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Greece

Greece regularly reports hate crime data to ODIHR.

In 2017, Greece implemented ODIHR’s Prosecutors and Hate Crime Training (PAHCT). In June 2018, an "Agreement on inter-agency co-operation on addressing racist crimes" was concluded by relevant state authorities and a network of civil society organizations (CSOs) as part of ODIHR's project on "Building a Comprehensive Criminal Justice Response to Hate Crimes". Consequently, the agreement has led to improved hate crime recording and data collection. On February 2022, ODIHR held an online diagnostic workshop with government representatives, criminal justice actors and CSOs to assess structures and services for hate crime victim support in Greece.

In 2022, an office within the Ministry of Justice was tasked with overseeing the systematic collection of statistical data on hate crimes.   

Hate crime data collection in Greece
Support for hate crime victims in Greece
Hate crime capacity building in Greece
Greece's hate crime legislation
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Download the 2017 hate crime report for Greece

OFFICIAL DATA REPORTED BY STATES

Year Hate crimes recorded by police Prosecuted Sentenced
2023 97 115 22
2022 99 32 20
2021 110 2 1
2020 171 34 0
2019 Not available Not available Not available
2018 164 17 4
2017 128 46 6
2016 40 6 2
2015 60 27 4
2014 71 29 5
2013 109 9 0
2012 1 1 Not available
2011 Not available Not available 1
2010 2 Not available Not available
2009 2 2 Not available

About 2017 Data

    The police number includes an unspecified number of hate speech incidents, falling outside the OSCE definition of hate crimes, which are not presented in the breakdown below.

Hate crime recorded by police

Police numbers presented here refer to incidents, which may include more than one crime.

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  • By type of crime
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National developments

The Hellenic Police with the co-operation of Ministry of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights and the Prosecutor's Office of the Court of First Instance of Athens developed a new template to ease tracking of hate crime cases progressing through the criminal justice system.

KEY OBSERVATION

ODIHR observes that Greece has not reported on cases of hate crimes separately from cases of hate speech.

INCIDENTS REPORTED BY CIVIL SOCIETY

  • Total Incidents
  • Targeted properties
  • Type of property attacks

Racist and xenophobic hate crime

Date Type of incident Source Description
2017-11 Threats/Harassment
Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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2017-10 Violent attacks against people
Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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2017-11 Violent attacks against people
Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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2017-04 Violent attacks against people
Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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2017-08 Threats/Harassment
Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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2017-11 Threats/Harassment
SETA
Western Thrace Minority Graduates Association (WTMUGA)
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2017-11 Violent attacks against people
Western Thrace Minority Graduates Association (WTMUGA)
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2017-01 Attacks against property
Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF)
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2017-04 Attacks against property
Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF)
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2017-09 Violent attacks against people
Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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2017 Violent attacks against people
Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
UNHCR
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2017 Attacks against property
Greek Helsinki Monitor
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2017-06 Violent attacks against people
Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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2017-03 Attacks against property
Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF)
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2017-02 Attacks against property
Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF)
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2017 Violent attacks against people
Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
UNHCR
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2017-11 Violent attacks against people
Greek Helsinki Monitor
SETA
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2017-11 Attacks against property
Greek Helsinki Monitor
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2017-12 Attacks against property
Greek Helsinki Monitor
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2017-10 Violent attacks against people
Greek Helsinki Monitor
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2017-11 Violent attacks against people
Greek Helsinki Monitor
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2017-03 Violent attacks against people
Greek Helsinki Monitor
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2017-11 Attacks against property
Greek Helsinki Monitor
Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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2017-06 Attacks against property
Greek Helsinki Monitor
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2017-09 Violent attacks against people
Greek Helsinki Monitor
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2017-07 Attacks against property
Greek Helsinki Monitor
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2017-09 Violent attacks against people
Greek Helsinki Monitor
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2017-07 Violent attacks against people
Greek Helsinki Monitor
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2017-07 Violent attacks against people
Greek Helsinki Monitor
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2017-07 Violent attacks against people
Greek Helsinki Monitor
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2017-10 Violent attacks against people
Greek Helsinki Monitor
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2017-11 Violent attacks against people
Greek Helsinki Monitor
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2017-09 Violent attacks against people
Greek Helsinki Monitor
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2017-12 Attacks against property
Greek Helsinki Monitor
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2017-07 Violent attacks against people
Greek Helsinki Monitor
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2017-10 Violent attacks against people
Greek Helsinki Monitor
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2017-06 Violent attacks against people
Greek Helsinki Monitor
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2017-10 Threats/Harassment
Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF)
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2017-05 Violent attacks against people
Greek Helsinki Monitor
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2017-09 Violent attacks against people
Greek Helsinki Monitor
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2017-05 Violent attacks against people
Greek Helsinki Monitor
Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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2017-04 Violent attacks against people
Greek Helsinki Monitor
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2017-05 Threats/Harassment
Greek Helsinki Monitor
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2017-05 Threats/Harassment
Greek Helsinki Monitor
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2017-03 Violent attacks against people
Greek Helsinki Monitor
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2017-07 Violent attacks against people
Greek Helsinki Monitor
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2017-06 Violent attacks against people
Greek Helsinki Monitor
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2017-08 Violent attacks against people
Greek Helsinki Monitor
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2017-02 Violent attacks against people
Greek Helsinki Monitor
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2017-09 Attacks against property
Greek Helsinki Monitor
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2017-01 Violent attacks against people
Greek Helsinki Monitor
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2017-06 Violent attacks against people
European Roma Rights Center (ERRC)
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2017-10 Violent attacks against people
Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF)
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2017-11 Violent attacks against people
Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
UNHCR
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2017 Violent attacks against people
Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
UNHCR
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2017-12 Threats/Harassment
Western Thrace Minority Graduates Association (WTMUGA)
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2017-10 Attacks against property
Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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Anti-Roma hate crime

Date Type of incident Source Description
2017 Violent attacks against people
Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
UNHCR
Show info
2017-06 Violent attacks against people
European Roma Rights Center (ERRC)
Show info

Anti-Semitic hate crime

Date Type of incident Source Description
2017-07 Attacks against property
Greek Helsinki Monitor
Kantor Center
Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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2017-07 Attacks against property
Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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2017-12 Attacks against property
Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
Show info
2017 Attacks against property
Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
UNHCR
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2017-02 Attacks against property
Kantor Center
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2017-03 Attacks against property
Greek Helsinki Monitor
Kantor Center
Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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2017-07 Attacks against property
Greek Helsinki Monitor
Kantor Center
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2017-12 Attacks against property
Kantor Center
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2017-03 Attacks against property
Greek Helsinki Monitor
Kantor Center
Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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2017-09 Attacks against property
Kantor Center
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2017-02 Attacks against property
Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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2017-03 Attacks against property
Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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Anti-Muslim hate crime

Date Type of incident Source Description
2017-09 Violent attacks against people
Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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2017-04 Attacks against property
Western Thrace Minority Graduates Association (WTMUGA)
Show info
2017-11 Attacks against property
Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF)
Show info
2017-12 Threats/Harassment
Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF)
Show info
2017-11 Violent attacks against people
Greek Helsinki Monitor
SETA
Show info
2017-10 Attacks against property
Greek Helsinki Monitor
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2017 Attacks against property
SETA
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2017-08 Violent attacks against people
Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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Anti-Christian hate crime

Date Type of incident Source Description
2017-03 Threats/Harassment
Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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2017-12 Violent attacks against people
Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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2017-04 Violent attacks against people
Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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2017 Violent attacks against people
Jehovah's Witnesses
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2017 Attacks against property
Jehovah's Witnesses
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Disability hate crime

Date Type of incident Source Description
2017-08 Violent attacks against people
Greek Helsinki Monitor
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2017 Violent attacks against people
Greek Helsinki Monitor
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Anti-LGBTI hate crime

Date Type of incident Source Description
2017-06 Threats/Harassment
Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
Show info
2017-05 Violent attacks against people
Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
Show info
2017 Violent attacks against people
Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
UNHCR
Show info
2017-06 Violent attacks against people
Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
Show info
2017-07 Violent attacks against people
Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
Show info
2017-06 Threats/Harassment
Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
Show info
2017-05 Violent attacks against people
Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
Show info
2017-09 Violent attacks against people
Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
Show info
2017-08 Violent attacks against people
Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
Show info
2017-03 Violent attacks against people
Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
Show info
2017 Violent attacks against people
Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
UNHCR
Show info
2017-07 Violent attacks against people
Greek Helsinki Monitor
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2017-10 Violent attacks against people
Greek Helsinki Monitor
Show info
2017-05 Violent attacks against people
Greek Helsinki Monitor
Show info
2017-01 Threats/Harassment
Greek Helsinki Monitor
Show info
2017 Violent attacks against people
Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
UNHCR
Show info
2017-10 Attacks against property
Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
Show info
2017-02 Threats/Harassment
Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
Show info
2017-03 Threats/Harassment
Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
UNHCR
Show info
2017-02 Threats/Harassment
Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
Show info
2017-03 Threats/Harassment
Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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2017-03 Violent attacks against people
Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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INTERNATIONAL REPORTS

Racist and xenophobic hate crime

In her "Report on the visit to Greece", the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe reiterated previous recommendations for the authorities to enhance implementation of existing anti-hate crime law, to collect and analyse hate crime data in a more systematic manner and to raise public awareness of hate crime.

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