The prosecutor is now being driven by the 28 arrested accused of being Members of a criminal organization in Thessaloniki. The defendants, they acted inabout the “cloak” of the far -right collective, committing violence with Racist characteristics, robberies, thefts and a series of other illegal acts.
Among the detainees, members of the far -right organization called “Nationalist Youth of Thessaloniki” or «DEFEND SALONICA»there are several minors who ‘They were recruited’ From its older, adult members. It is noteworthy that about half of the detainees are minors, while another minor was identified, but was not arrested because he is abroad.
The members of the organization Nationalist Youth of Greece or otherwise Defend Salonica They had direct relationships in the past with Golden Dawn and showed their preference to the Nazis.
The arrests were made yesterday during a large police operation in Thessaloniki. From the preceding research that was identified their involvement – whether natural or perpetrators or as mere collaborators – in criminal offenses that were committed from last September to March of this year.
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Reports, however, say that its members have been employed by the authorities and in older incidents, such as in September 2021 in western Thessaloniki, when members of student factions were attacked during anti -racist protest outside school.
The long -term police investigation revealed that the persons involved used a specific online platform for communications, while maintaining many social media accounts through which in many occasions They put forward their far -right rhetoric and their “accomplishments”.
