Government firm on illegality crackdown

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsostkis insists that his pledge to enforce the law "everywhere" is being implemented, citing the crackdown on sports hooliganism, juvenile delinquency and overall crime.

"You will remember that at the Thessaloniki International Fair, I spoke about 'legitimacy everywhere.' It is a direction that is being put into practice at all levels: against fan violence and attacks against women, against juvenile delinquency or organized crime, but, at the same time, against the various hotbeds of tax evasion, illegal enrichment, arbitrariness, as well as the trafficking of migrants," Mitsotakis has been quoted as telling close associates.

To this end, government sources note the recent initiatives taken on these fronts. In particular, the tightening of the Criminal Code, the establishment of special departments of the Hellenic Police, the measures to...