ANNUAL POLICY REPORT 2012 for residents and visitors in Athens. Regarding the engaged personnel, 2500 policemen/border guards were deployed for the particular operation in Evros region and nearly 2000 policemen in Athens. In Athens, during the operation 'Xenios Zeus', in the presence of prosecutors and with the participation of HCDCP (Hellenic Center for Disease Control and Prevention - KEELPNO) personnel, residences of tens of irregular migrants with substandard conditions of health and security were located. It should be noted that the operations aimed also at curbing other illegal activities, such as prostitution, drugs' smuggling, and organized beggary.114. As far as the geographical extent of the operations is concerned, in August 2012 operations 'Xenios Zeus' took place in the center of Athens, at Larissis Railway Station, in Korinthos; in October 2012 in Patras. Relevant Press Releases regarding the outcomes of the operations were regularly being uploaded on the website of the Hellenic Police Force. In terms of the impact of 'Xenios Zeus' operations, the Hellenic Police Force in a Press Release (10.08.2012) attributed to the operation 'Xenios Zeus' in Orestiada and Alexandroupoli region the observed decrease of irregular entries from the Evros borders, stressing also that respective sources' deployment had not yet been completed. On 31.12.2012 in another Press Release of the Hellenic Police Force, it was noted that police controls in the center of Athens and in the context of 'Xenios Zeus' with regard to the fight against irregular migration had resulted in arresting 65.766 third country nationals of whom 4.145 were brought forth as they did not fulfill legal requirements for staying in the country. It should be reminded that throughout 'Xenios Zeus' operations, control for the legal presence of the arrested aliens in the country is conducted in the detention centres and not 'in the street', so that travel and other documents can be checked for forgery. In total, in 2012, 76.878 third country nationals were arrested for irregular entry and residence115, of whom 30.433 at Greek-turkish land borders and 10.927 at the Greek-albanian front line. Migrants arrested for illegal entry and residence by the Hellenic Police Force and the Hellenic Coastguard Greekalbanian front line 30.433 10.927 Source: Hellenic Police Force 2012 Greek-turkish land borders GreekFYROM front line 1.168 Greekbulgarian front line 365 Crete Rest of the country 2.834 31.151 From the statistics that follow one can deduce a spectacular decrease after 02.09.2012 (http://www.mopocp.gov.gr/index.php?option=ozo_content&lang=&perform=view&id=4337&Itemid=552 ) 114 Press Release, Hellenic Police Headquarters, 4.8.2012. 115 http://www.astynomia.gr/index.php?option=ozo_content&perform=view&id=12080&Itemid=429 &lang= 44