Hellenic Police

The public admission by Citizen's Protection Minister Olga Gerovasili that citizens are under surveillance is indicative of the deeply undemocratic menality of certain members of the government.

Either the minister has no cognizance of what she said or she is dangerous in the office that she occupies.

The ministries of Citizens' Protection and Transport have signed an agreement to boost security on the Greek capital's public transportation system by assigning officers of the Greek Police (ELAS) to guard duty in exchange for free transport.

The lawyer representing eight police officers accused of brutality during an incident that ended with the death of 33-year-old Zak Kostopoulos in downtown Athens on September 21 has sent an out-of-court complaint to the chief of the Greek Police (ELAS) over the leak on Friday of the decision reached in an internal inquiry into the issue.

 An administrative inquiry into the actions of eight police officers responding to  a disturbance in downtown Athens that resulted in the death of LGBTQ activist Zak Kostopoulos in September recommends the dismissal of four of the officers, ANA-MPA said on Friday.

Europol officers with expertise in counterterrorism and curbing organized crime are to be sent to locations in Evros, northern Greece, and regional airports in the coming months to intensify inspections on undocumented migrants entering the country from the land border with Turkey and gather information on crime networks, Kathimerini understands.

The Greek Police (ELAS) has denied the allegation that an officer brandished a gun at picketing construction trade unionists in central Athens on Wednesday.

"[The officer] never raised his service gun nor did he threaten the trade unionists present. They themselves admitted this to the commanding officer that arrived at the scene," police said.

The Greek Police (ELAS) has ordered an internal investigation into the police's response to Monday's attack on officers by a group of self-styled anarchists outside the Athens Court of First Instance which left three policemen injured.

The Greek Police (ELAS) has ordered an internal investigation into the police's response to Monday's attack on officers by a group of self-styled anarchists outside the Athens Court of First Instance which left three policemen injured.

A police operation on Monday led to the arrest of 11 Greeks - 10 men and a woman - believed to be members of an international criminal racket dealing in anabolic steroids in Greece and other countries.

Working together, officers of the Greek Police (ELAS) and the Financial Police conducted simultaneous raids in Attica, Crete and Epirus.

Three women found dead on the Greece-Turkey border earlier this month were a mother and two daughters whose throats were slit after they were tied up, a Greek police source said on Oct. 26.