special Guards were identified as the police officers involved in an incident of a citizen abuse in …

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Greek Police arrested three persons on Wednesday as suspects for the assassinations of alleged members of the criminal organization known as the “Greek Mafia”. The suspects were led to public prosecutor on Thursday. Two of the suspects, men aged 29 and 39, were arrested in the afternoon, while the third …

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