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Animal Cruelty in Greece Now Punishable by Up to 10 Years in Prison

The Greek Parliament on Thursday unanimously passed a new law that makes serious animal abuse a crime that can lead to a maximum 10-year prison sentence. According the new provisions, people who mistreat animals will also have to pay "a...

Golden Dawn Members to Enter Prison on Friday

The 37 members of the neo-Nazi party golden Dawn who were convicted in October will be transported to prison on Friday. The convicts were held at police headquarters in Athens after the court upheld their prison sentences on Thursday, rejecting...

Greek Court Sends Golden Dawn Leaders to Prison

A Greek court upheld its ruling to sentence the leaders of the criminal organization Golden Dawn to 13 years in prison, overruling an earlier recommendation by the public prosecutor that the sentences should be suspended pending appeal. Following the ruling,...

Killer of American Biologist Receives Sentence of Life in Prison

The convicted killer of Dr. Suzanne Eaton, the 60-year-old American biologist who was raped and murdered and left in an abandoned Nazi bunker in Crete received a life sentence plus thirteen years for the crime. After being convicted of the...

Six Greek Police Officers, Prisoners Placed in Quarantine after Coronavirus Exposure

Six Athens police officers, along with an unspecified number of detainees, were placed into quarantine for two weeks after one of the incarcerated men tested positive for the coronavirus on Thursday. The Albanian detainee had been at the Omonoia Square...

Greece Restricts Jail and Prison Visitations to Limit Spread of Coronavirus

  General Secretariat for Counter-Criminal Policy, part of Greece's Civil Protection Ministry, announced on Friday that visits to detention centers and jails in the country are now restricted and even prisoner transports to hospitals are prohibited, except for serious cases. The...

Former Greek Government Minister Giannos Papantoniou to be Released From Prison

Former prominent Greek politician and government minister Giannos Papantoniou is set to be released from prison after spending seventeen months incarcerated there. Papantoniou was found guilty of money laundering, a charge that he continues to deny. The Judicial Council of the...

The Forgotten Tragedy of 4,100 Italian Prisoners Who Drowned off Athens

This Sunday, Greece will honor the memory of the 4,100 Italian prisoners of war who perished in the Saronic Gulf in 1944 while aboard the Norwegian steamship "ORIA." This monumental human tragedy, which took place during the horrific years of World...

New Facility in Aspropyrgos to Replace Notorious Korydallos Prison of Athens

The Greek Ministries of Defense and Citizen's Protection on Monday signed a Memorandum of Cooperation under which the procedures for the replacement of the infamous Korydallos prison complex will soon begin. One of the main pledges of the conservative government...

Siemens Hellas Scandal Ringleaders Receive Heavy Prison Sentences

Fourteen long year after the launch of the trial of dozens of people linked to the Siemens bribery scandal, an Athens court handed down prison sentences of 15 years to the key suspects on Monday. Former CEO of Siemens Hellas...

Turkey's Erdogan Threatens to Release Jihadi Prisoners Over Cyprus Sanctions

Turkey's President Erdogan on Tuesday warned Europe that Turkey could release jihadi prisoners and send them back to Europe in the event of the imposition of EU sanctions over Cyprus. “You may take this lightly, but these doors will open...

Four Inmates Escape From Greece's Tiryntha Prison

Four inmates escaped at noontime on Wednesday from southern Greece's prison of Tiryntha. It was realized by the guards during the noon roll call that four inmates were missing, including two Albanian nationals, one Egyptian and one Moroccan. Local police authorities...

Korydallos Prison Guard Commits Suicide in His Office

A 50-year-old Korydallos Prison guard committed suicide in the facility's administration office for reasons unknown on Tuesday morning. According to police, the officer was actually on leave from his job at the time. Nonetheless, he appeared in the administration office in...

Outcry in British Media After Greek Rapist's Early Release from Prison

British media have expressed anger over the early release from prison of a Corfu man who was sentenced to 52 years for raping a total of six British women. Dimitris Aspiotis, dubbed "The Beast of Kavos," was arrested for raping...

One Inmate Dead After Fight in Greece's Nigrita Prison

An unfortunate and fatal incident took place in Northern Greece’s Nigrita prison, late on Friday night, when an inmate tragically died after a fight he had with a fellow prisoner. According to media reports, a 43-year-old Russian inmate attacked a...