Tassos Symeonides(RIEAS Academic Advisor based in Seattle, USA)
Copyright: Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) based in Athens, Greece. (Publication Date: 27 August 2014)
In recent years, Greece has experienced rapidly expanding criminal challenges. Illegal immigration, coupled with a crippling economic crisis that is still ravaging the country and rapid expansion of so-called "common" crime, have created the most favorable conditions for criminals, both native and imported. In turn, the Greek National Police (EL.AS) increasingly face uncertainties on crime control, enforcement complications, and a hard political slog as they continue to search for better solutions....Read more