Crime

NY busts multi-million dollar 'cigarette smuggling ring'

New York officials say they have busted a multi-million dollar cigarette smuggling ring.

BBC: May 17, 2013

6-year-old girl drowns as boat carrying immigrants founders off Greek islet

A 6-year-old girl drowned when a small boat crammed with immigrants trying to enter Greece illegally sank off an eastern Aegean Sea islet.

May 15, 2013

Greek lorry driver jailed after four-year campaign by victim's mother to uncover truth about son's death

A mother who refused to accept the lies of a Greek lorry driver who killed her son on holiday has finally seen him jailed after a four-year campaign for justice.

Daily Mail: May 15, 2013

Three female demonstrators in Halkidiki mining area face prosecutor

Local people on Monday gathered outside the courthouse in Polygyros, Halkidiki, in northern Greece, in a show of support to three women arrested a day earlier, when tensions flared between protesters and police during a rally by residents

May 15, 2013

Greek crackdown on tax evasion yields little revenue in tackling the deficit

If ignominy were tax revenue, Greece might be a big step closer to ending its budget problems.

New York Times: May 13, 2013

Nine injured, mostly police, at gold mine protest in Halkidiki

Eight policemen and a female protester were injured on Sunday, during clashes in the northern Halkidiki peninsula's Skouries mining area, after residents rallied to protest the continuing operation of a Hellas Gold worksite.

May 13, 2013