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Police to crack down on drunken British |
In the past few years, the number of British getting into trouble with the law in Greece has increased as well as the number who fall victim to crime, including rape, because they have had too much to drink.
In May, a Greek court allowed a group of 17 British tourists in Crete to go free after they were arrested for wearing nun costumes and allegedly flashing their backsides at residents in Malia on the southern Mediterranean island of Crete.
The tourist resort of Malia, as well as the Faliraki in Rhodes and Kavos on Corfu, are notorious for attracting boisterous visitors who visit each year in large numbers, the majority from Britain.
Officers from the islands of Rhodes, Crete, Zakynthos and Corfu will meet with their British counterparts on July 23 on Zakynthos to discuss the measures further.
The Britons were arrested in Hania a resort that is very popular with young travellers and has a long tradition of drunken tourist antics.
It was not clear whether the Britons were male or female, or whether they were attending a stag or hen party.
Like most Mediterranean resort towns, Hania, which is known locally as Chania, is well used to the boisterous visitors who visit each year in numbers, many of them from the UK.
The website of the local tourism authority states: "There is an ongoing struggle in Chania to preserve heritage and to adapt it to our contemporary life preventing it from fading and becoming extinct.
"The journey ahead is long and arduous but the strength and the perseverance of the Cretan seems capable of overcoming any obstacle."
