Greek fire-aid 'fraudsters' held
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Fifteen people are held in Greece on suspicion of making false compensation claims after devastating forest fires.
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PLOUTOCHORI, Greece  - Greek firefighters gained the upper hand on Wednesday over widespread forest fires that have killed at least 63 people and left the government shaken by accusations of incompetence.
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Greek firefighters backed by  EU teams battled raging forest blazes that have killed 63  people and opposition parties accused the government of  incompetence in handling the crisis.
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PLOUTOCHORI, Greece  - Greek firefighters on Wednesday gained the upper hand over countrywide forest fires that have killed at least 63 people and left the government shaken by accusations of incompetence.
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The boss of Greece's competition watchdog is remanded in custody pending trial on extortion and blackmail charges.
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Italian authorities are bringing charges in a scam involving fraudulent e-mail to bank customers.
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In the biggest cocaine haul ever made in Greece, police in the southern Peloponnese yesterday seized over 700 kilos of the drug and arrested six suspected smugglers.
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Disgraced Greek sprinters Costas  Kenteris and Katerina Thanou were charged Thursday with missing  drugs tests on the eve of August's Athens Olympics and faking a  motorcycle accident.
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Three men, one of them from Bridgeview, were accused Friday of orchestrating an extensive racketeering scheme to fund the militant group Hamas, which has taken credit for dozens of terrorist acts in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
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Per ardua ad ASTRA A man suspected of using computer hacking techniques to steal corporate secrets from a French defence contractor was arrested in Greece last Friday. Police are continuing to hunt for a suspected accomplice reckoned to be living in the UK.â¦
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Greek and British police in a joint operation cracked a multi-million illegal software sales ring, arresting two people and seizing thousands of pirate high-tech software programs, Greek police said on Friday.
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All major blazes in Greece were under control Friday, and firefighters were working to extinguish smaller fires in the southern part of the country.
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Two Albanian gunmen who hijacked a  packed Greek bus and threatened to blow it up turned out to be  bluffing because they did not have any explosives, Greek police  chief George Angelakos said on Thursday.
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ATHENS, Aug 30 (IPS) - Greece is set to pay an enormous cost after a week  of unstoppable inferno, with fires still burning out of control.
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PLOUTOCHORI, Greece  - Greek firefighters on Wednesday beat back countrywide forest fires that have killed at least 63 people, but said they fear new flare-ups with a heatwave expected this weekend.
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Greece's New Democracy party is now confronting allegations of graft in its own government
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Greek firefighters started to get to grips with countrywide forest fires on Wednesday after six devastating days, but warned that a coming heatwave could reignite the flames that have killed at least 63 people.