A Greek trapper and his gang allegedly abducted a businessman’s son, demanding ransom- authorities say something doesn't add up.

A young man was kidnapped near Athens on May 6. The abductors demanded €25,000 in ransom and received part of it before the victim managed to escape.

Employee of electronics retailer in Athens finds cash, calls police, who locate the individual and return the money

Two organizations operating across several regions of Greece had amassed around €630,000 in illegal profits.

The man had long been on police radar for involvement in the Greek mafia, including fuel smuggling, extortion, and protection rackets.

A report published by Border Criminologies, a research team based at the University of Oxford, alleges that Greece regularly uses prolonged detention of migrants in police station cells in violation of its own laws. 

The operation was launched following a night of clashes with police over the weekend where vandals torched cars and even an apartment in the downtown Athens area of Exarcheia.

Details continue to emerge about the bombing, while questions over the lack of security at the offices perplex.

Night of unrest in downtown Athens' region of Exarcheia – 11 Cars Burned, 72 Detentions

The Greek coastguard and police as well as a ship that was passing by the area are assisting in the search and rescue mission.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visited the General Police Directorate of Attica on Wednesday, March 19, where he chaired a meeting at the Directorate for Combating Organized Crime (DAOE). He was received by Minister of Citizen Protection Michalis Chrysochoidis and the director of a newly-formed unit similar to the FBI, Fotis Douitsis, and was briefed on […]

The suspect allegedly shot three men, who were visiting Athens from Crete, in the early morning of Dec. 16, 2024, seriously injuring two of the three, and after an initial street altercation

"130 police officers, either in uniform or in plain clothes, are on the suburban train and buses of West Athens."

The latest suspect is accused of providing alleged assassin, 44, with two getaway vehicles, a car and scooter

The 28-year-old victim fatally stabbed by her ex-boyfriend turned stalker last April shortly after requesting protection at a NW Athens police precinct – protection that never materialized

The armed attack appears to be yet another chapter in the ongoing cycle of violence between rival night gangs.

The President of the Supreme Court, Ioanna Klapa, issued a directive to all first-instance court administrations, emphasizing the requirement to schedule police squads and judicial officers for weekends and holidays. 

Three police officers failed to arrest a driver for DUI, with the latter crashing his luxury SUV into another smaller vehicle hours later, resulting in a 22-year-old's death

The charges and 19 arrests points to extensive corruption involving law enforcement and connections to broader criminal networks. 

Greek Police (EL.AS) on Tuesday announced the arrest of a 55-year-old military officer on felony child pornography possession charges, with report saying the suspect possessed thousands of illegal photo and video files. According to reports citing to the latest child pornography incident, authorities said some of the shocking images are of children under the age […]