Stavros Thomadakis
Public coffers miss out on millions from smuggled Chinese goods
The Financial Crimes Squad (SDOE) has discovered that a large number of containers with Chinese products have been smuggled into Greece, it was revealed on Friday.
A group of SDOE officers found 49 such containers in Aspropyrgos, west of Athens, over the holiday period.
Counterfeit goods smugglers alter tactics
Smugglers are employing new techniques to deceive the authorities. Financial Crimes Squad Special Secretary Stavros Thomadakis revealed on Friday, for example, that counterfeit shoes arrive in Greece without any brand logos, as the latter arrive separately.
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Drugs found in laboratory near Athens 'destined for Middle East'
Large quantities of the synthetic drug fenethylline which were found in a makeshift laboratory near Elefsina, west of Athens, last week, had been destined to be smuggled to the Middle East, it emerged on Monday.
Also known by its brand name, Captagon, the stimulant is believed to be widely used for recreational purposes in the Middle East and by fighters in Syria to keep them alert.