It is alleged that the activities of five of their sworn associates, who were arrested by the police on charges of smuggling migrants, were a common secret among those who served in Didymoteicho.

In fact, it is possible that their colleagues condemned their actions, considering them unjust enrichment.

As part of the investigation, the police even recorded the conversations of the border guards, from the content of which it is easy to conclude that they were disturbed by the fact that the alleged criminals were earning money illegally.

– Border guard A: “Deep down, I think that for most of them it gives them the fact that they will leave the service with 200 and 300 thousand.”

– Border guard B: “Maybe not, maybe I think so too.”

– Border guard A: “What can you do, mathematical precision.”

But even the defendants themselves, from their conversations, one gets the impression that they were looking for ways to hide the money earned from their illegal activities.

One of them is heard saying to his interlocutor: “Grace, should I justify myself if they tell me where you got this money from?” It must be seen in Poten Ashes. The car must be credit, because I have no collateral anywhere, will they say where did you find this money and take it?

In fact, police officers found in the homes of two of the five detainees a debit card from a Lithuanian bank, which allows transactions in different currencies without a commission for foreign currency exchange.

According to EL.AS. it is “a convenient tool for the payment of benefits.” Five police officers from the Didimoticho Border Agency were arrested on Monday after a five-month investigation. Their activities are estimated to have started since at least October 2022, and the investigation found that on at least 12 occasions they helped illegal immigrants enter Greece for a fee. More than 26,000 euros in cash were found in their homes (the most in the home of one of them), as well as US dollars, Turkish liras and banknotes from Asian countries.

The persecuted formed a “special control group” and carried out patrols along the Greek-Turkish border, always in the same composition. Leader The alleged leader, a 54-year-old police officer, had contact with traffickers on Turkish soil.

The latter informed him about when and from what point of the border illegal immigrants were going to cross. He, in turn, informed the police – his accomplices and at the same time made sure that there were no Frontex or Army officers near the crossing. Even when the persecuted police officers were off duty, for example due to sick leave, they were sure to participate in the operations planned by the alleged “mastermind” along the border.

In addition, they misled their colleagues who serve in the video control department and spy abroad with long-range thermal imaging cameras. They were specifically told that, as part of the Hellenic Republic’s special operation, the plan was to allow illegal immigrants to enter the country. In addition, two of the five prosecuted had an alibi that in the period 2018-2019 they served as seconded in the EMP echelon on Evros.

“Let’s not lose the suitcase, suitcase. I told him to go outside. Let her leave it there and I’ll go after her now. Let him get a little out on the road yonder, let him go and go. Let him put it aside for a while, go inside and hide, ”is one of the recorded conversations of the suspects, to which the employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs attribute investigative interest. “Now they have passed and left her. Get in and I’ll stop further to pick her up,” they can be heard talking in another conversation between them.

Yesterday, five police officers brought to criminal responsibility appeared before the prosecutor.