The hard core of the organizers of the incidents among those arrested

More than 20 of the 60 arrested so far in the case of the fatal injury of the 31-year-old MAT police officer Giorgos Lyggerridisare the main defendants as instigators, organizers and “team leaders” of the hooligans and not only for this specific case, but for at least 10 more cases of serious incidents in stadiums such as Volos, even in fights with fans of other teams.

According to information, the file that has been filed includes 158 defendants. The arrests have been made not with warrants but in the context of the autoforos, since the charge of the criminal organization is permanent.

For the case, the Head of EL.AS. Lieutenant General Dimitrios Mallios stated:

“In the last 4 months, the Sub-Directorate for Combating Violence in Sports Venues of the Attica Security Directorate, with the assistance of the Criminal Investigations Directorate, conducted an extensive investigation under the utmost secrecy to fully elucidate the criminal hooligan attack in the area of ​​Rentis, which resulted in the death of YAT police officer Georgios Lyggeridis.

As is already known, in order to solve this murderous attack, from the first moment, more than 400 prosecutions had been made, so that no conviction was lost, while one person had been arrested and brought to justice.

Subsequently, the case file compiled included testimony, video and other findings that demonstrated the existence of a criminal organization behind the attack, while confirming a link between sports violence and organized crime.

In particular, evidence emerged of a criminal organization, consisting of 158 members, which, at least since 2019, committed felony and misdemeanor criminal acts and operated mainly in Attica, Volos and Ioannina.

In order to dismantle the criminal organization in question, from the early hours of this morning, as part of the ongoing preliminary investigation, a wide-ranging police operation was carried out, with the assistance of the EKAM. and police dogs, resulting in the arrest of 60 people so far.

At the same time, 58 searches have been carried out in houses and 15 in vehicles and a number of persuasive items such as pistols, wooden bats, knives, drugs, clothing, digital media and others have been seized.

Our commitment to combating sports violence and overall lawlessness is absolute. We will continue to work with plan and determination for the safety of citizens and peaceful coexistence in our society“.

Organized followers, all those arrested and the “leader” of the door of the organized

They are all organized, they all come from the Door of the warm-blooded fans of this particular group and they have all been “burned” by the amount of evidence that the multi-month investigation managed to gather, from depositions, results of Forensic Laboratories from the findings of convictions and analysis of video materials from the indoor gym. In fact, among them is the leader of the door of the specific fans and two more leading executives.

All those arrested face the criminal organization charge with different sub-charges depending on the degree of involvement of each one.

One of the unemployed “team leaders” was caught with 5,000 euros in his pockets

Especially for the main core of the “group leaders” investigations have also been made for money.

In fact, in the possession of one of the directly involved who is unemployed, among other things, they were found and confiscated 5,000 euros which he could not justifywhile in house searches various incriminating and incriminating items, Full Face hoods, etc. have been found and confiscated.

Among those arrested, a defendant who tried to flee the country and was located in Ioannina and the minor brother of the first arrested who allegedly fired the fatal flare. Findings had emerged for both him and the trapper’s manager.

All those arrested are expected to be brought to the prosecutor’s office tomorrow while the operation will continue until as many of the accused as possible are identified.