Criminal law

The Greek government has introduced a new amendment to limit early releases for serious crimes, addressing previous leniencies under which offenders could be released after serving as little as 40% of their sentence. This change, spearheaded by Justice Minister Giorgos Floridis, aligns Greece with European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) rulings.

A man arrested in connection with a storage unit containing firearms and explosives in Pangrati, central Athens, was granted time on Friday to prepare his testimony, scheduled for the following Tuesday.

The man found dead in a ravine in Malakasa, northeast of Athens, on Wednesday afternoon showed signs of strangulation, sources say. 

Preliminary forensic findings suggest the 65-70-year-old's death was likely the result of foul play. 

The victim has not been identified, as no identification was found on his body. The Homicide Division is investigating.

A new page in the investigations into the death of 15-month-old Panayiotis, the son of her friend Irini Mourtzoukou, who died last August, opens the order of the Diamantis Floridis, the Deputy Prosecutor of the Ilia Prosecutor’s Office, to conduct a preliminary examination to the Ilida Security to investigate whether the crime of manslaughter (with any kind of malice) of the in

The prosecution for four felonies and two misdemeanors against both the 31-year-old arrested man and the 33-year-old woman who is hospitalized under guard at the Evangelism and against another girl with whom they have a friendly relationship and is in the Netherlands, was brought by the Athens Prosecutor’s Office.

A 27-year-old man was arrested on Friday at Athens' International Airport on a European arrest warrant issued by the Czech authorities for theft, acceptance and distribution of proceeds of crime, forgery and fraud.

The institution of protected witnesses works everywhere in the democratic world as a tool to clear up cases of corruption and organized crime. In Greece, it was used by the previous government as a weapon of slander against its opponents, leading to its degeneration. 

The law on protected witnesses has a history similar to that of the Greek state: It's laughable.

A total of 21 complaints filed by political figures against two former protected witnesses in the Novartis case - who had previously implicated these officials in bribery allegations - will be re-examined after being retrieved from the archive.

Detained by the Internal Affairs Service Security Corps, a police officer accused of fraud committed and attempted, repeatedly, as well as violation of weapons legislation. The documentation that was formed includes another person who is charged with aiding and abetting fraud.