Arrest

The Sofia City Court has granted permission for the issuance of a European Arrest Warrant for Bulgarian national Stoyan Mavrodiev, the former executive director of the Bulgarian Development Bank (BDB). The decision was made on November 25, following a request from the Sofia Prosecution Office, which had sought the warrant on November 11.

NOVI SAD - Nine people have been arrested over riots during Tuesday's protest in Novi Sad.

The arrests were made at the request of the Higher and the Basic Public Prosecutor's Offices in Novi Sad.

A police officer was arrested Wednesday in the Thessaly region on bribery charges. 

According to police, the arrest followed a complaint from a driver, who said the officer demanded and accepted 100 euros to avoid issuing a traffic ticket. 

The officer was taken into custody and brought before a prosecutor.

He thought that, after 16 long years, his conviction for circulating counterfeit currency would be forgotten by a 52-year-old (now) Nigerian man who had managed to flee to Turkey, but decided to return to Greece. He did not know, however, that the warrant for his arrest was in force.

Three Bulgarians suspected of desecrating the Holocaust memorial in Paris in mid-May have been detained, according to the State Agency "National Security" (SANS). The arrests took place on July 25 through a coordinated effort by Bulgaria's State Security Service and the Ministry of the Interior.

A police officer who was arrested for participating in a criminal organization that imported drugs, cellphones and money into Ioannina Prison in northwestern Greece was suspended by Hellenic Police Headquarters on Thursday. According to a relevant announcement, an internal investigation into the police officer's activities has been ordered. 

BELGRADE - Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dacic said on Wednesday Serbian police had arrested a man suspected of committing war crimes against Yugoslav Army personnel in Kosovo-Metohija in May 1999.

Dacic explained the crimes had been committed in the area of the Kosare village.

A 59-year-old Swedish citizen was arrested on Monday morning at Athens Airport on foot of an European arrest warrant issued by the Swedish authorities.

It is understood that the man is accused of serious fraud.

Prominent criminal lawyer Apostolos Lytras handed himself in to Pallini Police Department on Wednesday after an arrest warrant was issued by judicial authorities. The warrant followed the lifting of previously imposed restraining orders after Lytras' violent assault on his wife, Sofia Polyzogopoulou.

An arrest warrant has been issued for a criminal lawyer accused of brutally beating his wife, following his breach of restraining orders.