Conspiracy
Suspects in anti-crime sweep charged with possession of weapons, explosives
Four suspects arrested on Saturday in a police raid targeting organized crime were charged with possession of weapons and explosives on Saturday.
Police arrest Navy seals operators, ex-terrorist in anti-crime sweep
Police say that they have found explosives on Navy Special Forces operators after raiding their homes, and have also arrested a former leader of an anarchist terrorist group as part of the same operation.
Kathimerini understands that the operation was targeting organized crime and not terrorist activity.
Police raid suspected terrorist hideout in Sepolia
Counter-terrorism officers in Athens have raided what they believe to be a second hideout of an escaped convict and suspected member of an urban guerrilla group who was arrested on January 30 while on the run from prison. The suspect, identified as Yiannis Michalidis, had been convicted to 13 years in prison for an armed attack against police in 2015.
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Police said to have found hideout of escaped convict, terror suspect
Counter-terrorism officers in Athens have discovered what they believe to be the hideout of an escaped convict and suspected member of an urban guerrilla group who was arrested on January 30 while on the run from prison. The suspect had been convicted to 13 years in prison for an armed attack against police in 2015.
Terror suspects remanded in custody
Three terror suspects who were arrested on Wednesday, and are believed by police to have been planning a robbery, were remanded in custody on Friday.
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Terror suspects had been planning bank raid
Three terror suspects who were arrested on Wednesday are believed by police to have been planning a robbery, probably on a bank.
The arrests were hailed by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis as a "great success."
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Two key members of radical anarchist group released from prison
Two high-ranking members of the Conspiracy of the Cells of Fire urban guerrilla group have been released from prison after serving one-third of 20-year sentences by invoking a law introduced under the previous SYRIZA administration.
Concerns about penal code as five guerrilla convicts seek early release
With legal experts expressing concern about the repercussions of a new penal code that leaves a window for convicted terrorists to secure early conditional release, five members of the guerrilla group Conspiracy of the Cells have submitted appeals under new legal provisions.
Suspect won't post bail unless convict's girlfriend is freed
The mother of two convicted members of guerrilla group Conspiracy of the Cells of Fire, Christos and Gerasimos Tsakalos, refused on Wednesday to post the 10,000-euro bail payment that would secure her conditional release, saying she would only pay if the girlfriend of one of her two sons is also released from pretrial custody.
Mother of Conspiracy convict released, girlfriend remains in custody
A council of appeals court judges decided on Tuesday to order the conditional release of the mother of two convicted members of the guerrilla group Conspiracy of the Cells of Fire, Christos and Gerasimos Tsakalos.