Turkish Mafia Hitman Caught in Athens After €19,000 Contract Killing

A suspected hitman smuggled into Greece by a Turkish crime syndicate to carry out a €19,000 contract killing has been arrested in Athens, exposing a sophisticated cross-border assassination network operating in the heart of the capital. Greek police's Homicide Department apprehended the 28-year-old suspect in connection with the June 13 execution of a fellow Turkish national in the Exarcheia neighbourhood — a killing investigators say was ordered by the notorious "Daltonlar" organised crime s...

By ANTHEE CARASSAVA