According to Greek law enforcement agencies, in 2020, during the long lockdown period, 2,541 robberies were committed by 37 gangs who carried out these criminal acts, while receiving booty of 2.5 million euros. The majority of organized crime groups committed street robberies (47% of the total), mainly against pedestrians, car drivers, food deliveries, minors and […]
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Kifissia: Gang attacked minors to rob them – 14-year-old in hospital
The alarm went off to the Greek police on Saturday at 10:30 pm when it became known that a gang of about 20 young Roma had attacked a group of four teenagers who were walking in the Kifissia area to rob them. Two minors managed to escape, while the other two were beaten and their […]
The robbers enriched themselves by 120,000 euros
Law enforcement agencies in Greece have discovered a large criminal organization, whose members “ransacked” houses from Epirus to Crete. Their production amounted to more than 120,000 euros. Thieves, under the pretext of sometimes begging, and sometimes the sale of small things, identified empty apartments, entered them and took out everything cleanly. The extraction of the […]
The thieves became aggressive
In recent years, more and more cases have been heard of thieves, instead of running with all their might when they were caught at the scene of a crime, attack the owners of the property on which they encroached. The 20-year-old robber tried to stab the car owner when he noticed that the thief was […]
Two gypsies arrested for elderly cheating
Two Roma, aged 37 and 38, are accused of 35 cases of fraud and arrested by employees of the Property Protection Department. According to the Greek police, the victims were mostly elderly people who were contacted outside banks or shopping centers, sometimes pretending to be accountants and sometimes as tax officials. Having a portable POS […]
A gang arrested in Thessaloniki, whose members opened 29 cars overnight
The arrest of three gang members who committed burglary of cars in Thessaloniki was carried out by Greek law enforcement agencies. Police officers from the city’s crime control department began the organized arrest of gang members involved in a series of car burglaries yesterday, Sunday 31 October, following information from the Emergency Response Center. Three […]
The robbers enriched themselves in the amount of 128,000 euros
In Thessaloniki, the police have eliminated a group of criminals who “specialized” in breaking into armored doors. In the case, three people were arrested who entered houses located on the eastern side of the city. The amount, which the robbers have “enriched”, according to preliminary estimates, is 128,000 euros. According to the authorities, one of […]
Armed robbery of a bank in the center of Athens
At noon on Tuesday 14 September, an armed bank robbery took place in the center of Athens. According to the information received by the editorial office, the criminals were armed with automatic weapons. It is known that one of the two criminals threatened with a pistol to intimidate bank employees. According to the first information, […]
Teenage robbers detained in Megara
Two teenagers aged 16 and 17 were charged with a series of robberies in the city of Megara in western Attica. The teenagers were arrested last week while investigating a series of robberies that took place from early July to late August, police said Monday. It is reported that they were involved in at least […]
Greece: a resident of Elijah wounded his mother, mistaking her for a robber
The barking of worried dogs last Friday caused a panic in the owner of a house in Ilia, in the Savalia region, who thought that robbers were trying to get into the house. Grabbing a shotgun, the man fired to intimidate into the air. Then, reloading the weapon, he fired again and accidentally hit his […]
Bank robbery with a Kalashnikov assault rifle
According to law enforcement agencies, an armed robbery of a bank branch took place in the Petralona metropolitan area. As it became known, shortly before 12 o’clock in the morning, a robbery took place at a bank branch in Petralona. Two men in medical masks, with a Kalashnikov assault rifle and a pistol, broke into […]
Video: impudent thieves steal a suitcase from a tourist in Mykonos
CCTV cameras on Mykonos Street recorded the criminals watching their victims from the airport. As soon as they arrived at the villa, which they rented, one of the robbers grabbed a suitcase, got into the car, where an accomplice was waiting for him, and disappeared. Thanks to this recording, the police were able to find […]