In the past twenty days, the offices of politicians and journalists have received a multi-page memo with information from the SVD about corruption in EL.AS. It is titled “Linking sworn officers to corrupt circles over time” and includes, among other things, blueprints with photographs of uniforms and shooters describing connections between them, titled “Greek Mafia”. The recording of said material in an informal newsletter and its transmission to a small number of recipients cannot in itself be considered unrelated to recent tactical crises in the corps. The prospect of retired officers with long tenures at the helm of the secret services “despite” their desire to remain active has, judging by the time sequence, been the motive for the revelations of the past few days. Especially when the information says that the leak was preceded by “warning shots.” The contacts of officers with oil and cigarette smugglers, the mediation of the leaders of the “Katehaka” and government officials to transfer “mothers” to responsible positions – this is only part of what is described on the pages of an information document, at least part of which is known to “K”.

“Recently seen in the southern suburbs at a meeting with a known cigarette smuggler,” is written next to the name of the constable. “The current scheme has constantly proposed his candidacy for the post of chief of security to control everything, but, fortunately, until today he has been successfully resisted,” the message says next to the name of the senior officer. Accordingly, under the photograph of a former officer who remains active in the MZG environment, there is a note: “Officer placements in responsible services.”

As “leader of all districts,” an attempt is made to describe a senior officer in the corps who, a few months ago, moved to a political position in a mansion on Katehaki Avenue. To reach this conclusion, the authors of the report refer to his telephone conversations with prominent police officer Spyros Papachristou, who was killed in a tavern in Mesogeia in the spring of 2018. phone of a person) the officer seems ready to comply with the requests of Papachristos, who, however, at the same time maintained excellent communication with the Minister for the Protection of Citizens Nikos Toskas and at the same time family and social relations with influential businessmen, members of the SYRIZA – ANEL government, as well as church.

However, the credibility of at least some of the elements recorded in the report has been questioned by sources within the body. They go so far as to talk about “splitting messages” for the purpose of creating an impression. In fact, since the bulletin was allegedly written before the verdicts were passed, they attribute the inconsistencies to an attempt by its editors to hit on specific individuals due to the inevitable changes in the body.

The central role in the “web” of corruption is given secondarily to leaders who in previous years associated their names with the sub-directorate for the prosecution of crimes against life and property (YDEZI), however, without giving specific details. “He was scandalously promoted after his service crippled him,” they write about one of them. “21 contracts for death, unopened by order of St….” on the second c.o.k.

A multi-page unofficial memo with information from the SVD is called “Chronic entanglement of sworn officers in corrupt circles.”

Relations between current and retired EL.AS officers. with people from the underworld – the so-called Greek mafia – was also revealed by the investigation of the Greek Ministry of Justice in the period 2015-2017. And then conversations and suspicious meetings of EL.AS leaders were recorded. with “night” entrepreneurs. “The group was able to infiltrate important Greek police services, providing the necessary cover for shops engaged in illegal activities, funding current high-ranking police officers with the help of retired officers,” the then commander of the Greek police said in his opening remarks. document to the prosecutor Xeni Dimitriou, Yannis Rubatis.

A central role in the functioning of the Greek mafia was assigned by the Greek mafia also to the murdered businessman Dimitris Malamas. He was executed on Athens Avenue in November 2019 in front of policemen who were unofficially involved in his personal protection. The victim allegedly used active and retired police officers to “cover” illegal brothels, gambling clubs, etc. with a million turnover.

However, the information material, which was collected at the time and sent to the prosecutor’s office for corruption, never received the form of the case file. The competent service of internal affairs and, secondly, the Department of Economic Police declared their inability to process it, citing workload. As a result, the police officers involved appeared in court with weak evidence, and it was not until Tuesday that they were cleared of the offense charges. Their indictment on criminal charges is pending, but it is not known if and when it will take place.

Prior to his assassination in June 2022, at a gas station he owns on Marathonos Avenue, he attempted to gain access to the secret services of EL.AS. and oil trader G.M. In early January, the Criminal Investigation Department managed to “crack” the encryption of his mobile phone by tracing his communication with an active police officer. The history of their communications was sent to the Home Office, which apparently included it in a multi-page report said to have been compiled on the eve of the crisis. A separate section has the characteristic title “Long-term involvement of sworn officers with a gang of fuel smuggling.”

“M. bribed a number of members of the Economic Police, the Organized Crime Squad, the Homicide Squad, the Extortion Squad, and the EMP to gain protection,” the unofficial report says. The murdered businessman, like some of the big names who were also killed, allegedly imported chemical solvents from Bulgaria, with which he adulterated fuel at the gas stations he owned. In order to continue his activities unhindered, he needed access to the authorities involved in the prosecution of smuggling. “Icono… (s.s. Economic police) we said the other one that I already gave, think, for Orga … (s.s. Criminal procedural prosecution of organized crime) we give to someone, otherwise you go to extortion… ( s.s. Pursuit of extortionists ) and we are done,” says the message exchanged between the businessman and his police driver in May 2022. It is worth emphasizing that just a few weeks earlier, the competent department of the Economic Police a gas station of his interest, the discovery of hidden tanks and tank trucks used to falsify fuel.In their correspondence between themselves, they refer to information that, if true and not in the context of an internal war, is especially burdensome for several more EL.AS officers.For example, that the slain Dimitris Malamas made valuable gifts to the officers who continue to work for Attica Security There are also references to some of the Katehaki officials who are credited with the role of placing and handing over the uniforms.

And in this section, of course, of the informal message circulated on the eve of crises, one can find certain “inconsistencies”. As an example, a written communication is cited, which says that on May 19 the Economic Police was going to conduct an inspection at a gas station on Kavala Avenue, but the service employees noted that no inspections were carried out during the inspection. the whole of May.

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All details of the newsletter are at the disposal of the Internal Affairs Service, which, on the recommendation of Minister Takis Theodorikakos, was headed by Panagiotis Poupuzas. The Minister’s colleagues, in fact, immediately after a long meeting between them on Thursday morning, announced developments in the next period. And the judge, nevertheless, participates in the investigation after the intervention of the prosecutor of the Supreme Court, Isidoros Dogiakos.