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Vassilis Palaiokostas ((ギリシア語:Βασίλης Παλαιοκώστας)); born 1966 at Moschofyto, Trikala regional unit is a Greek fugitive who escaped by helicopter twice from the Greek high-security Korydallos prison while serving a 25-year sentence for kidnapping and robbery. He is believed to have been the mastermind of the kidnapping of Giorgos Mylonas, a Greek industrialist, as the ransom paid was traced back to him. In 2000 he was convicted for the 1995 kidnapping of Alexander Haitoglou, the CEO of Haitoglou Bros, a food company in Northern Greece and sentenced to 25 years in prison. His brother, Nikos Palaiokostas, is in prison for 16 bank robberies. The government of Greece faced intense criticism after his second escape from the same facility, and the government responded by firing three justice ministry officials and arresting three prison guards.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Greek government criticised over prison break )〕 What makes him famous in his hometown is the fact that it is said that he has given most of the stolen money to poor families, making him a local "Robin of the Poor", reminiscent of the famous tale of Robin Hood. His actions have also garnered him the title "uncatchable". == 2006 escape == Two accomplices hired a trip on a sight-seeing helicopter from Agios Kosmas, a coastal suburb of Athens. They hijacked the helicopter using a pistol and hand grenade, and forced the pilot to fly to the prison.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Industrialist's abductors nabbed )〕 When the helicopter arrived, guards believed the helicopter was a visit from prison inspectors.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Paleokostas repeats helicopter escape )〕 The helicopter flew the prisoners to a cemetery nearby, where they transferred to motorcycles and fled from there. Palaiokostas was re-captured two years later, on August 2, 2008,〔 in Thessaloniki. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vassilis Palaiokostas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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