Lyggeridis murder: A criminal organization with 158 members behind the attack – Those arrested were operating in Attiki, Volos Ioannina | News, news about GREECE

A criminal organization with 158 members, operating since 2019, is behind the murder of MAT police officer Giorgos Lyggeridis. According to a statement by the head of the Police, Dimitris Malliou, 60 arrests have already been made, while the accused have allegedly committed felonies and misdemeanors in addition to Attica, Volos and Ioannina.
The investigation by the Authorities concerns both the case of the murder of the young policeman outside the stadium in Rentis and other incidents of fan incidents.

In particular, information indicates that some of the incidents in which some of the arrested are allegedly involved relate to the incidents that took place in early December at the match Volos – Olympiacosin what took place during the recent match between Olympiakos and Aris as well as in what happened last December in Ioannina in the match between Olympiakos and the local team.

An unemployed “team leader” had 5,000 euros in his pockets

All those arrested come from the door of the organized followers of the particular group and face the criminal organization charge with different sub-charges depending on the degree of their involvement. Among those arrested is the minor brother of the accused for launching the deadly flare, as well as the manager of a well-known trapper.

The evidence that has been found against those arrested is numerous and “burns” those directly involved with the violent episodes of that night, as all these months they have been identified through the findings from the Forensic Laboratories as well as from the analysis of the video materials.

Especially for the main core of the “group leaders” investigations have also been made for money. In fact, in the possession of one of the directly involved, who is unemployed, 5,000 euros were found and confiscated, which he could not justify. One of them was arrested in Ioannina in his attempt to escape the country.

Video with what the Chief of Police Dimitris Mallios said:

The statement of Mr. Mallios follows:

“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 a plan and determination for the safety of citizens and peaceful coexistence in our society.”

Chrysochoidis: Justice will be served, as provided by our Democracy and Constitution

The assurance that justice will be served, as provided by Democracy and Constitution us in his case Giorgos Lyggeridis the Minister of Citizen Protection gave Michalis Chrysochoidis

Speaking at a special event of POASY (Panhellenic Federation of Police Officers), for Giorgos Lyggeridis and his platoon, which coincided with the arrest operation for his murder, Mr. Chrysochoidis he emphasized that 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.” The event took place in the presence of George Lyggeridis’ parents and sister.