Report details corruption in security forces

Corruption cases involving public officials abound and are on the rise. Security officers at Piraeus Port arrested for trafficking in cocaine; border guards in the northeastern city of Orestiada involved in human trafficking; customs officials taking part in a contraband fuel scheme; a prison guard caught trying to smuggle hashish into Korydallos Prison.

Those are just a few of the cases investigated by the Greek police's Internal Affairs Division in 2023 and mentioned in a confidential report submitted on April 29 to Parliament's Institutions and Transparency Committee. Kathimerini got an exclusive look at the report.

The report, the first after the first change in Internal Affairs leadership after several years, says the number of cases referred to the agency increased nearly 18% in 2023, to 910 from 772 the previous year. Police sources say this was because...