New Financial Police department inaugurated

The new department of Financial Police and Prosecution of Electronic Crime was inaugurated at the police headquarters in Athens on Monday.


Citizen Protection Minister Christos Papoutsis said that the government was determined to fight corruption.



The government is determined. Society is also determined and demands transparency, controls, attribution of responsibilities and punishment of those responsible. The mission of this new Greek Police service is to confirm and certify this choice. That there is no margin any more for corruption, that the state does not favour anyone, that everybody is responsible to function in this direction, in the direction of restoring our country's prestige but also the Greek economy's force, " the minister said.
 

The new squad consists of 200 officers, 100 of whom have postgraduate degrees in finance, accounting or information technology. Citizens will be able to report suspected offenses by dialing 11012.