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EPPO raids €46.9m VAT fraud network and freezes €9.9m in crypto and assets
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Athens (Greece) conducted searches and seizures last week at several locations in Attica and Kastoria, as part of an ongoing investigation into suspected VAT carousel fraud involving the trade of small electronic goods and the laundering of criminal proceeds.
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Video reveals shattered engine after Ryanair passenger was partially sucked out of window
A shoking new video appears to show the shattered engine of the plane where a passenger was sucked out of the window“up to his shoulders“.
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Mid-air scare as Ryanair passenger hurt after cabin window comes loose
A passenger on a Ryanair flight from Greece was reportedly partially ’sucked’ out of a shattered window as his wife cling onto him.
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57 convicted in €1.7m EU farm subsidy fraud as EPPO probes Greek officials
Following an investigation by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Athens, a court convicted 57 individuals for defrauding EU agricultural subsidies. The EPPO has also appealed one acquittal and is currently investigating several public officials for potential involvement.
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Shipping industry retreats from net zero as fossil fuels regain dominance and nuclear ambitions grow
The shipping industry’s backing for green power has sunk as the majority of vessel owners stick to traditional dirty marine fossil fuels or explore alternatives including nuclear energy.
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Pegasus spyware targeted EU lawmaker investigating surveillance abuses
Researchers say Stelios Kouloglou’s device was compromised after he joined European parliamentary committee
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Binance to halt EU services from July 1 after failing to secure MiCA licence
Binance has informed its EU users that it will halt services from next week after failing to secure the necessary licence to operate in the region, marking a major blow for the world’s largest crypto exchange.
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Polish regulator seeks criminal charges against Aurum NeoBank over “bank” claims
Poland’s Financial Supervision Authority (KNF) has recommended criminal charges be filed against Aurum NeoBank.
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Aurum Foundation blacklisted in France over unauthorised financial services
Aurum Foundation has been blacklisted by France’s Autorite des Marches Financiers (AMF).
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European Chief Prosecutor warns EU Commission about threats to EPPO operations in Greece
Today, the European Chief Prosecutor sent a letter to the European Commission warning that recent legal changes and judicial decisions in Greece are undermining the independent and effective functioning of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO).
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Elevation X στην Ελλάδα: πώς ο Οδυσσέας Κουτσούπης και οι αδελφοί Ισλάμ, Μόιν Ισλάμ και Μονίρ Ισλάμ, δημιούργησαν έναν μηχανισμό άντλησης χρημάτων μέσω της BE Better Experience
«Εύκολο χρήμα» ή καλοστημένη πυραμίδα; Έρευνα για τη δράση της BE / BETTER EXPERIENCE και του ελληνικού δικτύου Elevation X Πώς ένα διεθνές αφήγημα «εκπαίδευσης» μεταφράζεται στην πράξη σε ένα μοντέλο στρατολόγησης στην Ελλάδα...
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Elevation X in Greece: how Odysseas Koutsoupis and the Islam brothers, Moyn Islam and Monir Islam, built a money-extraction pipeline through BE Better Experience
“Easy money” or a well-engineered pyramid? An investigation into the activities of BE / Better Experience and the Greek Elevation X network.
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Gunman aged 89 on the run after ‘shooting spree’ in central Athens
A gunman has opened fire at a social security office and a courthouse in central Athens, wounding several people.
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Greece faces renewed scrutiny as Frontex files link border abuses to state authorities in Evros pushback cases
Frontex reports and a recent BBC investigation have renewed scrutiny of Greece’s Evros border operations, documenting allegations of violent pushbacks in which masked men were allegedly used alongside Greek officers.
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Masked migrants ’recruited by Greek police’ to force other migrants back across border into Turkey
Greek police have been ‘hiring masked migrants’ to forcibly push other migrants back across the border with Turkey.
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Greece moves to block under-15s from social media over addiction fears
Greece is set to ban under-15s from accessing social media under a new law that’s set to come into effect next year.
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Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis reshuffles government as €23m EU farm subsidy fraud probe targets MPs
Kyriakos Mitsotakis reshuffled his government in a bid to contain the fallout from a widening agricultural fraud probe, urging European Union prosecutors to identify lawmakers accused of siphoning millions in subsidies through phantom livestock and ineligible farmland schemes.
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European chief prosecutor requests lifting of immunity for 11 Greek MPs over alleged agricultural fund fraud
Today, in accordance with the procedures laid down by the EPPO Regulation and the Hellenic national law.
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UK warship HMS Dragon deployed to Cyprus after delay following Iranian drone strike
British warship HMS Dragon has reached the eastern Mediterranean and is set to commence its operations to support Cyprus tonight, confirmed the Defence Secretary.
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Greek court sentences Intellexa-linked figures to over 126 years each in landmark ruling on illegal use of Predator spyware
The court found that Intellexa’s Predator software was used to spy on at least 87 victims, including journalists, politicians, military officials, business leaders, and civil society members, delivering the first convictions in an investigation into the illegal use of commercial spyware.
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Greece prepares more arrests after uncovering €33 million EU farm subsidy fraud
Greek authorities are preparing additional arrests in a significant European Union farm subsidy fraud case after placing 15 suspects in custody last week, the minister of citizen protection said Monday.
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Twenty-four rescuers face up to 20 years in prison for saving migrants at sea
More than 20 humanitarian workers are set to stand trial in Greece on migrant-smuggling and money-laundering charges, seven years after authorities arrested them for their work rescuing migrants and refugees at sea. If convicted, they face up to 20 years in prison.
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Alexis Tsipras detonates memoir with blistering attack on Yanis Varoufakis, calling him a “celebrity, not an economist”
Yanis Varoufakis, the firebrand economist who rose to fame at the height of Greece’s debt drama, was not only egotistical but ultimately more interested in testing out his game theories on the nation than winning its battle to keep afloat.
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Greece to train secondary school teachers in AI as it becomes an early adopter in classroom technology
Secondary school teachers in Greece are preparing to undergo an intensive course on using artificial intelligence tools as the country takes a leading role in integrating AI into its education system.
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Operation Endgame uncovers access to 100,000 crypto wallets and millions of victim logins
Europol announced on Thursday that it carried out a new phase of Operation Endgame, which dismantled three major cybercrime networks: the infostealer Rhadamanthys, the remote-access trojan VenomRAT, and the botnet Elysium.
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