30/05/15

[Maik]

An investigation by the internal affairs department of the Greek Police (ELAS) has linked the leadership of the country’s Coast Guard as well as officers of the police and of the National Intelligence Service (EYP) to migrant trafficking rackets, Kathimerini understands.

Three top-ranking officers of the Coast Guard have been implicated in the operation of human smuggling rackets, according to a well-informed source.

http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite1_1_29/05/2015_550533

[Maik]

Kef police yesterday arrested an 18 year old male for attempted murder after he hit a 56 y-o man over the head with an iron bar during an argument in Argostoli on Thursday night. Assaulted male in an Athens hospital in a serious condition.  Iron bar retrieved from Argostoli harbour by a diver, subsequent search of the accused's home revealed a pair of knuckle-dusters.

[Maik]

Afroditi Theopeftatou, SYRIZA MP for Kef, has requested the government exempt Kefalonia and Ithaka from ENFIA tax for 2015 due to continued hardship resulting from the 2014 'quakes.