The Hellenic Data Protection Authority has approved the installation of security cameras at public monuments to protect them from acts of vandalism or the possibility of theft. Several cases have been recorded lately when unknown suspects removed bronze busts of historically important figures around the country and profited from melting them and selling the expensive metal anew as raw material. The security system to be installed in the future will be strictly monitoring the monument and not the nearby surroundings, as explained by the Authority.
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