GREEK authorities are searching for a leading member and former politician of the far-right Golden Dawn party after he evaded arrest.

Police were searching today for Christos Pappas, officially considered a fugitive following Thursday’s court decision ordering a total of 39 people, including 13 former Golden Dawn lawmakers, to be imprisoned after they were convicted of running the party as a criminal organisation.

All but two of the 39 were in custody by Thursday night, having turned themselves in.