After eight -month survey and secret penetration of police officers into the “hard” coreELAS revealed the action of a Criminal Organization of 48 people who acted in Crete.
To top of hierarchy they were Two brothers, hotel owners and beach bar in Chaniawith narrow interconnections in the tourism industry. Next to them, according to the case file, one priest and one gym owner. At the base, dozens of “executive instruments”.
Among those arrested is a police officer, Air Force official and Navy Officer. “The role of the police officer seems to have been to provide information and facilities to the circuit,” said ELAS spokesman Konstantia Dimoglidou, adding that the Armed Forces are linked to the armed forces. drug trafficking.
Crete: blackmail, drug and people trafficking, scams – the profile of the criminal organization
The bay with the plot
The case file also includes the case of a local monastery. The two siblings are alleged to sold the land to Israeli investors For 2m euros, with a fake certificate of abbot that the property “did not belong” to the monastery. The abbot is said to have been blackmailed with personal material.
The case is also involved in Archimandrite, who is accused of blackmail. The scandal coincides with disputes on the leadership of the local Church, which remains headless.
A network that ‘controlled everything’
“If you wanted to buy drugs, find weapons or organize an attack for blackmail, you had to contact these two businessmen,” police sources said. ELAS He has seized a number of weapons and drugs in businesses in Chania and Rethymnon.
The range of the case is shocking: businessmen, clergymen, uniforms and local prestigious persons allegedly set up a network that served as a state, with activities from blackmail to illegal real estate sales.
The investigation is continuing, with police examining any further links with local institutions and financial interests.