Greek Police

According to reports at In.gr, the ultimatum orders police that had been reassigned to various departments to return to active duty by 8am on Wednesday

Greece faces a wave of violent incidents - cold-blooded shootings, police fatalities, and heinous crimes across various regions. Murders in Salamina, Kalyvia, Nea Smyrni, and Thessaloniki have sparked public concern about safety, particularly along Kifisias Avenue

Greek authorities on Tuesday announced thousands of arrests and traffic stops around the country over the recent Christmas and New Year’s holidays, with more than 70,000 individuals and nearly 54,000 vehicles stopped and checked between Dec. 29 and the first day of 2024. Out of the aforementioned figures, 2,501 persons were initially detained for further […]

The name signed on the text refers to an outfit called “Armed Proletarian Justice”

PM: "We’ll proceed with their immediate implementation, (of measures) which may have applied in the past but weren’t implemented by the teams.”

An explosive device comprised of two separate bombs was discovered on Monday some 100 meters from the headquarters of Greek Police’s riot squad, near sports facilities in a park and across from one of the entrances to the Athens University campus in the east Athens district of Goudi. The explosive device had two plastic containers […]

Police gave chase to two vehicles carrying suspected car thieves in the near-Piraeus district of Nikaia at roughly 4 a.m.

The arrested suspect was identified as a 33-year-old Albanian national with a long criminal record in Greece, stemming from organized crime-related offenses, such as drug-smuggling and protection rackets

 Another 10 Croatian nationals, all young men believed to be Dinamo Zagreb “ultras”, were released on Monday from pretrial remand, slightly more than four months after a deadly hooligan rampage outside the AEK Athens football pitch in northwest Athens’ Nea Philadelphia district. One local man, 29-year-old Michalis Katsouris, was stabbed to death outside the OPAP […]

Latest instance of hooligan violence in Greece after 2 recent fatalities may lead to suspension of pro leagues

The officer was hit with a highly incendiary distress flare fired by a flare gun of the type stored aboard vessels. Reports have the perpetrator firing directly at the victim, rather than a random shot.

A well-known local “trapper” was arrested by law enforcement in Greece over the weekend on charges stemming from nearly a dozen ATM robberies around the country. According to reports, Greek Police (EL.AS) said a total of three suspects – 26, 27 and 29 – were arrested on charges related to 10 ATM heists that netted […]