![(FILES) In this file photo taken on October 12, 2020 Independent European parliamentarian MP Ioannis Lagos, a top Golden Dawn organiser who defected from the party last year in 2019, after winning a European parliament seat, leaves the courtroom in Athens. Greek MEP Ioannis Lagos, a former leading member of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party, was arrested in Belgium on April 27, 2021 hours after the European Parliament lifted his immunity, Greek police said. / AFP / LOUISA GOULIAMAKI](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/6WHFCOAVMUBJRXVNNQL3HB5NU4.jpg?smart=true&auth=d540e14fcd69482358d10f8d9e12ae0492f50d479b1e7149350ae3edf99b2627&width=400&height=225)
Ioannis Lagos, a former Golden Dawn organiser, defected from the party in 2019 after winning a European Parliament seat. AFP
Ioannis Lagos, a former Golden Dawn organiser, defected from the party in 2019 after winning a European Parliament seat. AFP
Far-right Greek MEP Ioannis Lagos detained in Brussels
Golden Dawn member fled to Belgium to avoid serving 13-year prison sentence
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27 April, 2021