One of Australia's Most Wanted Men Arrested in Greece
Greek police arrested the long-sought suspect after Australian authorities offered a $200,000 reward and renewed appeals before a statute of limitations deadline.
- On Sunday, Australian fugitive James Dalamangas was arrested in Aigio, Greece, ending a 27-year search for the man wanted over the 1999 fatal stabbing of George Giannopolous at a Sydney nightclub.
- Dalamangas fled shortly after the Anzac Day stabbing in 1999, evading Australian authorities for decades while living under the pseudonym Anthonios Tzimas on a secluded Greek farm property.
- Local authorities took the 55-year-old into custody at a house secured by high walls and guard dogs, while police also arrested his father and partner for allegedly harboring a criminal.
- New South Wales Police said they are "encouraged" by the arrest and are collaborating with federal and Hellenic law enforcement to initiate extradition proceedings to return the suspect to Australia.
- Australian authorities previously offered a $200,000 reward for information leading to capture, having failed to extradite the suspect in 2003 before launching a final public appeal in 2024.
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Brisbane TimesJames Dalamangas arrested in Greece
One of Australia's most wanted men is wanted over the fatal stabbing of a Sydney man in 1999.
Fugitive James Dalamangas Wanted for 1999 Sydney Murder Arrested in Greece
James Dalamangas was arrested in Aigio, Western Greece, ending a 27-year cold case. File photo. Credit: AMNA Greek authorities have arrested a 55-year-old Greek-Australian fugitive wanted for a 1999 murder in Sydney, ending a 27-year international manhunt. James Dalamangas, the target of a longstanding Interpol Red Notice, was apprehended in the Peloponnesian town of Aigio, near Patras, where he had been living off the grid under a false identit…
The 56-year-old had fled to Greece immediately after the murder of fellow Greek George Giannopoulos in 1999 in Sydney, changed his identity and for years lived in a village in Aegialia under the name "Antonis Tzimas".
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