Greece is determined to rid its police of ?any racist elements,? Public Order Minister Nikos Dendias told CNN?s Christiane Amanpour.
?We have ordered a full-scale investigation by the internal department of the Greek police,? Dendias said. ?Please allow me to say that we are adamant in our target to clean up the Greek police from any racist elements.?
Elements of the Greek police have been widely criticized as not only targeting minority groups, but being complicit with right-wing groups like the Golden Dawn, which has a neo-Nazi following.
Greece has seen a rise in racist attacks, which are up 20% according over last year, according to the head Greece?s National Commission for Human Rights.
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