The fateful night of the December 7 attack on Rentis, the “team leaders” who roused the rest of the fans and took them out of the stadium to attack the MAT squad, moved towards the platforms where the “NEA 7 LIOSIA” and “KAMATERO” banners.
The fatality followed, for the policeman George Lyggeridis, attack by the organized, with a “rain” of Molotov cocktails and naval flares. These moments are recorded in video documents which Sports Violence analyzed and identified the perpetrators.
The activity of the criminal organization took place mainly in Attica, but there are also cases where, on the occasion of matches of the Olympiakos team outside Attica, criminal acts were committed in the Bullet and at Janina.
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The “civil war” for profits
Power, freedom of movement and financial benefits were enjoyed by the leading group of hooligans.
between the economic benefits that existed, the members of the organization, according to police sources, they asked for sums of money of 20 or 50 euros in canteens operating around the stadiumswhile in case of refusal to pay the corresponding consideration, damages were incurred.
also they sold invitations to fans for matches at a price they set, with the justification of strengthening their “GATE”. They placed themselves in control of the gates of the stadium, as STEWART, thus having the possibility to put fans in the stadium, for a fee that they set each time, depending on the importance of the match.
Also, associations of fans involved in the criminal organization sold t-shirts, calendars, stickers and even flares, while through social networking applications they asked for financial support for legal costs to cover fans arrested for fan violence.
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This was also the main reason that “civil wars” broke out between the fans of the same team, with the scepter of contention between the associations and the areas from which the fans would recruit the leading team and the rest would be forced into submission to her.
The “Pagratians” claimants wanted to take their “doors”
A rival pole that claims the scepters and consequently the financial benefits of the leadership, are the fans mainly from the area of Byron and his Pagkratiou from the regional association, who wish to overthrow them.
Her case is typical of a clash that took place between the two sides on March 3outside the “Karaiskaki” stadium, for which a criminal case was filed.
From the removal of telephone secrets it emerged that the reason for the fight was the attempt to overthrow the leader of the criminal organizationin order to take his “doors”, as the opponents typically said.
At least 10 people from the “Pagratiotes” group took part in the fight, among them are the members of the criminal organization, who are now against their leader, whom they are trying to replace in order to take over the reins themselves.
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An important role in this group was played by a member who, in the summer of 2023, together with 20 other people, tried to impose themselves and overthrow the leadership of the organization by force, but they did not succeed due to their beating. The case of the last fight outside the “Karaiskaki” stadium in this “civil war” also had a negative result, as the leading team managed to prevail over its competitors, even proceeding to the beating them, taking advantage of its numerical superiority.
Tattoo with gang features
The “little ones” as the members of the organization called the fan base could rise in the hierarchy depending on their delinquency and loyalty to the leadership group of the “big ones” as they called her.
Typical is the case of a leading member who, while belonging to the “little ones”, belonged to the organized “YOUNG GROUP” group and for this reason has the corresponding identification tattoo on his body.
