Man charged for posting racist comments online
Authorities have pressed charges against a man for posting racist comments on an online video about a migrant rescue operation near the island of Samos in the eastern Aegean.
The suspect, whose details have not been made public, was tracked down in a town in northern Greece by members of the country’s cyber crime unit following a complaint at the agency’s operation center. Authorities searched his home and confiscated one laptop computer.
Charges were based on the country’s recently-passed anti-racism legislation.