{"id":19234,"date":"2021-07-02T08:19:53","date_gmt":"2021-07-02T12:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=19234"},"modified":"2021-07-02T08:19:53","modified_gmt":"2021-07-02T12:19:53","slug":"golden-dawn-fugitive-christos-pappas-arrested-in-greece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2021\/07\/02\/golden-dawn-fugitive-christos-pappas-arrested-in-greece\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden Dawn fugitive Christos Pappas arrested in Greece"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The fugitive deputy leader of Greek neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn has been detained in Athens after months of evading arrest, media reports say.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Christos Pappas had been wanted by police since October, when the entire leadership of Golden Dawn was convicted of running a criminal organisation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Pappas was sentenced to 13 years in prison, but refused to hand himself in.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He is known for having an obsession with Nazism and was considered a leading ideologue of Golden Dawn.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A police source told AFP news agency Pappas was eventually caught at a home in the Athens district of Zografou.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A police statement, which did not mention Pappas by name, said a 59-year-old man had been arrested by counter-terrorism officers and was set to be brought before the prosecutor on Friday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A 52-year-old woman who had allegedly been hiding him was also arrested, it said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Pappas’s lawyer has not yet commented. In October, he said his client would not surrender as he expected his conviction to be quashed on appeal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Pappas was a founding member of Golden Dawn and close friend of its leader. He has been photographed under a Nazi flag and filmed teaching children to do the Hitler salute.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Golden Dawn reached peak popularity during Greece’s crippling financial crisis in 2012, but it became notorious for links to attacks on immigrants and left-wing activists.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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