Hellenic Police

“All scenarios regarding his disappearance are open,” said the representative of the Hellenic Police, Konstantia Dimoglidou, to the Mirror

The Minister of Citizen Protection, Michalis Chrysochoidis, and the Mayor of Athens, Haris Doukas signed on Tuesday an updated memorandum of cooperation between the Hellenic Police (ELAS) and the Municipal Police of Athens.

The plan of the Hellenic Police to turn Nea Philadelphia & OPAP Arena into a “fortress”

The Hellenic Police announced on Monday the seizure of thousands of counterfeit goods during an operation at an east Attica warehouse used by a wholesale trade business. 

Specifically, the police seized 6,103 goods and accessories, 700 fake brand stamps and 344 cigarette packages lacking duty stamp tape.

The Minister of Citizens Protection, Michalis Chrisochoidis stated in a Monday interview that in May the Hellenic Police made 1,000 arrests for domestic violence.

The first two months of tight measures to combat sports-related violence are beginning to pay off, according to statistics compiled by the Hellenic Police (ELAS).

Indicatively, violence, the use of smoke bombs, flares and firecrackers in soccer stadiums has been reduced significantly compared to autumn 2023, with such incidents spilling over in some cases in smaller categories.

Authorities found 100 kilograms of cocaine in a container in the port of Piraeus on Thursday.

The discovery was made in a joint operation of the Coast Guard, the Hellenic Police and the Ministry of Finance's Financial Crimes Unit, assisted by the United Sates' Drug Enforcement Administration.

Every three days two children go missing in Greece and every two days an adult disappeared in the first quarter of 2024, according to data presented on Tuesday by child welfare organization Smile of the Child ahead of International Missing Children's Day on May 25. The trend appears to be growing as in 2023 the NGO reported one minor disappearing every two days.

The Greek police has recently, and belatedly, gained access to the full trove of data from two, now defunct, communications networks used heavily by criminals due to their encrypted communications capabilities.

The former husband of a 40-year-old woman who was stabbed to death on Thursday in Menidi, eastern Attica was arrested in the suburb of Fyli, northwestern Attica later in the afternoon.