A Greek organised crime operation has arrested Choriatiko bakery chain owner Angelos Giannakopoulos over an alleged tax fraud scheme worth millions of euros. Investigators from the Directorate for Combating Organised Crime detained Giannakopoulos on Sunday shortly after his return to Greece from Dubai, after earlier attempts to arrest him were delayed. Police also detained an accountant believed to have played a key role in the alleged criminal organisation, and further arrests are expected in the coming days. Choriatiko runs dozens of bakeries across Attica and other parts of Greece, including Volos, operating through a mix of company-owned outlets and franchises. Giannakopoulos has a previous criminal history. He was arrested in 2010 as the alleged mastermind of a human trafficking network and was convicted in 2015. That trafficking case involved bringing women to Greece, primarily from Eastern European countries including Russia, Ukraine and Moldova, and exploiting them in Athens nightclubs linked to Giannakopoulos. The women entered on tourist visas before being forced to work as dancers and into prostitution, with the case alleging violence or threats tied to debts. In 2015, Giannakopoulos received a sentence of 10 years and six months for participation in a criminal organisation, professional human trafficking and laundering proceeds. Several other people were convicted alongside him. His appeal suspended enforcement of the prison term, and he was later released after posting bail of hundreds of thousands of euros, with restrictive conditions during the appeal process. His name also surfaced in a separate criminal investigation in 2025 involving associates of Edik, or “The Voice”, where he was alleged to have been targeted by an extortion racket demanding about 200,000 euros per month in protection payments. Giannakopoulos is currently under arrest as police continue the multimillion-euro tax fraud operation, with more arrests expected.