Overview
- Greek police stopped Dalamangas during a routine check and identified him by fingerprints that matched an Interpol Red Notice before taking him into custody.
- Officers raided his farmhouse and seized multiple mobile phones, a laptop, USBs, a bow and arrows and knives while an 86‑year‑old man and a 47‑year‑old woman were detained on harbouring allegations.
- Dalamangas appeared before the Greek Appeals Prosecutor’s Office and his lawyer has argued the 1999 homicide is statute‑barred under Greek law and that his Greek citizenship bars extradition.
- Australian authorities have engaged Hellenic Police and are preparing extradition steps but the Red Notice only permits local detention and any transfer will depend on Greek courts and legal time limits.
- The arrest ends decades of searches that included a failed 2003 extradition bid, a 2007 suspension of Greek proceedings, a AUD$200,000 reward and renewed appeals in 2024 by police and the victim’s family.