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Europol Dismantles Migrant Smuggling Group in Greece and Italy
Europol, working along with the National Police of Greece and Italy, dismantled a large group that was illegally smuggling migrants into the two countries, it was announced on Thursday.
Europol officers from the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation assisted...
Greece
Greek Police Bust Group Smuggling Migrants Through Europe
Greek police busted a major group that was illegally smuggling migrants to other EU member states, by offering them fake travel documents.
More specifically, the Security Office of the Central Port Authority of Piraeus along with a Greek Police's special...
Archaeology
Greek Police Bust Antiquities Smuggling Ring; Precious Rings, Coins Recovered
Greek police on Thursday arrested eight people suspected of belonging to an antiquities smuggling ring in the town of Larissa.
Police say that the gang conducted illicit excavations in mountainous rural areas of Thessaly and Pieria in central Greece with...
Crime
CBS Report Uncovers Lucrative Human Smuggling Ring in Athens (video)
Evidence that ISIS members are being moved through Greece into the rest of Europe has been uncovered by a CBS News report, which aired on Thursday.
Human smuggling is known to be big business in the Greek capital, but this...
Crime
Turkish Citizen Arrested for Smuggling Hundreds of Ancient Greek Coins
Officers at the customs office of Kipoi (on the border with Turkey) confiscated 1,055 ancient Greek coins from a Turkish national on Tuesday, after a search was carried out when the suspect was entering the country from Turkey.
The Independent...
Greece
Europol to Install Unit in Greece's Evros to Tackle Migrant Smuggling
It was announced on Wednesday that Europol will dispatch a mobile unit with a number of expert officers to assist the local Greek Police (ELAS) in Evros to tackle the increasing incidence of migrant smuggling from Turkey.
The Europol decision...
Diplomacy
Venezuela Denies Mystery Plane to Greece Was Smuggling Gold
The Venezuelan ambassador to Greece on Wednesday dismissed allegations that the plane which made an unexpected stop in Athens last Saturday was shipping gold out of the country.
In an interview with the Greek daily newspaper "Efimerida ton Syntakton," Freddy...
Crime
Gold-Smuggling Suspects to be Released From Jail
The eight suspects who had been arrested and held on charges of illegally smuggling gold out of the country are set to be released, most likely as soon as Wednesday evening, according to a decision by the Council of...
Greece
Former Gold Smuggling Suspects to be Released from Jail
Eight of the suspects who had been arrested and held on charges of illegally smuggling gold out of Greece will be released from jail, their lawyers claimed on Tuesday.
The lead prosecutor handling the case decided to release the men...
Crime
Gold-Smuggling Suspects Begin Testimony
The sixty-three men arrested on charges of illegally smuggling gold out of the country will present their testimony to the examining magistrate beginning on Friday in Athens.
The process is expected to continue through to Sunday, with the extremely large number...
Greece
Eleven Arrested in Five Days For Migrant-Smuggling
A total of eleven people in the region of East Macedonia and Thrace have been arrested by the Hellenic Police since last Friday, in four different incidents of smuggling illegal migrants.
The latest incident involves a 23-year old Iraqi national...
Crime
Greek Police Bust Gold-Smuggling Ring
Greek police on Wednesday arrested fifty-nine people suspected of being involved in an international gold-smuggling operation. All the suspects were rounded up from the greater Athens area.
After a long investigation, police believe that the suspects were stealing gold items and...
Crime
Greek Court Sentences 8 for Smuggling 1.5 Tons of Cannabis into Italy
A criminal court in Piraeus has found eight people guilty of involvement in a drug operation last April that smuggled nearly 1.5 tons of cannabis into Italy by speed boat.
The men were each handed jail sentences of up to...
Greece
Greece: Authorities Stop US-flagged Yacht Smuggling 71 Migrants
A U.S. flagged yacht sailing in the Gulf of Patras carrying 71 migrants, was stopped by authorities in western Greece on Wednesday.
The yacht is believed to have been attempting to smuggle the migrants to Italy.
The vessel was stopped following...
Crime
Ukraine Says Greece Investigating Hundreds of its Citizens for People Smuggling
Ukraine is claiming hundreds of its nationals are being investigated by the Greek authorities for their alleged role in people smuggling.
The country's foreign ministry has said police in Italy and Greece have detained or investigated 250 Ukrainian sailors. State Secretary...