Greek police

The average age of Greek policemen belonging to the Riot Squad (MAT) and the DIAS motorcycle unit is rising alarmingly as fewer policemen choose to enter the special units. When DIAS was established in 2010, the average age of policemen was...

Two Greek police officers are amongst those accused of being members of a crime ring, which controled the entire drug trafficking network on the islands of Lemnos and Agios Efstratios in the eastern Aegean Sea under its control. According to police,...

In a massive ongoing operation for three days now, Greek Police are trying to locate and arrest the man who opened fire at a nightclub in Piraeus, Greece , on Saturday, injuring more than 10 people. The gunman has been identified...

Tension broke between protesters and police officers in Skouries, northern Greece, on Sunday, November 23. Residents had gathered in order to protest against the area’s gold mines that are polluting the environment. Greek police used chemicals and stun grenades to prevent the crowd...

A police manhunt is underway for the arrest of the man who opened fire at a nightclub in Mikrolimano, Piraeus, Greece, in the early morning hours on Saturday, injuring more than 10 people. Nine of them are still being...

Amnesty International released a public statement condemning the "unlawful practices" used by the Greek police to control protests in Greece, urging the Greek government to hold perpetrators accountable. The organization describes multiple incidents in which excessive and "unlawful" force was...

About half of Greek citizens do not trust the country’s politicians, whereas the rates regarding their trust in justice and police are more than double, according to a survey released by the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) for the year...

The Greek Police Cyber Crime Unit has brought a case of intellectual property violation to light. Members of the unit conducted an online investigation and presented their data to Athens’ District Attorney, who requested a preliminary examination. The online investigation...

Greek police have arrested the kidnappers of a 27-year-old woman, who was abducted on October 31 and released on November 9 after her family paid €82,000 in ransom. The 27-year-old is the niece of the owner of Asteras Tripoli’s...

Police forces have been gathered outside the buildings of the Athens Law School and the Athens University of Economics in Greece, after a decision of the Rectors of the Universities not to shut down the schools ahead of the...