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A foreign tourist was arrested after driving under the influence of alcohol in a crash that sent his car airborne before it struck a tree and multiple parked vehicles in Chersonissos, Crete, authorities said.

Greek anti-organized crime units have arrested 20 people in Crete — including a sitting municipal deputy mayor — over an alleged €3 million fraud against EU agricultural subsidy funds that operated for five years through three state-approved farm grant processing centres, with investigators tracking approximately 90 additional suspects.

A major organized crime investigation in Crete has compiled statements from approximately 40 alleged victims of a criminal group based in the village of Vorizia, with investigators warning the true toll is likely far higher, suppressed by a climate of fear and intimidation that deterred many residents from coming forward at all.