It had started late the previous night. Plakakis was visiting his mother in rural Greece, along with his wife and their three-year-old son. Around midnight, the house phone rang. A woman was on the line, announcing that she wanted to speak to Plakakis, who was outside. Call back in ten minutes, his wife said. When she told him about the call, Plakakis was wary. Hardly anyone knew where he was staying, and he’d made a point of not giving out his mother’s number. The phone rang again. This time, Plakakis listened in silently on another handset as his wife answered. “I’m Mr. Iliopoulos’s
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