An Australian who appealed to the Council of State against his extradition to the United States on charges of being a member of an international drug ring has lost his case, it was announced on Wednesday. The man was arrested on Mykonos in July 2021 on a red notice from Interpol.
Police in Athens have arrested a 42-year-old woman on suspicion of setting up a website to sell bootlegged shoes and clothes to unsuspecting customers. The shoes and clothes were advertised as being from leading brands but when buyers received the parcels, they found that the products differed from those advertised and were of low value.
When Jennifer Watkins got a message from YouTube saying her channel was being shut down, she wasn’t initially worried. She didn’t use YouTube, after all.
A priest on the island of Salamina has been arrested on suspicion of committing indecent acts on a child. The 68-year-old cleric, who was arrested on Sunday on foot of a complaint, is expected to appear before a prosecutor on Wednesday, state broadcaster ERT reported.
New details are surfacing about the shipwreck of the Raptor freighter vessel, which sank off the coast of Lesvos on Sunday.
Greek police have arrested six people who they say are members of a large human trafficking gang that violently extorted money from migrants to assist them in crossing into neighboring Albania and travel to European Union countries to the north.
As part of its pre-election promise to expedite the administration of justice and to consolidate legality, the government has prepared a package of legislative measures to reform the country’s criminal and judicial system.
Roma settlements have long been allowed to develop on the outskirts of Greek cities into ghettos, and, in some cases, hotbeds for serious crime.
A large quantity of cocaine in a container of bananas in Piraeus port originating from Ecuador and destined for Thessaloniki was found and seized by customs inspectors of the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE) authorities said on Saturday.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis urged women to “break the silence” on gender-based violence and discussed what can be done to assist victims in a conversation with a survivor.
The trial of 26 suspects linked to the pimping of a 12-year-old girl in the Athens district of Kolonos revealed last year will start on January 8, 2024, before a Mixed Jury Court.
The embassies of Canada, Australia, Ireland, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States in Greece created a video message against gender-based violence (GBV) on Saturday to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (November 25), as part of a 16-day campaign.
Hundreds of cases of domestic violence reported to the justice system are shelved for indefinite periods of time because the law in force to date stipulates that complaints made to the prosecutor about incidents of beatings, threats and violent behavior must, before they reach the court, be put through mediation.
The case of the 23-year-old Syrian national who was arrested earlier this week for repeated attacks against women, including a 13-year-old girl, in the center of Athens has highlighted gaping omissions by law enforcement and judicial authorities.
Τhree people were arrested in a police operation on Friday at the Roma settlement of Agia Sofia in the area of Diavata, in Thessaloniki.
Police in northern Greece have unraveled a ring involved in the illegal trafficking of unauthorized preparations of OnabotulinumtoxinA (Botox) and illegal medical procedures.
