The most dangerous prisoner in Romania, Kostas Passaris, puts the law enforcement in the penitentiary system on fire. He was transferred with special security measures from Arad to Craiova.
Konstantinos Passaris, nicknamed the “Beast from the Balkans”, was found guilty in July 2003, in Romania, of murdering a cashier from a currency exchange office in Bucharest and a bodyguard. He was sentenced to life imprisonment.
Passaris had been wanted by Interpol since June 2001 for murder and involvement in other violent crimes committed in Greece. He also killed 2 police officers during a prison break.
Because of this, law enforcement officials decided Passaris was a dangerous inmate and held him in several maximum security prisons.
Now, he has been moved from the prison in Arad to the maximum security penitentiary in Craiova. Increased security measures were taken there in view of previous escape attempts.
Sources from the Penitentiary Administration say that Passaris is constantly looking for security breaches, but Craiova prison officials say they have prepared to keep Passaris under observation.
He is monitored 24 hours a day and is taken out of the cell under very strict conditions.
Publisher: MB
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