Reason for disclosing contacts acting police officers With people of the nightas well as for complaints about the indirect behavior of its officials Ministry of Citizens’ Protection there were recent crises in the house.

A few hours after the start of the proceedings, a high-ranking officer who served in the Direct Action Directorate and was about to retire due to reaching the age limit, accompanied by a lawyer, went to the internal affairs service and committed a serious a complaint. In his affidavit, he claimed that in November 2021, the cyclists of DI.AS. checked a group of young people, among whom was the minister’s son Takis Theodorikakuand found some cannabis in them. The same officer complains that he informed his superiors, from whom he was ordered to “bury” the incident.

Mr. Theodorikakos, as well as the then head of the chamber and the current general secretary of public order, denied what the particular officer allegedly condemned in his statements. Michalis Karamalakis. The minister spoke about “dirt” and “wretchedness”, noting that nothing reprehensible was found during the police check. He directly connected this case with the resignation of the head of the Ambulance Service, as well as the previous head of the SVD, against whom the complaint was directed.

Sources with knowledge of the subject indicate that the complainant lobbied to raise the retirement age with the police so that he would remain in the corps. In his efforts, he also met with the top management of Katehaki, but ultimately his request was not granted. The development that angered him led him to report an incident that supposedly happened over a year ago. The same sources report that the officer provided seven photographs, which, according to one version, confirm the allegations. As on Thursday, after his sworn statement, tensions arose in the Main Department of Internal Affairs, where the newly appointed head of the department went.

Communications

However, the reaction of the leadership of the MZG, namely Mr. Theodorikakos, was also caused by the publication of the newspaper “To Vima” about the contacts of active police officers with people and businessmen involved in cases of “night” and death contracts.

Some of the messages that have seen the light of day are related to findings from a former police officer’s cell phone. Spyros Papachristouwho was killed outside the Kritikos tavern in Mesogeia in May 2018. His mobile phone was sent to the competent Greek police for investigation. period after the murder of a journalist Giorgos Karaivazspring 2021. All messages of Papachristos through the WhatsApp application have been extracted from the history of the device, including those with the highest officer of the Greek armed forces.

In them, a murdered ex-cop allegedly asks for some favors on behalf of a fuel dealer, and the police general replies “Spyro, immediately” and “Spiro, whatever you want, immediately.”

Although the materials of the Papakhristu murder case have been submitted to the prosecutor’s office for more than a year, the leadership of the Ministry of Defense declared that they did not know the content of the conversations.

Mobile “spoke”

It turned out that the owner of the oil company, who was killed in May 2022 in its gas station on Marathonos avenue, with the murder of which EL.AS connects. with the “night” war and organized crime. The victim’s mobile phone was sent to a crime lab, and just a month ago, the police service managed to break the encryption and extract from the history of the messages that he exchanged. Among which are those with an active policeman who, according to informationin fact, he was the head of his personal guard.

From their contents – the prosecutor’s office sent them to the Ministry of Internal Affairs ten days ago – it is clear that they are trying to put powerful police officers in key positions, such as the Financial Police and the Organized Crime Sub-Department. Both Mr. Theodorikakos and Deputy Minister of Civil Protection Lefteris Economou told their interlocutors that the outgoing head of the internal affairs service did not inform them of the specific findings of the investigation. Mr. Theodorikakos, in fact, from the hall of the Parliament, responding to the criticism of the head of SYRIZA Chr. Spircis said the officer had stopped informing him since last September.