A report included in a 2015 extortion case filed by the Department of Extortion against one of the largest gangs is believed to shed light on her motives. murder journalist Giorgos Karaivaz.

On the basis of this investigation by the “Extortioners” of the Security Council, 37 people were put on trial for selling protection in 150 stores in Attica.

Among those prosecuted was the alleged leader of the group. He is called one of the most “heavy” names of the so-called Greek mafia, which they tried to kill in Vari in 2020.

The hearing began in January 2019 and ended more than two years later, in July 2021, when the court sentenced the alleged ringleader to, among other things, unconditional prison terms. During the course of undercover surveillance, the police recorded a member of the group, nicknamed “The Black” (killed in 2021), who referred to the journalist Giorgos Karaivaz.

He was heard to tell his supervisor that the journalist had given the police a previously unknown phone number, which they used to communicate with each other, helping the investigating authorities to get on the trail. Initially, his statement was at least categorically refuted by security officials.

Here is the relevant quote: “Yes, he (Karaivaz) did it 100% and tomorrow they will also give me the phone number he gave to remove you. Yes, he gave you his, which is closed. It has never been activated.”

In the same conversation, “Cherny” informs his interlocutor that he was informed by an employee of the prosecutor’s office for extortion cases that the group is being investigated by this department. “Now my friend picked me up, went and asked. Indeed, he says that the kitchen has been built (s-s research).”

As mentioned above, the management of the “Extortionist” categorically denied that the journalist told the security forces about the existence of a previously unknown number, which was acquired by the alleged leader of a gang of thugs. However, the fact is that after the brutal murder of Giorgos Karaivaz, the police officers carefully re-read a specific passage from the case file.

However, competent sources clarified yesterday that the materials of the case, on the basis of which two brothers aged 48 and 40 were arrested for manslaughter by complicity, do not specify the motives for the murder and, therefore, the identity of the moral perpetrators. . The same sources found out that two other people were mentioned in the court documents, but were not arrested until yesterday.

However, some information links the two to the same group of thugs who were filed for protection in 150 stores in 2015.