Video documents the action of the two Serbs who “emptied” jewelry stores using the “rififi” method and were members of the organization “Pink Panthers” secured and presents the protothema.gr.
The gang was dismantled by police officers of the Property Crimes Prosecution Department of the Attica Security Directorate and, as emerged from the investigation, the arrested they have been operating since at least last December and managed to make a profit greater than theirs 315,000 euros.
So far, two cases of break-ins in shops in the center of Athens have been solved and the investigation is ongoing.
In the first video document shows the “invasion” made by the “mice” on December 29 in a jewelry store located on Kolokotroni Street in Athens. As can be seen in the images, the perpetrators entered through the hole they opened in the wall and removed a lot of jewelry and gold, the value of which amounts to 169,000 euros.
The second video shows the “burglary” committed by the defendants in a jewelry store in Omonia Square on March 21, 2024. The perpetrators entered with a “rififi” and removed a large amount of jewelry and gold, the value of which exceeds 147,000 euros.
The modus operandi
In terms of their action, the defendants identified the target stores, carried out surveillance and then, drew up their action plan in order to enter them and remove jewels and gold. Subsequently, they apparently had the appropriate channeling network for the stolen items, making a profit greater than 315,000 euros.
The approach to jewelry stores was made in the evening hours. In one case moving on foot, while in the other, they approached the area by car, which they parked several meters away, thus avoiding their connection with the car and their discovery.
The choice of jewelry stores was not accidental, since in both cases there was an empty – abandoned building right next to it, which the perpetrators initially entered, thus avoiding being noticed by any person, since these were buildings that had no visitors.
A very basic characteristic of this group was the way of breaking. In particular, the individuals proceeded to break into the jewelry stores using the “rififi” method, i.e. opening a hole in the wall between the abandoned building and the jewelry store, through which they entered the store.
Inside the stores, only one of the perpetrators entered, who initially crawled on the floor, thus managing not to activate the alarm’s motion detectors and removing the jewelry-gold.
Finally, in both cases, at the point of the adjacent jewelry shops where the perpetrators opened the hole, they placed pieces of fabric on the floor, apparently to minimize the noise from the pieces of the wall falling to the floor. After completing their actions, they would exit the abandoned buildings and walk away, carrying the bags of loot with them.
Characteristic of the attention they showed but also of the professionalism that distinguishes them, is the repeated surveillance of jewelry stores – targets which they wanted to break into. In this way, they observed the conditions prevailing in the area thus minimizing the possibility of being noticed. Also, all their sightings took place at night when the shops were closed and commercial traffic was limited.
For their movements, they use forged or falsified documents, while they travel separately and in different ways to avoid the possibility of being arrested together. For their road trips, they use either vehicles with foreign license plates from different countries or vehicles from the respective country, which are registered in the names of other people, usually with a clean criminal record.
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