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Counterterrorism Police Raiding Houses of Golden Dawn MPs
The Counterterrorism police are currently investigating the houses of Golden Dawn members Stathis Boukouras, Panagiotis Iliopoulos and Yorgos Germenis, after a public prosecutor's request. The three men face charges for participating and managing a criminal organization.
The police officers had received the...
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Police Set-off Controlled Explosion of Device Planted Near Dafni Police Station
According to police reports, shortly before 3 a.m. an anonymous phone call reported to police emergency services that there was an explosive device behind the Dafni Police station which had only 40 minutes before it would explode.
Emery services from the counterterrorism...
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Police Plan to Prevent Radicalization of Muslim Migrants in Greece
A plan for the prevention and handling of the phenomenon of radicalization of Muslims in Greece has been undertaken by Hellenic Police (ELAS) in cooperation with pertinent authorities.
Greek police have already identified strains of radicalized Islamic groups integrated in...
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Greek Police Arrest Wanted Terrorist and Bank Robber
The counterterrorism unit of the Hellenic Police arrested terrorist Kostas Sakkas and wanted bank robber Marios Seisidis in Sparta on Thursday.
Sakkas, who is suspected to be a member of terrorist group Cells of Fire, was on probation and since...
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Greek Counterterrorism Analysts Fear for New Attacks
After the initial investigation on yesterday’s hit in the heart of Athens, Greek Counterterrorism analysts consider the possibility of new car-bomb attacks and targets of economic interest or policemen.
According to sources, the analysts seem certain that the attack was...
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Greek Police After Kostas Sakkas' Trails
The Greek Police are trying to track down anarchist Kostas Sakkas. The Greek authorities have lost his trails since last Monday when he failed to report to the local police station in Kaminia. Sakkas is facing charges of being...
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Greek Police: Kalashnikovs Found in car in Athens 'Clear'
According to the Greek police authorities, the ballistic examination of the three Kalashnikov rifles that were found on Saturday in a stolen car in Palaio Faliro, Athens, Greece, showed they have not been used in previous terrorist attacks or...
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Turkish Terrorist Network in Greece
It seems that the Greek police hit the bull’s eye by arresting the four Turkish nationals of Kurdish origins during an operation in an apartment in Gyzi. The four men are believed to be members of the DHKP-C militant...
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Closed Pre-Departure Migrant Camps to Operate Soon, PM Mitsotakis Declares
In an interview with SKAI TV on Sunday morning, Greek Premier Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced that closed pre-departure migrant camps will soon begin their operation in Greece, for all those who enter the country but are not granted asylum status.
Migrants...
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Greek "Prison Mafia" Suspects Released on Bail
Two prominent Greek criminal lawyers who were arrested last Friday over their alleged involvement in the so-called "prison mafia" scandal were released on bail on Monday evening.
Alexandros Lykourezos and Theodoros Panagopoulos were arrested by officers of the counterterrorism unit...
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Man Arrested With Detonators in Athens Had Been Reported Before
A foreign national arrested in Athens late on Saturday with a bag containing detonators had been repeatedly reported to police in the past, according to media sources over the weekend.
Counterterrorism officers held the man, who is reportedly of Afghan...
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State Department Flags IDs and Porous Borders as Terrorist Concerns in Greece
Greece remains a cooperative counterterrorism partner, says a report published on Wednesday by the State Department.
The report, however, highlights two areas of concern: the national ID card is extremely vulnerable to alteration and photo substitution and the porous nature...
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UNHCR Investigates Syrian for Child Abuse Video in Chios Refugee Camp
A video showing the abuse of a three-year boy in the Souda camp on Chios island has been posted in social meadia, instigating an investigation by the UNHCR and Greek authorities.
The video shows a child abused by a man who...
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More Than Ten Jihadist Terrorists in Athens 'Cell'
More than ten Islamic State terrorists had close contacts with the so-called "Athens Cell," according to Brussels court documents, Kathimerini newspaper says.
The two main members of the Athens team who supported the suicide attacks of their cohorts in Paris...
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Terrorist Group Members Suspected in Bank Robbery in Greece
The Counterterrorism unit of the Hellenic Police are investigating an armed bank robbery committed in Malesina, central Greece, suspecting that members of a terrorist group were involved.
The robbery took place on Tuesday, when three persons wearing female wigs entered...