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Italy’s Most Wanted Mafia Boss Arrested After 30 Years on the Run
After thirty years on the run, Italy's most wanted Mafia boss, Matteo Messina Denaro, currently a cancer patient, was arrested in a private clinic in Palermo, Sicily while undergoing chemotherapy under a false identity. He was taken into custody...
Crime
Suspected Arsonist Caught on Camera in Penteli Fire Near Athens
An arson suspect was caught on camera on Thursday in relation to the fire that broke out on the densely-forested Mt Penteli just outside of Athens, Greece on Tuesday.
According to the Greek television network Alpha, locals saw a man...
Crime
Blood of Christ Ancient Relic Returned by Thieves
Thieves have returned a gold shrine believed to contain vials of the blood of Jesus Christ stolen from a church in France.
The 2,000-year-old reliquary, called the "Precious Blood of Christ," is among the Catholic Church's holiest relics. Thieves stole...
Greek News
Caroline Crouch Killer Begs for Forgiveness, Has “No Excuses”
Babis Anagnostopoulos, the Greek helicopter pilot who killed his British wife Caroline Crouch last March, testified in court on Wednesday that he had "no excuses" for killing the young mother.
Anagnostopoulos, 33, even begged for forgiveness for killing his wife,...
Greece
The Modern-Day Agatha Christie that Has Greeks Glued to their TVs
Every Friday evening, hundreds of thousands of Greeks are glued to their TV sets watching the latest episode of "Fos sto Tounel," or "Light in the Tunnel," by investigative journalist Angeliki Nikolouli.
Nikolouli has earned a reputation as a hard...
Crime
Mother of Three Dead Children in Greece Detained
Roula Pispirigkou was detained on Wednesday for the homicide of her first daughter. The Greek mother from the city of Patra came under suspicion after all three of her children died within three years.
Pispirigkou, 33, was detained by police...
Crime
Greece to Crack Down on Soccer Hooligans After Thessaloniki Murder
Greece is cracking down on soccer hooligans after the vicious murder of a young soccer fan in Thessaloniki by a fan of a rival team.
Justice Minister Kostas Tsiaras, Civil Protection Minister Takis Theodorikakos, Deputy Minister of Sports Lefteris Avgenakis,...
Crime
Greek “Jane Doe” Victim in Mississippi Cold Case
A Greek "Jane Doe" was most likely killed in a murder that occurred in Biloxi, Mississippi in 1980. Fully ethnically Greek, she must have relatives in North America and Greece; discovering the victim's true identity is the quest of...
Crime
Suspected ISIS Member Arrested in Greece
A 40-year-old Iraqi man who is suspected of being a member of the Islamist terrorist group ISIS was arrested in Athens, Greece on Thursday.
The man was originally arrested on December 7 for a series of crimes, including creating false...
Crime
Engineer Gets Even With “Porch Pirates” With Exploding Glitterbombs
At this most wonderful time of year, you'd like to think that no one would be enough of a Scrooge to steal from our very doorsteps, but you would be wrong; the people known as "porch pirates" do just...