If you want to become an international energy hub, if you want to claim a distinct niche for yourself on the new geopolitical map, you cannot welcome the future with Kalashnikovs and clans on Crete.
Authorities said 104 firearms were seized and 345 people arrested in the Phaistos Municipality, where the beleaguered village of Vorizia is located
Greek police maintain heightened security in Vorizia as the funeral of a 39-year-old shooting victim raises fears of retaliation. Investigators are searching nearby mountains for armed suspects, while families and villagers remain on edge
Greek police arrested one suspect and detained another. seizing an unregistered shotgun following a deadly shooting in the village of Vorizia, Crete, that left two people dead and four injured. Specialized police units continue raids amid fears of renewed violence
A deadly family feud in southern Crete has left three people dead and many injured. Greece’s police chief and the head of the Greek FBI are traveling to the island as tensions remain high and authorities struggle to contain fears of renewed bloodshed
A violent feud in southern Crete, where gunfire between families was exchanged, has left several people dead and many injured. Police have launched a large-scale operation to restore order
The suspect confessed involvement in the Foinikounta double murder, claiming he had previously been assaulted by one of the victims when he was 19
Authorities are investigating a possible inheritance motive and a motorcycle found in the nearby town of Pylos following the brutal killing of two men at a campsite in southern Greece
Police are investigating a double homicide in Finikounda, Messinia, where a young suspect shot two men, including the campsite owner, amid prior tensions at the site
A passerby found skeletal remains near a church in Psychiko, prompting police to launch an investigation and send the bones for anthropological examination
Greek police have dismantled a large criminal network in Crete involved in drugs, weapons, extortion, and money laundering. Among those implicated is a senior cleric, while profits exceeded €1 million from thousands of narcotics transactions
A police operation in Crete has led to 48 arrests, uncovering a criminal network tied to drug trafficking, extortion, and money laundering through tourism and hospitality businesses
Police on Monday said the clothes worn by the dead child’s mother on the evening she was shown near the specific beach along the Paleo Faliro municipality
The victim’s ex-wife, an economist and mother of their two children, denies any role in the murder.
While the former wife denies any involvement in planning the murder, the remaining suspects have reportedly confessed and detailed their roles to police
43-year-old academic Przemyslaw Jeziorski was gunned down in broad daylight in NE Athens 12 days ago as he walked to his ex-wife's residence to see his two children
According to recent police reports, the region of Attica has seen a significant rise in criminal activity, including an 80% increase in fraud cases and a homicide every five days
Shooting incident resembled a planned assassination; the victim, a male around the age of 40, was not initially identified
According to reports, the 34-year-old foreign national, who remains at large, has previously faced criminal charges on 17 separate occasions
All of the suspects are Turkish nationals; the gangland-style attack reportedly involved rival criminal gangs based in the neighboring country