Greek police close in on the perpetrator behind the murder of a police reporter. Giorgos Karaivaz according to Secretary General of the Special Guard Stratos Mavridakos.

“The big stake for the Greek police and the officers involved in this case is, and I believe it will happen, that is, we are very close to finding the moral offender, the one they call “in the square”, who put money on the table for a death contract for one of the most capable police editors in Greece,” he said, speaking to the First Programme, suggesting more arrests would follow.

Mr Mavridakos added that the moral offender appears to be a “common criminal law” criminal and a man of the night. “I think that some message from him or somewhere among the groups that were killed, some contact that George could have and know some things, led him to this, because some people did not want to be heard or have some evidence. in George’s hands to expose them. And from the legal connections that were established, it seemed that they might be afraid (….) that Karaivaz was talking to some police officers about things that he knew. This, too, could scare them into something,” the head of the Special Guard estimated.

With regard to the period before the first arrests in the case, Mr. Mavridakos noted that the police had been slandered by parts of the press and political parties, given that the competent authorities had no evidence. “A thorough investigation was carried out,” he commented, noting that more than 350 videos had to be analyzed.

“And most importantly, two have already been arrested in a criminal case. connected and not with testimony, but with evidence before the prosecutor, he wants to work,” he added.

Route of journalistic executioners

The route followed by the perpetrators of the crime. on the day of the execution of the journalist, but also the day before, is described in the EL.AS dispatcher.

After analyzing the visual material collected by CCTV cameras in the Alimos area, police investigators. succeeded in deciphering the movements of those involved, displaying the route followed by both the scooter that the natural criminals rode and the white van that played a supporting role.

As mentioned in previous days, the perpetrators of the crime were discovered in the Alimos area on the day of the journalist’s murder, as well as the day before. As it turned out from the visual material, April 8, 2021 (one day before the execution)the white van was first recorded in the area at 13:25 and the scooter was first recorded in the area at 13:46, approximately 21 minutes apart.

The van was last seen in the Alimos area at 13:35, and the scooter was last seen in the same area and specifically moving towards Megistis Street at 13:48, i.e. 13 minutes late. Then for both cars there is a “pause in the review”, which lasts about 2 hours. The two cars are then captured simultaneously at 15:30 on the CCTV camera located at 27 Poseidon Street in Alimos moving towards Piraeus (from Alimos).

As it turned out as a result of a survey of people in the working environment of Giorgos Karaivaz, on April 8, 2021, a journalist he left work about half an hour before the usual time his departure and returned home at 13:28 pm.

Route of the criminals on the day of the murder