The action of the criminal organization, which has been operating since 2019 and is behind the murder of the MAT police officer George Lygerides the leader of ELAS revealed in his statements Dimitris Hairy.
The criminal organization counts 158 members and they have already been done 60 arrests while the defendants are alleged to have committed felonies and misdemeanors in addition to Attica, Volos and Ioannina.
The statement of the leader of ELAS in detail
“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, has conducted under the utmost secrecy extensive research for the complete clarification of the criminal attack hooligan in the area of Rentis, which resulted in the death of YAT police officer Georgios Lyggeridis.
As is already known, for the investigation of this murderous attack, from the first moment, they had been carried out over 400 introductions, so that no conviction was lost, while a person had been arrested and brought to justice.
Subsequently, the case file compiled included testimonials, videos and other findings which demonstrated the existence criminal organization behind the attack, while confirming its association sports violence with organized crime.
In particular, evidence emerged of a criminal organization, consisting of 158 members, who, at least as of 2019, were felony and misdemeanor offensesand they operated mainly in Attiki, Volos and Ioannina.
In order to deconstruct the criminal organization in question, from the early hours of this morning, as part of the ongoing preliminary investigation, broad police operation, with the assistance 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 house searches and 15 in vehicles and a number of persuasions have been seized such as guns, wooden clubs, knives, drugs, clothing, digital media and other.
Our commitment to combat of sports violence and total iniquity is absolute. We will continue to work with a plan and determination for the safety of citizens and peaceful coexistence in our society.”
Chrysochoidis: Justice will be served
The issue of the arrests was also mentioned by the Minister of Citizen Protection Michalis Chrysochoidisgiving the assurance that justice will be served, as provided for by the Republic and our Constitution.
Speaking at her conference POASSY, after the arrests made for the murder of the policeman, Mr. Chrysochoidis emphasized that the mourning should be turned into action “both for the one who “left” and for those who stay behind. We must review the entire legal regime around the protection of victims of violence and terrorism.”
“Georgos will be with us every day, to remind us how precious human life is and how abhorrent, murderous and destructive violence is for any society”, noted Mr. Chrysochoidis.
At the same time, he sent a message to the parents of Giorgos Lyggeridis, but also to the parents of each victim. “They will not be alone. The Greek Police, but also the whole of Greece will be by your side, so that every day we can fight, fight and fight not only as a society, but also as a Police, to fight crime”, underlined features.
The arrests for the Lyggeridis case
It is reminded that massive police operation led to raids and arrests of dozens of suspects for involvement in a criminal organization and involvement in incidents of sports violence.
Among those arrested for the murder of the 31-year-old policeman Giorgos Lyggeridis from flare to Renti it is also said to be Instigate of the murderous attack, the man who gavewith the order for serious incidents which resulted in the fatal injury of the police officer.
In the sweep operation undertaken by the sports violence sub-directorate, there have been at least 60 arrests.
They took part in the sweeping searches that began on Monday morning twenty prosecutors From all greece. The case was coordinated by the new Organized Crime Prosecutor Dimitris Gyzis.
According to information from government sources, the case file, which was formed, is “huge and very well connected”, while developments are expected in the coming days. The suspects had been preceded removal of telephone and banking privacy.
According to Sky’s report, this is a new case file, with a total of 158 defendantswhich concerns moral authorship in murder of the 31-year-old police officer Giorgos Lyggeridis in Rentis and the criminal organization involved in at least 10 maybe even more incidents of violence and assault at sporting events.
Dozens have evolved home surveys, various persuasions have been seized, important are the elements that have emerged from the declassification of communications as well as the connections of the suspects and the dna results, as well as by persons who wished to submit to witness protection program.
There are several findings such as clothing which were found in the homes of the arrested and identified with the videos of the attacks, but was also identified DNA from burnt clothes that had been found in the toilets of the closed gym, while credentials for matches of the Super League of a certain football team were also found.
According to police sources, most of the arrested are leading members of these associations, with some of them having participated in episodes even 16 years ago. According to police sources, they have been arrested the leadersamong them and the 27-year-old manager (trapper) the organizers (the deputy leaders), the team leaders, the transmitters of ordersn and of the actions, the weapons storekeepers and the people who made up the strike teams.
It’s about leaders of the leadership groups of the associations who apparently orchestrated the incidents. The ELAS sources typically state that they themselves they recruited young people from associations which as roving armies engaged in incidents, assaults and other criminal acts. The “most capable” were selected for participation in more serious crimes, possibly crimes involving the Greek mafia.
As far as the activity of the specific criminal organization is concerned, apparently the incidents in which the “armies” had participated were in Ioannina, Volos, Attica, Malakasa, Ilion, New Philadelphia, Crete and Tripoli. “What happened in the closed gym “Melina Merkouri” according to competent officers it was retaliation for what happened four days earlier in Volos, with the attacks of police forces.
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