Vassilis Palaiokostas
Podcast charts the life and times of Greece’s most-wanted man
Within 48 hours of its premiere in July, true-crime podcast "Outlaws: The Good Thief" shot to number 10 in the US and number 1 in Greece. Produced by New York-based Kaleidoscope and podcast publisher iHeartPodcasts, with Athens-based The Greek Podcast Project, the eight-part investigative series charts the life and times of Greece's most-wanted man.
Fugitive convicted in absentia for abduction, armed robberies
The fugitive convict Vassilis Palaiokostas was sentenced in absentia to 58 years on Friday by a three-judge criminal appeals court in Thessaloniki after he was found guilty of the abduction of businessman Giorgos Milonas in June 2008 and for three armed robberies in the Greek city.
Massive police operation underway to nab gang of notorious bank robbers
Police are reportedly closing in on Greece’s most wanted fugitive, bank robber and kidnap-for-ransom mastermind Vassilis Paleokostas, near the town of Nea Aghialos, in central Greece.
Two individuals have already been arrested.