Rentis-Murder Lyggeridis: Correlation of sports violence with organized crime – Greece

The head of the Greek Police, Dimitrios Mallios, gave details of the police operation with the dozens of arrests for the case of the murder of the police officer Giorgos Lyggeridis in Rentis.

With his statement, he emphasized that the survey completedon the occasion of the death of the policeman in Renti has led to 60 arrests up to now.

At the same time, he emphasized that 58 houses and 15 cars were searchedwith the authorities having moved on in the seizure of a large number of objects that are considered convincing for the establishment of a criminal organization, which consists of 158 members.

The statement of the leader of ELAS: Under extreme secrecy

“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».