Korydallos Prison
One dead, seven injured in fray at Korydallos Prison
One prisoner has been killed and at least seven were wounded in a fray at Athens' Korydallos Prison, where violence and murders have been raging.
Piraeus court acquits all suspects in explosives shipment trial
A court in the port city of Piraeus Thursday acquitted all nine suspects in the trial concerning a Tanzania-flagged cargo ship that was intercepted off the coast of Crete in January 2018 carrying 410 tons of explosives.
Court acquits all suspects in explosives shipment trial
A court in the port city of Piraeus acquitted all nine suspects in the trial concerning the Andromeda, a Tanzania-flagged cargo ship that was intercepted off the coast of Crete in January carrying 410 tons of explosives in January 2018.
Application by convicted N17 hitman for seventh furlough rejected
A council of judges in Volos, central Greece, on Wednesday turned down a request by convicted November 17 hitman Dimitris Koufodinas for a seventh furlough in just over a year.
Koufodinas, who was handed 11 life sentences for his role in N17 in 2003, had applied for a four-day furlough starting on February 28, less than a month after enjoying a six-day leave.
Prosecutor objects to latest leave request by N17 convict
An application by convicted November 17 hitman Dimitris Koufodinas for his seventh furlough in just over a year was temporarily frozen on Thursday after a prosecutor disagreed with a prison parole board's recommendation to grant the request.
Trial on lawyer's murder begins amid tight security
The trial of two alleged members of a criminal racket implicated in the October 2017 murder of Athens lawyer Michalis Zafeiropoulos began under tight security on Friday at a court in Athens.
Magistrate to be appointed to probe 'Korydallos Mafia'
Supreme Court prosecutor Xeni Dimitriou is expected to appoint an investigating magistrate in the coming days to probe a criminal racket believed to be operating in Athens's maximum-security Korydallos Prison.
Thassos murderer Theofilos Sechidis found dead in prison
Theofilos Sechidis, who shocked Greece with the quintuple murder of his family in the 1990s, was found dead on Tuesday at the psychiatric ward of Korydallos prison.
According to information, the 46-year-old convict died while he was in a shower. No further details were immediately available on the cause of death.
Judicial officials meet EU counterparts over ex-minister's bank accounts
Two Greek investigative magistrates probing alleged fraud in past public procurement deals traveled to the Hague recently to meet with counterparts from Belgium, France, the Netherlands and Cyprus, where they have lodged requests for access to the bank accounts of a former minister.
Concern at death of second gang man in Korydallos
Concerns are growing about conditions at the capital's high-security Korydallos Prison following the death of a second suspected gang member there within a few days.
The 33-year-old man who was found dead in his cell on Sunday is believed to belong to the same gang as a man who was stabbed to death at the prison earlier this month, 36-year-old Albanian national Arber Bako.
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