Greek authorities have seized computers and hard drives from forensic experts involved in the investigation of the Tempi train disaster, as the high-profile trial over missing video evidence continues.
On March 9, 2026, officers from the Larissa Crimes Investigation Department went to the homes of judicial experts to collect all digital material containing photos and videos from the March 1, 2023, collision involving a commercial train. The move follows a court order from the Single-Member Misdemeanor Court of Larissa, building on a previous decision issued on Friday to confiscate the experts’ devices.
Two hard drives containing the requested evidence were presented in court, though prosecutors’ representatives raised objections over the timing and method of the seizure. According to reports, the data were taken by police at 7 p.m. on Friday and the process concluded the following day.
Amid the ongoing tensions, Zoe Konstantopoulou, lawyer for the victims’ families and president of the political group Plevsi Eleftherias, requested the arrest of a forensic expert for perjury. She alleged that the expert denied the existence of video footage, claiming only photographs were taken from the collision site during the early hours of March 1, 2023.
The court subsequently ordered that the confiscated devices be delivered immediately for review, responding to the prosecutor’s concerns about inconsistencies in the expert’s statements.
