The Greek Police have made 60 arrests in the context of the large and targeted police operation which started on Sunday evening by the Sub-Directorate for Combating Violence in Sports Venues in collaboration with other services of EL.AS. after the fatal injury with naval flare of the 31-year-old police officer Giorgos Lyggeridis, at December 7, 2023 outside Rentis’ indoor gym, where a volleyball match was taking place.
Lumpy case file
The Leader of EL.AS stated about the case that the Sub-Directorate for Combating Violence in Sports Venues of the Attica Security Directoratewith the assistance of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations, conducted an extensive investigation under the utmost secrecy for the complete elucidation of criminal attack hooliganism in the area of Rentis, which resulted in the death of the policeman.
Referring to the case, to solve it murderous attackfrom the first moment, had been carried out over 400 additionsso it doesn’t get lost no convictionwhile one person had been arrested and taken to justice.
Subsequently, the case file compiled included testimonials, video and other findings which demonstrated the existence of a criminal organization behind the attack, while confirming the association of sports violence with organized crime.
The data on the criminal organization
He emphasized that evidence emerged of a criminal organization, consisting of 158 memberswhich, at least as of 2019, were held felony and misdemeanor offenses and they operated mainly in Attiki, Volos and Ioannina.
In order to deconstruct the criminal organization in question, from the early hours of this morning, it was carried out, in the context of the ongoing preliminary investigationbroad police operation, with the support of E.K.A.M. and police dogs, resulting in an arrest, so far 60 people.
At the same time, they have been carried out 58 searches in houses and 15 in vehicles and have been confiscated variety of persuasions such as guns, wooden bats, knives, drugs, clothing, digital media and more.
The identifications of those arrested
Among those arrested are three chiefly members specific Door of his followers Olympiakou. These individuals allegedly gave orders and distributed them roles in this criminal organization which examines the Policeas stated by Mina Karamitrou in the OPEN. The three specific arrestees have employ also many times the Authorities but also the Directorate for Combating Sports Violence.
At the same time, in the case investigated by Principlesthere was a video where his organized people were seen Olympiakou at the time they left the stadium and went outside to cause the incidents. In the searches carried out by the authorities in the houses, clothes identified in the video, worn by the specific people that day, were found.
Also on that fateful night, some people caught up and went to the toilets to burn their evidence. Forensic laboratories, however, found fingerprints on these burnt clothes DNA to identify those persons included in the case file.
Tomorrow (23/4) they will all be taken to prosecutor Athens on charges of moral complicity in homicide and the creation of a criminal organization. It should be noted that it is not only the case of the murder with which the arrested are identified, as there are ten other incidents of violence, in Bullet, Larissa and Piraeus which are thoroughly investigated.
The brother of the self-confessed murderer and trapper manager among those arrested
Over 50 people have been brought in and arrested since Principles who participated in the policeman’s murder. Among those arrested is one 16 year old, brother of the 18-year-old who confessed to throwing a naval flare that allegedly fatally wounded the officer. Among the arrested he is also a manager of a well-known trapper.
However business The police investigation is ongoing as more people are being sought. In total 150 people are included in the case file. The arrests are not just about murder as there are also offenses related to sports violence.
