{"id":15021,"date":"2026-04-25T06:55:57","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T06:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/25\/judo-champs-million-mystery-ekathimerini-com\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T06:55:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T06:55:57","slug":"judo-champs-million-mystery-ekathimerini-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/25\/judo-champs-million-mystery-ekathimerini-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Judo champ\u2019s million mystery | eKathimerini.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1301906\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/police_intime-1-320x200.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/police_intime-1.jpg\" alt=\"Judo champ\u2019s million mystery\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/police_intime-1-960x600.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n<p>File photo.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>A well-known judo champion, who was not named, was arrested after police found \u20ac1.15 million in cash in supermarket bags in his car, prompting an investigation by the Anti\u2011Narcotics Unit and the Organized Crime Directorate into the money\u2019s origin.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Officers stopped him late Wednesday on the Athens-Corinth highway near Kiato, where the cash was discovered in the trunk and seized.<\/p>\n<p>He told authorities he had traveled from Veria to deliver the money to a fruit\u2011trading businessman in the Peloponnese, also a former wrestling athlete, claiming the sum came from strawberry sales.<\/p>\n<p>A case file was opened for money laundering and tax evasion.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n        var NXFBPixelFunc = function () {\n            document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n            setTimeout(function () {\n                !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                    if (f.fbq) return;\n                    n = f.fbq = function () {\n                        n.callMethod ?\n                            n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                    };\n                    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                    n.push = n;\n                    n.loaded = !0;\n                    n.version = '2.0';\n                    n.queue = [];\n                    t = b.createElement(e);\n                    t.async = !0;\n                    t.src = v;\n                    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n                }(window, document, 'script',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                fbq('init', '109138906120213');\n                fbq('track', 'PageView');\n            }, 0)\n        };\n        document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/news\/1301906\/judo-champs-million-mystery\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>File photo. 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