 
<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 4pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\" lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">The</span></span><span style=\"font-family: \'Times New Roman\',\'serif\'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\" lang=\"EN-US\"> <span>action</span> <span>of organized criminal networks</span> <span>involved</span> <span>in</span> <span>various criminal</span> <span>activities such as</span> migrants <span>smuggling</span>, illicit tobacco trade and <span>drugs trafficking</span> <span>etc.</span> <span>is</span> <span>a main</span> <span>feature of</span> societies in the recent years. <span>Main</span> <span>task</span> <span>of the state was</span> <span>and</span> <span>is to protect</span> <span>society</span> <span>from internal and</span> <span>external threats</span>. <span>This</span> <span>is ensured by</span> <span>institutions</span> that had been <span>set up by the</span> <span>State</span>. <span>One of</span> <span>the most important institutions</span> <span>of the</span> Hellenic <span>State</span> <span>is the</span> Hellenic Coast Guard (HCG).</span></p>
 