Ioannis Lagos, a Greek member of the European Parliament, was arrested in Belgium on Tuesday, hours after the legislature lifted his immunity
ATHENS (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 27th April, 2021) Ioannis Lagos, a Greek member of the European Parliament, was arrested in Belgium on Tuesday, hours after the legislature lifted his immunity.
"I am in a Belgian patrol car. Thieves, atheists and Greece haters are taking me to prison. I remain faithful to Christ and Greece," he tweeted.
The 48-year-old was put on Interpol's wanted list after an Athens court sentenced him to 13 years in jail in October for his role in running a neo-Nazi organization, Golden Dawn.
The Golden Dawn party was deemed a criminal organization last year, following a years-long trial into the 2013 murder of Pavlos Fyssas, a Greek rapper and leftist activist, by a Golden Dawn supporter.
