Hellenic Police

The Hellenic Police (ELAS) announced on Friday that they have identified members of a gang that has been blowing up bank ATMs in Greece.

A 66-year-old university professor accused of setting four fires in the Vari area of southern Attica in June, was jailed pending trial on Thursday, after appearing before an investigative magistrate.

Former senior officials of the Greek Police (ELAS) and current officers are set to stand trial for dereliction of duty related to the unwarranted and excessive police protection provided to journalist, TV show host, and model agent Menios Fourthiotis, who has a history of legal troubles, Kathimerini has learned.

Hellenic Police announced on Tuesday that an investigation has been ordered into the leak to the media of the video of the 54-year-old surveyor murder in Psychiko. 

"All available evidence will be analyzed to identify the source of the video and take the necessary measures to restore order and justice," states the announcement.

The 300-page report by the deputy prosecutor of the Supreme Court, Achilles Zisis, has only assigned criminal responsibility for the extensive wiretapping of phone conversations of various people including politicians and journalists to the companies that had the illegal Predator software, and not the National Security Service (EYP) or any other government agency (the Hellenic Police [ELAS] or

The investigation of the Hellenic Police into an assault case in early June in Maroussi, northern Athens, uncovered a corruption ring within the Hellenic Public Properties Co (HPPC), which manages and develops private real estate assets of the Greek state.

The victim of the hammer attack on the morning of June 3 was a 47-year-old man who works as a short-term leasing manager at HPPC.

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. 

Several officers has been arrested in an ongoing operation of the Greek Police's (ELAS) internal affairs department inside a prison in northwestern Greece, to clamp down on corruption within the force, state-run broadcaster ERT said on Monday.

The raid involves members of counterterrorism unit EKAM from Thessaloniki, riot police, a prosecutor and officers investigating the case.

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

The Prime Minister was welcomed by the new Minister of Development, Takis Theodorikakos