The Prime Minister was chaired at a meeting at the Organized Crime Management Directorate
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was found in the Attica General Police Department, who was chaired by a meeting at the Organized Crime Management Division (AIO). Him Kyriakos Mitsotakis The Minister of Citizen Protection Michalis Chrysochoidis and the Director of the “Hellenic FBI” Fotis Douitsis was welcomed and was informed of the activity of the particular management.
In a statement, Mr Mitsotakis stressed: “I am primarily here today to convey to you my satisfaction and thanks for the very important successes that, in a relatively short time, this management has managed to show off.”
He also said that “I remember when we were talking to the minister a while ago and presented this organizational initiative, I hugged her and supported her immediately. And I also remember the suspicion with which the announcement of the creation of the DOO was addressed when it was a few months ago.
You have succeeded and denied, I would say, the systematic critics of this government’s action and have proven to have to play a very essential role in tackling organized crime. “
The prime minister then said that “I want to stand in particular on the two companies you mentioned in dealing with this very large network of illegal tobacco products, which had a clear interconnection with what we called Greek Mafia, but also in the very effective first business you did to deal with it for the handling And he added: “I think this is the best proof that when I first talked about this concept of legality everywhere, we meant it. And you have shown successes and solved in a relatively short period of time, cases that have long shaken the public debate, but we have not been able to show those satisfactory results. “
Mr Mitsotakis said that “I want to dwell on my way to the need for the best possible exploitation of partnerships with foreign services. It is something that you are already doing very effectively, as we are well aware that organized crime has no borders and will always try to be one step ahead of any persecution.
And to point out with great emphasis on the priority I give in the use of technology and especially artificial intelligence, so that we can better process information and consequently more targeted actions and more satisfactory results. “
The prime minister also added: “I am glad you are moving in this direction and you will have the support and my own in further strengthening the service both with equipment and with such modern technological tools.
And I am also in a discussion with the Minister to be able to find a way in which there will be additional financial support of your service, depending on the results you bring. “
“I think it’s fair, part of the benefit of the state budget, which is relatively quantified to be able to return to you but mainly to management executives, so that you feel that there is a, not only moral but material recognition of the very important work you do.
So keep sending this message that there are no avatas, that there are no gangs and criminal organizations that are beyond the law, “Mr Mitsotakis said, adding:” To express my satisfaction with the excellent cooperation you have and with the prosecutors, because you Protect not only the state budget from huge revenue, but especially for citizens to feel safe. Consumers know that there is a state that cares for them and protects them. So again congratulations from the heart for your work and good continuity. “
For his part, Michalis Chrysochoidis spoke of a very large, extremely strong adequacy of the service in terms of its operational capacity, stressing that a few days ago she did two large companies at the same time. This has two results, the minister said, one concerns the protection of the state budget, public resources and the second being consumer protection.
It is one step by the government to protect the interest of citizens and to secure resources to pursue social policy, he said.