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	'November 17' terrorist group trial verdicts passed down by criminal court
		Alexandros Giotopoulos is the only one of the 19 defendants to be found guilty of the crime of "moral instigation" in all the cases of murder with which the '17 November' terrorist group is charged.
		For the murder of industrialist Dimitris Angelopoulos in 1986, convicted are: Dimitris Koufodinas, Christodoulos Xiros, Vassilis Tzortatos, Patroklos Tselentis and Alexandros Giotopoulos.
		Alexandros Giotopoulos was also convicted for moral instigation in the double murder the head of the US military mission in Athens, George Chantes, and his driver Nikos Veloutsos, in 1983.
	www.greekembassy.org /Embassy/Content/en/Article.aspx?office=3&folder=481&article=12721 (1738 words)

	'November 17' terrorist group trial verdicts passed down by criminal court :: Embassy of Greece - The Hague Netherlands ...
		For the murder of industrialist Alexandros Athanasiadis-Bodosakis in 1988, convicted are: Dimitris Koufodinas, Vassilis Tzortzatos and Alexandros Giotopoulos.
		For the murder of shipowner and former shareholder and director of Elefsis Shipyards, Costis Peraticos, in 1997, convicted are: Dimitris Koufodinas, Savvas Xiros, Vassilis Xiros and Alexandros Giotopoulos.
		Alexandros Giotopoulos was also convicted for moral instigation in the double murder of CIA official and head of the US military mission in Athens, George Chades, and his driver Nikos Veloutsos, in 1983.
	www.greekembassy.nl /press/article2459.html (2040 words)

	l'express (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Alexandros Giotopoulos, aged 59, is known as the mastermind of the guerilla group.
		Alexandros Giotopoulos, life”, presiding judge Michalis Margaritis said, referring to the group’s last killing: the shooting of the British military attache in Athens in 2000.
		Giotopoulos, a jobless mathematics professor and the son of Greece’s most prominent Trotskyite, was a student radical in Paris in the 1960s.
	www.lexpress.mu /display_article.php?news_id=9689 (535 words)

	Macedonian Press Agency: News in English, 02-07-19
		The men of the anti-terrorism squad are continuing their exhausting questioning of Alexandros Giotopoulos, who was arrested on Wednesday night on the island of Lipsi, and who the Greek Police consider the mind behind the organization and writer of the declarations of "November 17".
		Alexandros Giotopoulos, Vasilios Tzortzatos and Theologos Psaradelis, who are involved in the terrorist organization "17 November", appeared before the prosecutor today to be arraigned.
		Giotopoulos was arrested in the Aegean island of Lipsi and was characterized by the Greek Police Chief as the mastermind of terrorist organization 17 November.
	www.hri.org /cgi-bin/brief?/news/greek/mpab/2002/02-07-19.mpab.html (2679 words)

	Sphaera Ephemeris (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Alexandros Giotopoulos, through his defense lawyer Yiannis Rachiotis, asked for a 30-day extension to prepare his testimony before special examining magistrate Leonidas Zervobeakos but his request was turned down.
		Giotopoulos has been complaining about his detention conditions; he says light in his cell is inadequate and he can't read, and protests that he cannot use the prison yard at the same time as other 17N prisoners.
		Alexandros Giotopoulos, aka "Lambros," the reputed leader of 17N, is reported in poor psychological state, pacing up and down inside his cell like a "caged animal" (which he is) and murmuring in French.
	sphaera.blogspot.com /2002_08_11_sphaera_archive.html (5731 words)

	Epochtimes English Edition-
		Head of the November 17 group Alexandros Yiotopoulos (L) speaking to the court, during the trial of 19 suspects accused of belonging to November 17, blamed for 88 attacks since 1983, including the assassinations of the US and British military attaches.
		Monday's ruling against French-born economist Alexandros Giotopoulos came at the end of a nine-month trial involving 19 alleged members of the radical leftist group.
		Prosecutors described Giotopoulos as the group's ringleader and said he was involved in all of its criminal activities.
	www.theepochtimes.com /news/3-12-8/16831.html (262 words)

	CNN.com - N17 suspects allege mistreatment - August 2, 2002
		Suspected November 17 ringleader Alexandros Giotopoulos and 10 other suspected members of the group are being held in the top security Korydallos prison outside Athens.
		Giotopoulos, a university professor, claims he has limited time to leave his cell and that he has only one hour a day to confer with his legal team.
		Giotopoulos and two other suspects were transferred to the women's wing of the prison earlier this week because of overcrowding.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/europe/08/02/greece.prison/index.html (489 words)

	After 27 years of secrecy and murder, November 17 is exposed \| The Guardian \| Guardian Unlimited
		But it was the uncovering of Alexandros Giotopoulos, the organisation's spiritual leader, that the police chief described as "especially significant".
		Born in Paris in 1939 and the holder of both French and Greek citizenships, Giotopoulos was introduced to the tight-knit world of extreme left politics at a young age by his father, Dimitris, a promi nent Trotskyist who spent some time in Paris after fighting and being imprisoned in the Spanish civil war.
		In turn, Alexandros played a prominent role in the resistance movement against the Greek junta from his home in Paris where thousands of anti-junta Greeks fled during the dictatorship.
	www.guardian.co.uk /international/story/0,3604,757837,00.html (1124 words)

	Athens News Agency: Daily News Bulletin in English, 03-12-18
		For the murder of industrialist Dimitri Angelopoulos in 1986: life for Christodoulos Xiros (as perpetrator) and Alexandros Giotopoulos (as moral instigator); 15 years each for Dimitri Koufodinas and Vassilis Tzortzatos; 11 years for Patroklos Tselentis.
		For the murder of industrialist Alexandros Athanasiadis-Bodosakis in 1988: life for Dimitri Koufodinas, Vassilis Tzortzatos and Alexandros Giotopoulos.
		The court imposed a total of 55 life sentences (on Alexandros Giotopoulos, Dimitri Koufodinas, Savvas Xiros, Christodoulos Xiros, Vassilis Tzortzatos and Iraklis Kostaris), and sentences totalling 9,225 years on the 15 convicted defendants (in addition to the life sentences).
	www.hri.org /cgi-bin/brief?/news/greek/ana/2003/03-12-18.ana.html (7318 words)

	Telegraph \| News \| Terror group's house of cards collapses
		Giotopoulos - who presented himself to the world as a university professor - and his French wife, MarieTherese Peynaud, were arrested before they could flee.
		Friends of Giotopoulos and his wife in Athens said Alexandros had studied at the Paris University faculty of Law and Social Sciences but suspected that he never obtained a degree.
		Giotopoulos was the "Ghost Man", until he was named by Savvas Xyros, who with his brothers, the sons of an Orthodox priest, were some of the organisation's most deadly recruits.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/07/19/wgrek119.xml (854 words)

	In Greece, bombings punctuate trial of terrorist group \| csmonitor.com
		Seven months into the trial, however, authorities are still working to convince a skeptical public and international community that Alexandros Giotopoulos really is the mastermind of the guerrilla group's 27-year campaign of mayhem and murder.
		Giotopoulos has maintained his innocence from the outset and sat apart from confessed November 17 operatives in the specially built courtroom in the bowels of Athens's Korydallos maximum- security prison.
		To put Giotopoulos and the other suspects in the dock, parliament passed a raft of antiterrorism laws that suspended the defendants' right to a trial by jury.
	www.csmonitor.com /2003/0909/p07s01-woeu.htm (821 words)

	Police crack Greek terrorist gang - theage.com.au
		A force of 700 was deployed to apprehend Alexandros Giotopoulos, 58, at his holiday villa on the Dodecanese island of Lipsi, which has a population of just 600.
		Mr Giotopoulos' island retreat was a perk for the man believed to be the group's terrorist mastermind, a role he hid behind the guise of a mild-mannered university professor.
		He took part in the 1968 student uprising and was the leader of the Greek Student Union of France and a member of the outlawed Greek Communist Party during the 1967-74 Greek military dictatorship.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2002/07/19/1026898913746.html (440 words)

	Greece November 17 Suspect Declares Innocence
		In handcuffs and a bulletproof vest, Giotopoulos was led before a public prosecutor on Friday to hear the charges that he was involved in the bloody attacks which also killed Turkish and British officials.
		Giotopoulos was swept up after police began penetrating the extreme leftist terror group under heavy pressure from the international community in advance of the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.
		Police spokesman Lefteris Ekonomou said Giotopoulos' fingerprints and incriminating notes in his handwriting were found at one of two Athens apartments used by November 17 to store weapons, including dozens of anti-tank rockets stolen from an army base.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/719609/posts (664 words)

	CBSNews.com: Print This Story
		Following a nine-month trial in a bunker-like prison courtroom, the three judges on Monday issued multiple convictions against Alexandros Giotopoulos, 58, as the mastermind of the group that outwitted authorities for more than a generation.
		"It was a decision that I was expecting," a tired and nervous-looking Giotopoulos said after the chief judge read through the decisions on the hundreds of charges against the 19 defendants.
		Koufodinas told the court he took "political responsibility" for all the group's actions, which began with the ambush killing of a CIA station chief in 1975.
	uttm.com /stories/2003/12/08/world/printable587295.shtml (520 words)

	'Average' terror suspects stun Greeks - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
		Another eight men, including alleged leader Alexandros Giotopoulos, 58, have been charged with crimes ranging from murder to armed robbery and planting explosives.
		So far, only Giotopoulos, identified by police as the group's "ideological leader," fits the mold authorities had been looking for.
		Giotopoulos lived under an assumed name for more than 20 years.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/pittsburghtrib/s_82623.html (896 words)

	Greek Communists Arrested : SF Indymedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		On investigation, police found the fingerprints of Alexandros Giotopoulos, a 58-year-old academic, in flats containing bomb-making equipment.
		Giotopoulos denies all knowledge of the terrorist group.
		However, it is also believed that British and American intelligence reported that the real leader of the organisation is not Giotopoulos but a well-known figure who established the terrorist group with the support of the late Andreas Papandreou, and that it is Papandreou?s supporters who have protected the organisation.
	sf.indymedia.org /mail.php?id=139464 (552 words)

	ending Greek Terror & sword of damacles. - Indymedia Ireland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The 15 guilty were convicted of nearly 2,500 crimes ranging from murder to possession of arms, bank robberies and membership of a criminal organization.
		The leader of the group Alexandros Giotopoulos, 59, was convicted of 961 of 963 charges.
		Giotopoulos was well known in Greece as his father was a key member of the Trotskyist party.
	www.indymedia.ie /article/62595?print_page=true (610 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Europe \| Profile: November 17 mastermind
		He is said to be the brain behind the group's campaign of bombing, robberies and at least 23 murders since 1975.
		For the investigating officers, Giotopoulos matched the profile of the brain behind the group, the "ideological instructor of the organisation and the writer of its proclamations".
		Giotopoulos is the son of Dimitris Giotopoulos, a well-known 1930s Greek Communist and follower of Leon Trotsky.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/europe/3300129.stm (465 words)

	How 'November 17' was foiled \| csmonitor.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		UNDER ARREST: Alexandros Giotopoulos, center, the alleged ideological leader of November 17, is escorted by police officers to an Athens courthouse Friday.
		The arrest of Paris-born intellectual Alexandros Giotopoulos, the group's alleged ideological leader, led in rapid-fire succession to five other arrests, including those of three men who confessed to many of the group's crimes, among them its most recent murder, the shooting in 2000 of British military attaché Stephen Saunders.
		Giotopoulos was active in student street riots in Paris in the '60s, and had also traveled to Cuba.
	www.csmonitor.com /2002/0722/p06s01-wogi.html (1397 words)

	World Tribune.com: Pre-Olympics terror crackdown has Greek politicians on edge
		Greek officials said he was captured on a remote Greek island and flown to Athens as part of a new wave of arrests of suspected insurgents.
		Officials said Giotopoulos — whose father Dimitris was a well-known follower of Soviet founder Leon Trotsky — lived most of his life in France where he served as a professor at a university in Strasbourg.
		Greek officials said Giotopoulos was arrested as he attempted to flee a remote Greek island for Turkey.
	www.worldtribune.com /worldtribune/WTARC/2002/eu_greece_07_18.html (640 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Europe \| Greek police detain 'key terror suspect'
		Those in custody include the alleged leader of November 17, Alexandros Giotopoulos, who was captured on an Aegean island two weeks ago.
		"He is the co-founder with Giotopoulos and a historical member of the group going by the name of Nikitas 1", the source said.
		"Serifis told officials that Alexandros Giotopoulos was the man who shot Welch and pulled the trigger in two other killings, and that he was the initial and indisputable leader of the group", the source told Reuters.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/europe/2154226.stm (412 words)

	CNN.com - N17 leader, hitman jailed for life - Dec. 17, 2003
		The leader and chief hitman of the November 17 terror group have been sentenced to life imprisonment by a Greek court for their roles in decades of murders, bombings and other crimes.
		Alexandros Giotopoulos -- considered the November 17 ringleader -- and Dimitris Koufodinas, believed to be the group's key hitman, were found guilty last week along with 13 other members for around 2,500 crimes including bombings, bank robberies and multiple murders.
		Giotopoulos, 59, was found guilty December 8 of planning numerous murders, including that of the British attaché Stephen Saunders, after a nine-month trial.
	edition.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/europe/12/17/greece.n17/index.html (415 words)

	World Tribune.com: November 17 terrorist goes on trial in Greece for 1000 offenses
		The prosecution has charged Alexandros Giotopoulos with 1,000 offenses as the alleged leader of November 17.
		Families of the victims are hoping the trial will discuss the failure of Greek authorities to arrest any November 17 suspect until July 2002.
		Greek parliamentarian Alexandros Lykourezos has intimated that November 17 could have enjoyed protection from sympathizers within Greece's left-wing governments.
	www.worldtribune.com /worldtribune/WTARC/2003/eu_greece_03_04.html (432 words)

	Worldandnation: World in brief
		After a 30-minute, closed door arraignment, Alexandros Giotopoulos was returned to jail to await trial.
		His lawyer, Yiannis Rahiotis, said Giotopoulos "rejects the accusation" against him, which could result in a life prison term.
		Police claim other suspected members of November 17 have identified Giotopoulos as the group's leader and that they found evidence linking Giotopoulos to a November 17 weapons cache.
	www.sptimes.com /2002/07/24/Worldandnation/World_in_brief.shtml (557 words)

	RTE News - Giotopoulos found guilty in murder case
		A court in Greece has found the leader of a radical Marxist group guilty of involvement in murder.
		At the end of a marathon trial involving 19 alleged members, 59-year-old Alexandros Giotopoulos was convicted of being involved in at least one assassination.
		The group that he led, known as November 17, is said to have carried out more than 2,000 attacks, including 19 assassinations, in an effort to overthrow capitalism.
	www.rte.ie /news/2003/1208/greece.html (115 words)

	After 27 years of secrecy, Greek terrorist cell is exposed -DAWN - International; July 21, 2002
		A musical instrument maker who lives on the Aegean island of Ikaria, the burly 44-year-old allegedly admitted he had “been present” in almost every major attack of November 17 until the early 90s when a new generation, embodied by his younger brothers, took over.
		The academic — whom authorities have long believed was connected to the group but were unable to arrest because of lack of evidence — was seized on Wednesday from his remote island home on Lispi in a dramatic raid by members of the anti-terrorist squad.
		But it appeared on Friday that Giotopoulos, a renowned womaniser, may have sensed the end was near.
	www.dawn.com /2002/07/21/int14.htm (752 words)

	Court passes down sentences on convicted '17N' members
		The court further imposed fines of 21,000 euro on Alexandros Giotopoulos, 23,500 euro on Dimitri Koufodinas, 5,000 euro on Christodoulos Xiros, 23,500 euro on Savvas Xiros, 6,500 euro on Vassilis Tzortzatos, and 7,500 euro on Vassilis Xiros with respect to the bomb explosions carried out by 17N.
		* For the murder of industrialist Dimitri Angelopoulos in 1986: life for Christodoulos Xiros (as perpetrator) and Alexandros Giotopoulos (as moral instigator); 15 years each for Dimitri Koufodinas and Vassilis Tzortzatos; 11 years for Patroklos Tselentis.
		* For the murder of industrialist Alexandros Athanasiadis-Bodosakis in 1988: life for Dimitri Koufodinas, Vassilis Tzortzatos and Alexandros Giotopoulos.
	www.greekembassy.org /Embassy/Content/en/Article.aspx?office=7&folder=372&article=12840 (2315 words)

	Revolutionary Organization 17 November - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		On September 5, Dimitris Koufodinas, identified as the group's chief of operations, surrendered to the authorities.
		Because of the 20-year statute of limitations, crimes committed before 1984 (such as the killing of the CIA station chief) could not be tried by the court.
		On December 8, fifteen of the accused, including A. Giotopoulos and D. Koufodinas, were found guilty; another four defendants were acquitted for lack of evidence.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Revolutionary_Organization_17_November (1033 words)

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