Corinth gang unraveled
Corinth gang unraveled Eight people, aged between 18 and 58, were charged on Saturday as suspected members of a criminal gang linked to 256 cases of fraud in the southern city of Corinth between March 2020 and May 2021. Three of those charged are already serving prison sentences for similar offenses. Police said the gang […]
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Police in northern Greece net migrant smuggling gang
Police in northern Greece net migrant smuggling gang In an operation carried out with help from the European police agency Europol, law enforcement authorities in northern Greece have dismantled what they believe to be a large migrant smuggling ring. According to an announcement released by the Hellenic Police (ELAS) on Tuesday, the racket has been […]
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Teen, footballer testify over alleged gang rape
Teen, footballer testify over alleged gang rape The teenage girl who has accused an Olympiakos defender and his 40-year-old manager of gang rape gave evidence to the examining magistrate on Thursday morning, testifying in person. The victim has accused Portugal’s Ruben Semedo and his manager of sexually assaulting her in the footballer’s home after meeting […]
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Greek police bust Italian ‘g-string’ gang on island of Mykonos (video)
Greek police bust Italian ‘g-string’ gang on island of Mykonos (video) Mykonos police arrested the members of an Italian gang known as the ‘g-string gang’ on Saturday afternoon which used sexy women in thongs to distract unsuspecting tourists and rob them of credit cards and gold items like expensive watches, protothema.gr reports. A mistake on […]
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Police apprehend gang involved in spate of ATM robberies
Police apprehend gang involved in spate of ATM robberies Police on Friday said they had apprehended a criminal gang suspected of robbing almost a million euros from blasting open almost 30 bank ATMs in Attica and the wider region. Five men, ranging in age from 22 to 27, have been arrested as part of the […]
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Police dismantle human trafficking gang
Police dismantle human trafficking gang Police announced on Friday that they had dismantled a criminal organization in early July which was active in facilitating the smuggling of migrants over sea from Greece to Italy. Eight members of the organization were arrested on July 4 in parallel operations on the Ionian island of Lefkada and in […]
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Greek, Romanian police break up criminal gang defrauding users of popular consumer sites
Greek, Romanian police break up criminal gang defrauding users of popular consumer sites Greek and Romanian authorities arrested on July 7 eight members of a Romanian criminal network involved in extensive online fraud against users of popular consumer sites such as Amazon and eBay, in a large operation coordinated by Eurojust. The gang used phishing […]
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Police round up burglary gang on Mykonos
Police round up burglary gang on Mykonos A criminal gang behind a series of burglaries targeting houses and villas on the popular Aegean resort island of Mykonos has been dismantled, police said on Thursday. A total of seven foreign nationals were arrested – six men and one woman, aged 23, 25, 30, 32, 33, 34 […]
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Rape suspects jailed pending trial
Rape suspects jailed pending trial Two of the three men accused of the gang rape of a 25-year-old pregnant woman last Wednesday in Athens have been remanded in custody pending trial. The investigator and the prosecutor in the case took the decision on Monday after hearing testimony from the two men. A third man, accused […]
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Three men charged in Athens gang rape
Three men charged in Athens gang rape An Athens prosecutor charged three Pakistani nationals Thursday with the rape of a 25-year-old pregnant woman early Wednesday morning. A criminal charge of rape was also brought against a fourth person who is wanted by the authorities. According to the case file, the defendants approached the girl early […]
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New security task force will help fight gang crime
New security task force will help fight gang crime The Citizens’ Protection Ministry is planning a new task force to combat organized crime more efficiently in the wake of a string of assassinations attributed to an on-going gangland feud. Τhe plan foresees the informal unification of the Attica Security Directorate divisions responsible for organized crime, […]
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Murder of retired boxer may be linked to gang turf war
Murder of retired boxer may be linked to gang turf war In what appeared to be the latest fatal incident in a gang turf war in Athens, a 39-year-old man was killed in a drive-by shooting on Monday morning in the southern suburb of Vari. Police investigators said the man, a retired boxer, was shot […]
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