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Greek-Australian businessman John Poulakis, from Coburg, Victoria admitted to falsifying customs documents in order to pay less duty. The 57-year-old man who owns the high-end Melbourne-based men's clothing store Harrolds had been importing suits from Europe, undervaluing their original prices...

The Greek government has approached the Council of Europe to launch a program that aims to improve conditions within Greek prisons. The programme will be a cooperation between the Greek Justice Ministry and the European Council, Kathimerini newspaper reports. Eftychis Fytrakis, the general...

Two people were killed and more than eighteen injured at Korydallos prison in Athens as inmates started fighting over control of Wing C, Greek authorities said. The violence broke out when a group of Albanian and Arab inmates attacked a Pakistani...

A Greek appeals prosecutor has refused to let the Golden Dawn members currently in jail take a furlough in order to participate in their party’s political campaign for the upcoming January 25 elections. The request has been submitted by Golden Dawn leader...

The 21-year-old anarchist Nikos Romanos who had been convicted of robbery ended his hunger strike after 31 days when Greece 's  parliament voted on a new amendment that allows him to attend university courses under electronic supervision. Meanwhile, SYRIZA characterized...

On Thursday, the Court of Human Rights accepted the appeal of 16 prisoners of Greek, Romanian, Ukrainian, Turkish and American origin currently held in detention in Nafplio. Greece was condemned for the violation of Article 3 of the Human Rights...

The Human Rights Court condemned Greece today, May 29 for violations of Article 3 of the Convention of Human Rights, which prohibits any inhuman and degrading treatment, by judging the appeal  “Tsokas and others” against Greece. The case was...

The main building of the old prison in Trikala, Greece, will be turned into Tsitsanis Museum, according to Kostas Agorastos, Thessaly's regional governor. Greek media report the budget for the project is 2.8 million euros and will be 85% co-financed by the...

According to president of the Greek correctional officers Spyros Karakitsos, interviewed by the newspaper To Vima, decades of immigrants who have served their sentence imposed by Greek courts remain in prison as "guests" because it is impossible to get deported. Everyone...