Kidnapping

On Thursday in the center of Athens in Patissia, a businessman was robbed and kidnapped outside of his home by three men. When the victim entered his house the men threatened him with knives and attempted to rob him. Upon...

            Greek authorities are investigating a case of a citizen held hostage for ten months in Yemen, but the unknown kidnappers have not asked for ransom from his family. The 56-year-old man used to be the owner of a ship repair...

Mexican police have reported that Olympiakos forward Alan Pulido has been found and is safe about 24 hours after his kidnapping. Footballer Alan Pulido was abducted near Ciudad Victoria in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas as he and his girlfriend...

A Greek terrorist group related to the arms hideout at Marathonas, along with their associate known terrorist Giorgos Petrakakos, were planning to kidnap Greek entrepreneurs and shipowners, announced the Greek police on Friday. According to Greek anti-terrorist unit's official announcement,...

The first six of a total of 15 individuals arrested during a police operation to break up one of Greece’s largest criminal organizations ever, which was reportedly coordinated from within the Athens Korydallos prison, testified before the Corruption investigator and were later...

An end was given today at the kidnapping case of a 27-year-old university student that was kidnapped from Athens, Greece. The case has been kept under wraps until today. The girl was the niece of Asteras Tripolis football team owner Giannis...

The defendants in the kidnapping and murder case of 26-year-old Marios Papageorgiou have been convicted after almost two years of investigations. Petros Michaleakos, the mastermind of the kidnapping, was jailed for life plus 23 years and his wife, Paraskevi Sioutalou,...

After news of the couple accused of abducting the little blonde, green-eyed girl in Greece, Roma now seem to face a stigmatization as being child traffickers. Amnesty International is fighting to protect their rights and condemns the unfair and...

An investigation by Greek Police has yet to yield any results in the kidnapping case of 26-year-old Marios Papageorgiou, who they alleged was taken on Aug. 10 by a gang that was reportedly headed by a 72-year-old close friend...

Turkish commandos (not Turkish police, as on other occasions) apparently kidnapped two Greek Cypriots in the buffer zone near Bergama, near Dherynia on Wednesday, military reports in Athens said. Both victims, aged 42 and 33 years, had visited the area...