Kostas Passaris, the Greek national, shocked the entire country in 2001 when he cold-bloodedly shot two security guards at a currency exchange office in the capital and fled with the money. He is currently serving a life sentence in prison but lives a comfortable life behind bars with the money he has in his account.
Passaris, who has killed seven people and committed a string of armed robberies in Greece and Romania, seems to lack nothing in detention. He permanently has access to substantial sums of money in an account managed by the Penitentiary Administration.
On the night of November 24th to 25th, 2001, Passaris killed two security guards at a currency exchange office in Piața Romană. He escaped with approximately 575 million lei. Two days later, he was captured in an operation by the Romanian Police, was sentenced to life imprisonment, and amassed money he is now compelled to spend behind bars.
He Wanted to Impress a Prostitute At the time of the crimes in Romania, Passaris was wanted by Greek authorities after evading using a pistol he received from a Romanian inmate.
He had previously escaped twice from Greek prisons and had on his list of victims two fatally shot police officers and three other individuals killed during the robberies.
In February 2001, he was arrested by the Athens Police for qualified murder, attempted murder, and kidnapping but managed a spectacular escape.
He feigned an epileptic seizure and was transported to a hospital, where two members of his group, apparently of Romanian origin, opened fire on the police, and Passaris disappeared in a ‘Lancia’ car he hijacked, threatening the car owner with a pistol.
Before the November 2001 attack, Passaris had committed another robbery in Galați.
The attack at the ‘Nova 2000’ currency exchange office on Domnească Street in Galați took place on the evening of November 13th, 2001. Two attackers injured the cashier and the security guard and fled with approximately 90,000 lei.
The investigation revealed that at the time of the double crime in Piața Romană, Passaris was drugged and had attempted to impress a prostitute he had recently met.
He Fought the State and Won Thousands of Euros Captured by the Capital’s Homicide Police, Passaris was definitively sentenced to life imprisonment two years later and incarcerated at the maximum-security Arad Penitentiary.
From Arad, Passaris was transferred to prisons in Gherla and Craiova.
In Gherla, he claimed to have been persecuted and sued the Romanian state, winning compensation of 14,000 euros. He claimed to have been tied to a bed for two years, had constant light in his cell day and night, and was deprived of privacy.
In Craiova Penitentiary, Passaris is one of the wealthiest inmates. In his account, managed by authorities, he has accumulated approximately 60,000 lei, money transferred by the Greek diplomatic representation in Romania.
As a prisoner, Passaris cannot spend more than three-quarters of the gross minimum wage in a week.
Among the details of his life in prison, it stands out that Passaris reportedly tends to play violent video games on a console, using the TV as a monitor.
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