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Two Arrested on Separate International Arrest Warrants at Athens Airport

Greek authorities on Wednesday arrested a 35-year-old Iranian national and a 42-year-old from Kazakhstan, on the basis of international warrants issued against them. The Iranian was arrested in Athens by Attica Security Police organized crime officers, on the basis of...

Turkey Threatens Cyprus Over Potential Arrest Warrant For Drillship Crew

Turkey's Foreign Ministry spokesman Hami Aksoy issued a statement on Monday concerning reports on Cypriot and Greek media that Nicosia had issued arrest warrants for the personnel of Turkey's ''Fatih'' drilling vessel. "If it dares to do so ,...

Italian Police Arrest Colombians Wanted for Greek Hospital Thefts

Italian police have arrested two Colombian men suspected of being part of a gang which stole expensive medical equipment from Greek public hospitals in May 2017. Greek police had informed Interpol, with international arrest warrants pending in the hands of...

Greek Police Arrest 14 on Terror-Funding Charges

A Greek police counter-terrorism unit on Tuesday arrested 14 people -- including one Albanian national -- on charges of funding a terrorist group and money laundering. The defendants, 11 men and three women, were arrested in Attica and other parts of...

Greek Hospital Thefts Suspects Arrested in Germany and Colombia

Two of five Colombian nationals suspected of stealing expensive medical equipment from Greek hospitals earlier this summer, have been arrested in Germany and Colombia on the basis of international arrest warrants, Greek police announced on Monday. They said that a...

Thessaloniki Police Arrest Two Suspects in FYROM Wiretapping Case

Greek authorities announced they arrested two men at an airport in northern Greece who are wanted in neighboring FYROM on charges related to an illegal wiretapping scandal. Police said Thursday the two men were arrested overnight at Thessaloniki airport with...

Greek Prison Guards to be Arrested for Albanian Inmate's Death

Greek authorities are just a step away from arresting the prison guards responsible for beating Albanian lifer, Ilia Kareli to death while he was in solitary confinement at Nigrita Prison, in Serres. The Greek prosecutor in Amfissa who is in...

Arrest Warrant for Christoforakos And Karavelas

The investigators of the Greek Siemens case issued arrest warrants against the former company executive members Michael Christoforakos and Christos Karavelas, who appear to be the key players in this case. According to the Court of Appeal, the two arrest...

Greek Publisher Arrested for Debt

Greek publisher Giorgos Kouris was arrested by police for debts to the State and is now being held at the Greek police headquarters in Athens. Four arrest warrants were issued against him, one for debts to the Social Security Organization,...

Three Arrested, Twenty-Five Charged in Greek Bank Fraud

New facts have come to light in the alleged fraud case involving Hellenic Postbank and loans granted to businessmen between 2006-2011. Since yesterday evening, Greek businessman Dimitris Kontominas was being treated for a respiratory infection at a private hospital under armed...

German Company Representative Arrested for Bribes

According to Greek news sources, police have arrested 78-year-old arms dealer Dimitris Papachristos, on charges of bribing Greek officials in order to receive lucrative arms contracts. He was a representative during the year 2000 of the German company Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW)....

Greek Golden Dawn Leader Nikolaos Michaloliakos and MPs Arrested [update]

Greek police have arrested Nikos Michaloliakos, the leader of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn Party that is under fire in the killing of an anti-fascist for which one of its members was charged, was arrested on the morning of Sept....

Greek Golden Dawn Leader Arrested in Sweep

Greek police have arrested Nikos Michaloliakos, the leader of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn Party that is under fire in the killing of an anti-fascist for which one of its members was charged, was arrested on the morning of Sept....

Armed Robberies Fugitive Arrested

A 37-year-old Greek fugitive, reportedly a member of a gang that had committed several armed robberies at branches of banks and public organizations, as well as cash transfers in various regions in Attica and other districts, has been arrested...

Two Suspects for the Napa Killings Last Week Arrested in Athens

Greek police yesterday arrested two suspects in Athens wanted in connection with the murder of five men in a gang-style execution in the heart of Cyprus’ tourist resort Ayia Napa last week. The two men, aged 29 and 41, are...