Illegal Hellenizations: The “blue”, the “booklet” and the 30,000 euros – How the circuit worked (pics)

A criminal organization of illegal Hellenizations was dismantled, with main action in Attica.

2 individuals were arrested as ringleaders, 9 police officers, a civil servant, a lawyer, a registrar and another 5 individuals as members
In addition, a foreigner was arrested as a customer of the circuit for employee bribery, false certificate and use of false certificate

The case file also includes 195 people, including 21 police officers, 2 retirees, a civil servant and 171 individuals.

After many months and systematic investigation of the Internal Affairs Service of the Security Forces, a criminal organization was dismantled, which was active -mainly in Attica- in the illegal Hellenizations, through the illegal issuance of IDs and passports.

In coordinated police operations, the day before yesterday, Tuesday, November 30, 2021, a total of 20 people were arrested, including the two (2) leaders of the organization, nine (9) police officers, civil servant, lawyer, registrar and another five (5) individuals as members. , as well as an alien as a customer of the circuit.

A case was filed against them for – as the case may be – criminal organization, employee bribery, employee bribery, breach of official confidentiality, forgery, false certificate, forgery and for violations of immigration laws, weapons, drugs, etc.
During the investigation of the case, it emerged that the circuit had developed a hierarchically structured and complex network of collaborators, who under the orders of the head of the organization, were active in issuing genuine (formal) identity cards and passports of Greek citizens, mainly foreigners and foreigners. , many times with a rich criminal record.

For the issuance of the documents they used:
• false information of non-existent persons or
• data of expatriates, who lived permanently abroad or
• details of existing nationals, following a previous false declaration of loss of legal identity card or
• their real identity, through illegal acquisition of Greek citizenship.

By using these documents, the customers of the circuit enjoyed – as the case may be – a number of benefits, namely:
• the concealment of any criminal record,
• their free stay and movement in the country,
• their unimpeded departure from the country and free movement and residence in countries inside and outside the European Union and the Schengen area (SCHENGEN),
• the issuance of driving licenses,
• the compilation of new or the use of existing tax registers with the consequent establishment of companies and enterprises without the payment of the corresponding taxes, as well as
• the conclusion of contracts and contracts of any kind.

The combined evaluation of the collected evidence showed that the activity of the criminal organization is placed from at least April 2013, with the total financial benefit of the network being estimated to exceed 5,000,000 euros.

Regarding the mode of action (“modus operandi”) of the criminal organization, it is noted that each member had a distinct role which – as the case may be – was to attract interested parties, to act as a witness, to provide family status certificates, to issue identity cards, to provide information through searches in electronic applications of the Greek Police or in general in assisting the work of the organization.

Specifically, the “director” of the organization, directed the other members and coordinated their actions, brought the interested parties in contact with the “competent” members of the organization and determined the amount of money that had to be paid for the issuance of the documents.

At the same time, with the assistance of the second leader and employees of municipal registries and registry offices, they were looking for the appropriate family portion, mainly of Greeks returning from countries of the former USSR. or proceeded to prepare such portions, through the declaration of fictitious marriages and births abroad, using forged certificates of foreign authorities.

In addition, he instructed the “clients” in order to declare as a place of residence, an address which falls within the territorial jurisdiction of a specific Security Department or Passport Office, in which the competent police officer was a member of the organization.
Then, using the issued certificate of marital status, the photos and the fees, as well as the presence as a witness of a member of the organization, they went with the interested party to the issuing Authority.

There, the police received the relevant documents and proceeded to the illegal issuance of an identity card or the corresponding procedure for the issuance of a passport.

In addition, as it emerged from the investigation, on a case-by-case basis, the police members of the organization proceeded on behalf of the organization, to locate, through the electronic database of the Hellenic Police, identities that were then used in false identity cards.
During their conversations, the members of the circuit used communication codes with characteristic words for the documents he issued.

Specifically, they referred to the identity card as “blue” and the passport as a “booklet”, while as it turned out, many of the telephone connections they used in issuing the documents were registered telephone connections of members of the criminal organization.

It is noted that, for the issuance of each document, the interested party paid a sum of money of at least 30,000 euros.
From the searches carried out in homes, workplaces, shops, cars as well as from the possession of the arrested, among others, were found and confiscated:

• 2 revolvers, pistol, cartridges and 382 cartridges,
• laptop and 3 tablets,
• central computer unit, hard disk and ssd disk,
• 15 USB, 6 external hard drives, adapters and memory cards,
• gps tracker devices,
• 608,025 euros,
• 37 mobile phones and sim cards,
• digital camera,
• document laminating machine and laminating materials,
• 4 vehicle license plates,
• drug tablets and quantities of cocaine and cannabis,
• APOSTILLE documents, cohabitation agreement deeds, copies of passport and visa pages, stamps, marital status certificates, death certificate, identity card, passports, notebooks, diaries and pocket notebooks, personal notes documents related to identity cards, official identity card for which theft had been reported, blank forms of responsible declaration with genuine signature stamps as well as photocopies of identities and residence permits of aliens.

The detainees, with the case file against them, were taken to the competent Prosecutor, who referred them to the Special Corruption Investigator for a main investigation.

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