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is considered to be a threat to the Greek’s organization briefly, before Vondas and the Greek decide he knows too little about their actual identities to be sure. Nick identifies the Greek in a photo and Sergei is pressured to give up the location of his hotel suite, Vondas and the Greek have already
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Marlo eventually sells himself as Joe's replacement by convincing the Greek that he requires an insurance policy in the form of a replacement for
Proposition Joe, in the event that anything should happen to him. Realizing that Stanfield will move against Stewart regardless of his approval, the Greek
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The Greek recognizes that the investigation is too extensive to stop and plans to leave, sending Vondas to assure
Proposition Joe that supply of drugs would continue albeit with new faces. He attempts to buy Sobotka's silence with promised legal aid for his son, but when he learned from Koutris that
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As the investigation continues, the police link Eton and Sergei to the drug smuggling operation. When police begin tracking containers as they leave the port, the Greek and Vondas close down the operation temporarily by dumping their cell phones and stealing "clean" containers. Persuading
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organization, including narcotics and human trafficking. The Greek is a mysterious figure involved in numerous criminal activities. His given name is never mentioned on the show and he is known only as the Greek, although he stated that he is not actually Greek.
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keep the smuggling operation going, the Greek buys further protection from Agent
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and Claude
Diggins) and collapsed the air pipe on the container to kill the remaining women by stifling them. The Greek has Sergei track the crewman down, interrogates him personally, and has Vondas kill him.
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580:. Season 5. Episode 10. HBO.
388:. Season 4. Episode 13. HBO.
534:. Season 5. Episode 5. HBO.
488:. Season 5. Episode 4. HBO.
456:. HBO. 2008. Archived from
438:. Season 5. Episode 2. HBO.
406:. HBO. 2006. Archived from
285:Spiros "Vondas" Vondopoulos
188:raw unencumbered capitalism
169:Spiros "Vondas" Vondopoulos
25:Greek Theatre (Los Angeles)
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118:In-universe information
27:. For the painter, see
23:. For the theater, see
16:Character from The Wire
1178:Fictional Greek people
1158:Fictional crime bosses
1098:Awards and nominations
1078:Stanfield Organization
1068:Barksdale Organization
192:Sergei "Serge" Malatov
134:International smuggler
33:Greek (disambiguation)
31:. For other uses, see
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211:"White Mike" McArdle
136:Organized crime boss
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1163:Fictional gangsters
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968:Politicians
835:Omar Little
714:Kima Greggs
598:. HBO. 2008
552:. HBO. 2008
506:. HBO. 2008
480:Transitions
363:20 December
324:. HBO. 2004
277:Omar Little
184:David Simon
102:David Simon
1147:Categories
986:Clay Davis
940:Stevedores
850:Cutty Wise
749:Bill Rawls
692:Characters
602:2008-03-10
556:2008-02-05
510:2008-02-05
464:2008-01-22
414:2007-10-17
328:2006-08-16
308:References
226:Season two
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812:Criminals
221:Biography
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149:drama
123:Gender
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