A Greek police officer stands in front of a banner during a protest in central Athens on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. More than a thousand protesting officers from the police, coast guard and fire department joined a rally in Athens to demonstrate against government cuts, in the latest protest ahead of a planned two-day general strike next week. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
A Greek police officer keeps a close watch on the Turkish border at Likofito, part of an aggressive campaign this month to try to seal Greece’s 130-mile northeastern border during its financial crisis that has seen a swell in joblessness and a surge in racist attacks against immigrants, mostly from Afghanistan and Pakistan. The operation has sent nearly 2,000 additional border guards to the Turkish frontier. Some of the illegals caught at the border (below) wait at a detention center in Filakio. (Associated Press)
A Greek police officer keeps a close watch on the Turkish border at Likofito, part of an aggressive campaign this month to try to seal Greece’s 130-mile northeastern border during its financial crisis that has seen a swell in joblessness and a surge in racist attacks against immigrants, mostly from Afghanistan and Pakistan. The operation has sent nearly 2,000 additional border guards to the Turkish frontier. Some of the illegals caught at the border (below) wait at a detention center in Filakio. (Associated Press)
Migrants are seen on a police bus in central Athens on Aug. 5, 2012. Greek police say officers have begun an operation to arrest and deport illegal migrants from the center of the capital and along the country’s northeastern border. Over 100,000 illegal immigrants cross into Greece annually, most through Turkey. (Associated Press)
Migrants are seen on a police bus in central Athens on Aug. 5, 2012. Greek police say officers have begun an operation to arrest and deport illegal migrants from the center of the capital and along the country’s northeastern border. Over 100,000 illegal immigrants cross into Greece annually, most through Turkey. (Associated Press)
Greek police have recovered a 2,500-year-old statue of a young woman that was illegally excavated and hidden in a goat pen near Athens. (AP Photo/Greek police)
A Greek police officer enters the antiquities museum in Ancient Olympia where two masked armed robbers tied up a guard and made off with dozens of artifacts, Olympia, southern Greece, Friday, Feb. 17, 2012. Friday's robbery is the second major museum theft in the past two months in Greece. In January, thieves made off with art works by 20th century masters Pablo Picasso and Piet Mondrian from the country's National Gallery in central Athens. (AP Photo/Dimitris Papaioannou)
A police car blocks the road that connects to the Justice Ministry, background, after a control explosion in Athens, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011. Greek police destroyed a letter bomb sent to the Justice Ministry, and warned other state offices and ministries to watch out for more potentially booby-trapped packages, fearing a repetition of a spate of such bombings in November. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
