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Directorate for Combating Special Violent Crimes Διεύθυνση Αντιμετόπισης Ειδικών Εγκλημάτων Βίας Diévthinsi Antimetópisis Eidikón Egklimáton Vías | |
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Common name | Antiterrorist Unit (gr. Αντιτρομοκρατική) |
Abbreviation | (gr. ΔΑΕΕΒ - en. SCVD)[1] |
Agency overview | |
Formed | 1987[2] |
Employees | approx. 250 (2002)[3] |
Annual budget | N/A |
Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
Jurisdictional structure | |
National agency (Operations jurisdiction) | Greece |
Operations jurisdiction | Greece |
Legal jurisdiction | As per operations jurisdiction |
Governing body | Hellenic Police |
General nature | |
Operational structure | |
Overseen by Overseen by | Chief of Hellenic Police |
Headquarters | Alexandras Ave., Athens, Attica, Greece |
Parent agency | Hellenic Police |
Child agency | |
Facilities | |
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Special operations vehicles | approx. 400 (2017)[5] |
Motorcycles | approx. 200 (2017)[5] |
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The Special Violent Crime Squad, (or Special Violent Crime Division, SVCD)[1] also officially known as Directorate for Combating Special Violent Crimes, is a special service of the Hellenic Police,[6] working in conjunction with regional and other police sectors where necessary.[not verified in body] It reports directly to the Chief of Hellenic police and has territorial juristriction nationwide.[7][8][9]
Its mission is combating "special violent crimes", which includes "terrorist and extremist criminal acts, which are directed against the security of the state and democratic rule". It collects and analyses terrorist-related intelligence and is believed to cooperate with the National Intelligence Service (EYP) and the State Security, although due to the secretive nature of these services, this is unknown for certain.[10][11] The unit was created in 1987[2] during the government of Andreas Papandreou, when the Chief of Police was Nikon Arkoudeas.[12]
It is the only police unit in Greece, which, after obtaining a prosecutor's authorisation, has access to citizens' confidential data.[13][14] In that regard, it cooperates with fixed and mobile telephone companies, to conduct phone tapping.[3] Although there are time limits for the issuing judicial order, specifically, the Public Prosecutor can submit the application to lift confidentiality to the Council of Appeals which has to decide on the waiving of confidentiality within 48 hours.[15] In exceptional cases in the course of preliminary examinations, or interviews by the Special Violent Crime Squad, the warrant for lifting an individual's confidentiality of communications (and therefore being allowed to conduct wiretapping operations etc.) can be decided by the Public Prosecutor himself.[16]
The SVCD, as is the case for all directorates of the Hellenic Police, is obliged to send all information it collects, to the Intelligence Management and Analysis Division, for the purpose of collecting and analysing information to combat criminal action, especially terrorism, and to update its databases with this newly stored information, collected from the police directories. IMAD is supervised by a public prosecutor.[17]
Περίπου 250 αστυνομικοί, κυρίως άνδρες, υπερσύγχρονα εργαστήρια και τεχνολογικός εξοπλισμός, ειδικά «προνόμια» και άμεση πρόσβαση σε δεδομένα. Αυτή είναι η Διεύθυνση Αντιμετώπισης Ειδικών Εγκλημάτων Βίας (ΔΑΕΕΒ), κοινώς η Αντιτρομοκρατική Υπηρεσία. Σε ρεπορτάζ των Νέων της Τρίτης αναφέρεται ότι η δύναμη της Υπηρεσίας κατανέμεται σε έξι τμήματα, το καθένα με διαφορετικό αντικείμενο, τα οποία λειτουργούν ως συγκοινωνούντα δοχεία. [...] Της υπηρεσίας προΐσταται ο υποστράτηγος Στέλιος Σύρος. Η ΔΑΕΕΒ έχει στη διάθεσή της ό,τι πιο σύγχρονο διαθέτει η Αστυνομία σε τεχνολογικό εξοπλισμό, ενώ αναμένεται να ενισχυθεί ακόμα περισσότερο στο πλαίσιο του εκσυγχρονισμού της ΕΛ.ΑΣ. εν όψει των Ολυμπιακών Αγώνων του 2004. Επίσης είναι από τις ελάχιστες υπηρεσίες που έχει πρόσβαση σε απόρρητα δεδομένα, έπειτα από εισαγγελική άδεια. Συγκεκριμένα, σε συνεργασία με τις εταιρείες σταθερής και κινητής τηλεφωνίας λαμβάνει άδεια για τηλεφωνικές παρακολουθήσεις, ενώ με τον ειδικό εξοπλισμό Eye-2, έχει «μάτια» στα τηλέφωνα ολόκληρων περιοχών.[Around 250 police officers, mostly men, state-of-the-art laboratories and technological equipment, special "privileges" and direct access to data. This is the Directorate for the Suppression of Special Crimes of Violence (DAEEB), commonly known as the Anti-Terrorist Service. A report in Tuesday's News said that the force of the Service is divided into six departments, each with a different focus, which act as communicating vessels. [...] The head of the service is Major General Stelios Syros. The DAEEB has at its disposal the most modern technological equipment available to the Police, while it is expected to be strengthened even more in the context of the modernization of the Hellenic Police in view of the 2004 Olympic Games. It is also one of the few agencies that has access to classified data, after obtaining a prosecutor's license. Specifically, in cooperation with fixed and mobile telephone companies, it receives permission for telephone interceptions, and with its special Eye-2 equipment, it has "eyes" on the telephones of entire regions.]
Από τα περίπου 400 αυτοκίνητα ειδικών δράσεων της Αντιτρομοκρατικής Υπηρεσίας, μόλις τα 150 είναι λειτουργικά και ασφαλή, ενώ από τις σχεδόν 200 μοτοσυκλέτες, περίπου 80 είναι χρηστικές.[Of the approximately 400 special operations vehicles of the Anti-Terrorist Service, only 150 are operational and safe, while of the almost 200 motorcycles, about 80 are operational.]
Την αναμόρφωση ή ίδρυση (ανάλογα πώς το βλέπει κανείς) της ΕΥΠ, συμπληρώνει το 1987 και η ίδρυση της Αντιτρομοκρατικής Υπηρεσίας εντός της ΕΛ.ΑΣ., η οποία έκτοτε αποτελεί την υπηρεσία της αστυνομίας που συνδιαλέγεται ή ενίοτε συγκρούεται περισσότερο με την ΕΥΠ.[The reform or establishment (depending on how one sees it) of EYP, was complemented in 1987 by the establishment of the Anti-Terrorist Service within the Hellenic Police which, since then, has been the police service that cooperates or at times clashes most with EYP.]
Άρση απορρήτου επικοινωνιών για λόγους εθνικής ασφάλειας μπορεί να αιτηθεί μόνο η ΕΥΠ και η Αντιτρομοκρατική Υπηρεσία, ενώ μέχρι σήμερα αίτηση θα μπορούσε να υποβάλει κάθε δημόσια Αρχή.[Only the National Intelligence Service and the Anti-Terrorist Service can request the lifting of the confidentiality of communications for national security reasons, whereas until now any public authority could make a request.]
Έως σήμερα την αίτηση θα μπορούσε να υποβάλλει κάθε δημόσια αρχή. Με το νομοσχέδιο τέτοια αίτηση μπορεί να ζητήσει μόνο η ΕΥΠ και η Αντιτρομοκρατική Υπηρεσία (Διεύθυνση Αντιμετώπισης Ειδικών Εγκλημάτων Βίας της Ελληνικής Αστυνομίας, «ΔΑΕΕΒ»).[Until now, the application could be submitted by any public authority. Under the bill, only the National Security Service and the Anti-Terrorist Service (the Directorate for the Prevention of Special Crimes of Violence of the Hellenic Police, "DAEEB") can request such a request.]
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