Hellenic Police

The Hellenic Police (ELAS) has activated a plan to protect notaries from attacks by extremists protesting the auctioning of debtors' properties.

Police in northwestern Greece have seized an arsenal of weapons and ammunition from the property of a 76-year-old man on the outskirts of the town of Ioannina.

In an announcement published on Thursday, the Hellenic Police (ELAS) said that investigators acting on a tip-off raided the man's house and a nearby shed on Wednesday.

After months of investigation, the Hellenic Police (ELAS) is poised to present prosecutors with a file on the activities of Rouvikonas (Rubicon in Greek), the anarchist group that has recently stepped up its attacks on political and business targets, in a bid to investigate whether its members can face tougher penalties.

A police operation set up with support from Europol has resulted in the disbandment of an extensive network that supplied more than 1 million euros' worth of forged passports and other travel documents to migrant smuggling rings, the Hellenic Police (ELAS) said on Friday.

A policeman has reportedly shot and killed his daughter, his wife and his mother-in-law before taking his own life in the northern Athens suburb of Aghii Anargyri.

The child was three-and-a-half years old, according to initial reports.

A months-long police operation has led to the arrest of 12 people aged 21 to 41 years old and suspected of running a gang that was responsible for stealing hundreds of cars in the Attica area.

Police officers will be replacing private security guards at the Greek capital's metro and ISAP electric railway stations, according to an agreement reached between the Citizens' Protection and Transport ministries. 

Police officers will be replacing private security guards at the Greek capital's metro and ISAP electric railway stations, according to an agreement reached between the Hellenic Police (ELAS) and the Transport Ministry.

The Hellenic Police (ELAS) has launched its new and improved Cyberalert center, which allows citizens to call the 11188 hotline to report cyber attacks or crimes.

The new center utilizes voice over IP that is expected to speed up and improve services. It also allows call handlers to connect citizens with a specialized cyber crimes officer at their nearest police precinct.
 

The parents of a 21-year-old student who was found dead on the southeast Aegean island of Kalymnos last month filed a homicide suit on Monday at Hellenic Police headquarters in Athens against persons unknown.

The parents have called into question the conclusions of the coroner who conducted the autopsy on Nikos Hatzipavlou's battered body and ruled his death an accident.