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08.07.2024 / 07:49

Police reopening Mykonos files

In the wake of last week’s brutal execution of 54-year-old engineer Panagiotis Stathis who was gunned down outside his Athens office in Psychiko, the Hellenic Police is reopening files concerning murders, extortion and beatings which have been linked to underworld activity on the island of Mykonos that reportedly remains strong and largely untouched.

03.07.2024 / 08:01

Murder investigation focuses on Mykonos

Police are focusing their investigation into the murder of 54-year-old civil engineer Panagiotis Stathis, who was gunned down on Tuesday morning outside the offices of his company in Psychiko in northern Athens, on the island of Mykonos, where he had been professionally active since the late 90s.

02.07.2024 / 13:17

Construction rackets under scrutiny in Athens assassination investigation

The police investigation into the Mafia-style assassination of a 54-year-old civil engineer in the northern Athens suburb of Neo Psychiko on Tuesday morning is reportedly focusing on the victim’s professional activities on popular holiday islands where illegal construction runs rampant.

25.06.2024 / 09:40

As yacht crew faces magistrate over Hydra fire, clients allowed to flee

As 13 crew members accused of starting a devastating wildfire on the Saronic island of Hydra sparked by fireworks shot off the privately chartered yacht they were working on prepared to face a magistrate on Wednesday, the individuals who had hired their services were allowed to leave the country without being questioned.

16.06.2024 / 10:27

Victims of Piraeus shooting linked to arrested Turkish crime boss

Victims of Friday’s armed attack outside a supermarket in the capital’s port of Piraeus are reportedly linked to 29-year-old Turkish crime boss Ramazan B., arrested in May in Athens. Ramazan is accused of leading a criminal organization involved in arms and drug trafficking.

08.06.2024 / 20:44

Member of gang that rocked Sweden nabbed

A member of the gang of Greek-Swede Michael Tenezos, also known as ‘Greken’ (Greek), was arrested on Thursday in Halkidiki, northern Greece, in an operation carried out by the Hellenic Police (ELAS) with the assistance of Europol and the Swedish authorities.

06.06.2024 / 15:00

Hoax bomb threats sent to schools lead to US-based company

The Russian webmail provider through which a spate of bomb threats were sent on May 29 to schools around Athens told the cybercrime division of the Greek Police that the account in question was opened through a VPN server located in the United States.

06.06.2024 / 10:34

Police continue emptying ‘occupied’ buildings and flats

Greek police reclaimed a building and one apartment from illegal squatters Wednesday as part of continuing efforts to evict so-called “collectives,” often anarchists who systematically appropriate abandoned buildings and residences. The building, in the Agios Panteleimonas neighborhood in northern Athens, was empty.

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