Jun 04, 2006 vassilis pakeokostas, 40, was serving a 25year sentence. Click on a label to prioritize search results according to that topic. The uncatchable vassilis palaiokostas after he was caught, 2008. He is known for committing bank robberies and kidnappings and has broken out of a maximumsecurity prison twice by. Find the latest tracks, albums, and images from nikos karakostas. Sep 25, 2014 the bbc has paid tribute to greeces most wanted fugitive, vassilis paleokostas. Autoplay when autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will automatically play next. Division manager, digital innovation division, alpha bank professional experience yannis is an experienced professional in the banking and telecommunications industries.
He is known for committing bank robberies and kidnappings and has broken out of a maximumsecurity prison twice by helicopter. Additional information awards alexander onassis foundation, scholarship for doctoral research, 19901991 british academy, scholarship for doctoral research, 19911993. Wow image carousel provides a support for youtube and vimeo that allow you to liven up your slides by supplementing the regular images. The hourlong documentary, titled the unchatchable, paints the man as a robin hoodstyled folk hero. In 1970 he went to london for postgraduate studies at imperial college and bedford college of the university of london. Geoform is an online scholarly resource, international forum, and curatorial project that focuses on the use of geometric form and structure in contemporary abstract art. Jailbreak vasilis paleokostas and alket rijai breakout. Papakostas currently serves as a full professor in the department of computer and informatics engineering. Every slideshow parameter can be easily customized to fit your web site design and your needs. Notorious greek prisoner vassilis palaiokostas escapes by. The whitewashed katerina studios is 361 feet from central apollonia and just a 5minute walk from steno, the famous area with the shops and nightlife.
Since the mid 1980s they carried out numerous thefts and robberies along with his brother nikos. Vassilis palaiokostas was nabbed in northern greece this week, two years after his audacious prison escape in a hijacked helicopter. The highsecurity korydallos prison in athens was the scene for this dramatic escape, as career thief vassilis paleokostas and accomplice alket rizai climbed a rope ladder suspended from a. He has been the recipient of the prize for the best paper by an early career researcher in portsmouth. Vassilis palaiokostas letter to the media greece from. Greeces most notorious prisoner has escaped from jail in a hollywoodstyle helicopter getaway for a second time. Greeces most notorious prisoner has escaped from jail in a hollywoodstyle helicopter getaway. Evangelos currently when he is not babysitting is employed by the hellenic independent public revenue authority, is teaching at the hellenic open university and is a visiting research fellow at the economics and finance sg, portsmouth business school.
Andreas gkoutzioukostas, aristotle university of thessaloniki, ancient greek, roman, medieval and byzantine history department, faculty member. Papakostas received the diploma in electrical and computer engineering in 1999, and the m. Take a look at even more movies and tv shows that were so nice they made em twice at least. He is believed to have been the mastermind of the kidnapping of giorgos mylonas, a greek industrialist, as the. Gregory kasidokostas is the father of paris latsis profession. The police operation was mounted after the counterterrorism squad uncovered information indicating that vassilis paleokostas may be. View vassilis papakostas profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Contents 1 installation 3 2 gapanel 5 3 gapaneltableform 9 4 gapanelactions 5 garesource 15 6 gapaginate 19 7 ga. A translation of the letter sent to eleftherotipia newspaper on the occasion of polys polykarpos georgiades and vaggelis chrisohoides jury on 22 on the accusations of providing refuge to a criminal and. Leave a comment below with any requests for future videos im here to help you out. Online video and youtube particularly is now more popular than cable television.
Sep 26, 2014 it certainly is the stuff of movies and now that an extensive and gripping feature article detailing his life, bankrobbing and kidnapping exploits and two helicopter prison escapes has appeared on the bbc, fugitive vassilis paleokostas 48 could certainly expect that someday his fascinating story could make it to the silver screen. Vasilis kostas is an acclaimed laouto player from ioannina in epirus, greece. Vassilis paleokostas, a bank robber who is among greeces most notorious. Kostas karakostas website journalistcommunicatortrainer. The greek man was named as vassilis paleokostas, who was convicted of kidnapping and bank robbery in 1999. He interrupted his studies in 1974 to return to greece where he devoted himself to political activities in. Haoskostas is now friends with mscharf nov 17, 2016 7. Sep 14, 2006 mr paleokostas engineered his vassilis escape by threatening the pilot of a rented helicopter and forcing him to land in the exercise yard of the prison. The relatively rapid capture of vassilis paleokostas, one of greeces most notorious criminals, is a much needed boost to the morale and public image of the greek police, read an official. Vassilis is a manager in eys advisory services performance improvement, specializing in supply chain and operations. Vassilis papakostas senior manager, performance improvement.
But just like the original robin hood, vassilis paleokostas is despised by the. Apr 04, 2016 vassilis palaiokostas is greeces most wanted man. The incident happened at 1820 local time 1520 gmt, police said. Dy grad named as one of banking elites gang of nine. He is a member of global messengers, the group launched by grammy awardwinning pianist and unesco artist for peace, danilo perez. They fled korydallos prison after a helicopter landed on the jails roof and threw them a rope ladder. Serial armed robber and kidnapper vassilis paleokostas and his albanian sidekick alket rizai were days away from trial for their 2006 escape.
Nov 24, 2010 anyway, vassilis paleokostas has never been involved in an attack against human life a fact the police officers recognized too. Contents 1 installation 3 2 gapanel 5 3 gapaneltableform 9 4 gapanelactions 5 garesource 15 6 gapaginate 19 7 gaprogress 21 8 gadashboardcounter 23. Bbcs tribute to vassilis paleokostas, greeces most wanted. The inmates flew to a nearby cemetery and fled on motorbikes. The work is the culmination of a lifelong exploration of the beauty inherent in the music of epirus its slow tempos, reflecting the isolated nature of this mountainous region close to albania, and its haunting pentatonic scales, based on five notes instead of the more common sevennote scale. Villa seaside almyrida creta chania beach 300 mts mare vacanze meer ferien mer vacances private house 46 people.
Bbcs tribute to vassilis paleokostas, greeces most. Listen for free to their radio shows, dj mix sets and podcasts. Follow us on twitter for the latest news and updates on. In 1995, vassilis paleokostas was caught by the fuzz, convicted of kidnapping, robbery, and weapons charges, and hauled off to a federal poundmeintheass penitentiary known as korydallos prison. My work focuses on capturing a moment in time, whether its portraiture, weeding photography, or just lifestyle imagery. Another multiple helicopter escapee is vasilis paleokostas who on february 22. The bbc has paid tribute to greeces most wanted fugitive, vassilis paleokostas. Nikos karakostas klarino music, videos, stats, and photos. Greek convicts escape prison in helicopter youtube.
The aircraft was reportedly later found abandoned by a main highway. About me i am an experienced journalist and tutor of journalism, with a degree and a master on communication and media studies from the university of athens. He has been unveiled as the mastermind behind the kidnapping of multimillionaire businessman george mylonas, a crime that has ultimately brought him undone. The two brothers kidnapped the businessman alexandros haitoglou in 1995. Vassilis palaiokostas letter to the media greece from a translation of the letter sent to eleftherotipia newspaper on the occasion of polys polykarpos georgiades and vaggelis chrisohoides jury on 22 on the accusations of providing refuge to a criminal and being part of his criminal association. Now over the years, korydallos prison has gained a reputation as being one of the harshest and most brutal prisons in greece. Vassilis paleokostas was born in 1966 in the village of moshato near the town of trikala. He is believed to have been the mastermind of the kidnapping of. An inmates secretly recorded film shows the gruesome. A local resident captured part of the escape on amateur video. Mr paleokostas engineered his vassilis escape by threatening the pilot of a rented helicopter and forcing him to land in the exercise yard of the prison.
Act for freedom now vassilis palaiokostas nabbed after. We arrested greeces most wanted fugitive last night. Andreas gkoutzioukostas aristotle university of thessaloniki. Vassilis paleokostas, a bank robber who is among greeces most notorious convicts. It looks like we dont have any biography for vassilis papakostas yet be the first to contribute. We work with a variety of corporate clients including private equity firms, listed and unlisted companies, first and second tier financiers and wealthy individuals. Nikos karakostas klarino music, videos, stats, and.
Studies foundations of quantum mechanics, category theory, and theories of truth. Online dictionaries and encyclopedias with entries for gregory kasidokostas. Listen to music from nikos karakostas klarino like svarniara thessaliotiki svarniarna of thessaly. Vassilis paleokostas has delivered the bomb intended for. Notorious greek prisoner vassilis palaiokostas escapes by helicopter again. Vassilis paleokostas is fully rad because he kicked ass, won the respect of the people, said fuck you to the police, and managed to singlehandedly place the countrys three topranking prison officials in the back of the unemployment line. Police believe the two inmates were helped by nikos paleokostas and another unidentified accomplice. A secretive banking elite rules trading in derivatives one member is paul mitrokostas, a dy grad class of 1984.
Mr paleokostas other exploits include the lucrative kidnapping of the owner of a factory making a greek dessert called halva. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover vassilis connections and jobs at similar companies. Take a look at even more movies and tv shows that were so nice they made em twice at least see the full gallery. They believe, however, that the exploding device has been assembled by an anarchist who has contacts with other suspects for financial support to armed groups, but also with other criminals. Police believe his brother nikos who is on the run may have organised the escape. Find the latest tracks, albums, and images from nikos karakostas klarino. Subsequently he studied philosophy of science and got his m.
Mar 18, 2009 notorious greek prisoner vassilis palaiokostas escapes by helicopter again. Evangelos mitrokostas senior lecturer at the university. Kostas delikostas is a member of vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Sep 25, 2014 it certainly is the stuff of movies and now that an extensive and gripping feature article detailing his life, bankrobbing and kidnapping exploits and two helicopter prison escapes has appeared on the bbc, fugitive vassilis paleokostas 48 could certainly expect that someday his fascinating story could make it to the silver screen. Vassilis sakellariou studied physics at the national and kapodistrian university of athens and got his degree in 1968. According to a senior officer from the ministry of citizens protection vassilis paleokostas has delivered the bomb intended to assassinate the then prime minister michalis chrysochoidis that exploded in the hands of his aide george vassilakis. Nikolas bisketzis is a graduate of the physics department of the aristotelian university of thessaloniki. The albanian national, 32yearold alket rizai, was serving a life sentence for manslaughter since his conviction in 2003. Police caught him but in june 2006 he escaped from prison by helicopter together with. Im a professional portrait and wedding photographer currently based in belgium. Just click the edit page button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the biography submission guide.
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