Visit the The Cyprus Homepage Mirror on HR-Net Read the Convention Relating to the Regime of the Straits (24 July 1923) Read the Convention Relating to the Regime of the Straits (24 July 1923)
HR-Net - Hellenic Resources Network Compact version
Today's Suggestion
Read The "Macedonian Question" (by Maria Nystazopoulou-Pelekidou)
HomeAbout HR-NetNewsWeb SitesDocumentsOnline HelpUsage InformationContact us
Thursday, 28 March 2024
 
News
  Latest News (All)
     From Greece
     From Cyprus
     From Europe
     From Balkans
     From Turkey
     From USA
  Announcements
  World Press
  News Archives
Web Sites
  Hosted
  Mirrored
  Interesting Nodes
Documents
  Special Topics
  Treaties, Conventions
  Constitutions
  U.S. Agencies
  Cyprus Problem
  Other
Services
  Personal NewsPaper
  Greek Fonts
  Tools
  F.A.Q.
 

Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 15-11-20

Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article

From: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>

CONTENTS

  • [01] 12 arrests in forged document ring operating on Lesvos
  • [02] Athens seeks clarifications from Paris over claim terrorist Abaaoud was in Greece

  • [01] 12 arrests in forged document ring operating on Lesvos

    Twelve people were arrested on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos by police as suspected members of a criminal gang that supplied forged travel documents to third country nationals landing on several Greek islands from Turkey amid the ongoing refugees and migrant crisis in the area. The suspects are also charged with trafficking the foreign nationals to the Greek mainland.

    The suspects include a 28-year-old Pakistani man, believed by police to be the ringleader, as well as three local men – two bookstore owners and their assistant - as well as another eight Pakistanis.

    The Lesvos residents are accused of forging the documents, which they later sold for 150-200 euros per document to the foreign nationals who landed on the island as war refugees or irregular migrants.

    They face individual charges, including the establishment and participation in a criminal ring, forgery, drug possession and violation of immigration laws.

    Authorities raided two apartments in the island capital of Mytilene, in which they allegedly found evidence of the forging operation.

    Police believe the suspects transported hundreds of Third World natoinals to the mainland on a daily basis.

    [02] Athens seeks clarifications from Paris over claim terrorist Abaaoud was in Greece

    The Greek government on Friday said it will ask for clarifications from French authorities regarding reports that Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the suspected mastermind of the Nov. 13 terror attacks in Paris, had passed through Greece.

    In an announcement on Friday, the citizen protection ministry said it had "regretfully been informed by open sources" that French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve stated, in a press release, that a non-European intelligence service had supplied information that Abaaoud, a Belgian-Moroccan resident of the Brussels district of Molenbeek, had passed through Greece.

    "This information was at no time confirmed and until today no source has given us any evidence that confirms the above claim, which is based solely on reports by open sources dating from January 2015 that are being constantly reproduced," a ministry's announcement stated.


    Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article
    Back to Top
    Copyright © 1995-2023 HR-Net (Hellenic Resources Network). An HRI Project.
    All Rights Reserved.

    HTML by the HR-Net Group / Hellenic Resources Institute, Inc.
    ana2html v2.01 run on Friday, 20 November 2015 - 19:38:06 UTC