The leader and dozens of members of Greece's far-right political party Golden Dawn are formally charged overnight Saturday with belonging to a criminal group.<br/> <br />Nikolaos Mihaloliakos and members of his party were led handcuffed by police in bullet proof vests and masks into the prosecutor's office in Athens.<br/> <br />Court officials say the charges stem from evidence linking the party to a string of attacks, including the stabbing to death of an anti-fascist hip hop artist, and an immigrant.<br/> <br />The party boasts a swastika-like symbol, and has risen to become Greece's the third most popular political party on a strict anti-immigrant platform.<br/> <br />The party currently holds 18 seats in parliament.
