Hellenic Police

The Hellenic Police (ELAS) on Tuesday announced the arrest of two more suspects in connection with a campaign targeting symbols of the "establishment," including a court, a bank and a company, with makeshift explosives and grenades.

The Hellenic Police (ELAS) are investigating a case of espionage involving four individuals in Leros island, at eastern Aegean, it was reported on Sunday. 

Problems that arose last weekend with the visa-express program for Turkish tourists on the island of Rhodes have been resolved, sources from the Foreign Ministry told Kathimerini on Tuesday. 

A high-ranking officer of the Hellenic Police was dispatched to the island to manage the increased demand for short term visas by Turkish tourists. 

A presidential decree establishing a new police directorate, dubbed the "Greek FBI" by high-ranking police and Citizen Protection Ministry officials, was published in the Government Gazette on Thursday.

The 24-year-old foreign national, wanted by the Swedish judicial authorities for involvement in a gang led by Greek-Swede Michael Tenezos, will be remanded in custody pending a decision on his extradition to Sweden, the prosecutor decided on Monday.

A member of the gang of Greek-Swede Michael Tenezos, also known as 'Greken' (Greek), was arrested on Thursday in Halkidiki, northern Greece, in an operation carried out by the Hellenic Police (ELAS) with the assistance of Europol and the Swedish authorities.

“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.