It is in full development large-scale police operation of the Athens Security Directorate of the Attica Security Directorate, with the participation of 200 police officers in various areas of Attica, Thessaloniki and Ilia for the dismantling of a criminal organization that trafficked illegal immigrants and produced false travel documents.

This is a criminal organization with a particular scope of action as its involvement has so far emerged

  • In the trafficking of at least 2,200 foreigners to and from Greece,
  • In issuing over 2,500 legalization documents for a monetary fee
  • In the preparation of over 8,000 fake travel documents

Also, the one in question criminal organization had professional forgery training structures and so far they have been found 5 laboratories with a number of fake documents and their training materials, while 10 accommodation apartments for foreigners were also identified.

Additionally, they were identified and more than 80 foreigners were arrested for whom preparatory acts had been carried out for their departure from the country.

In the context of the research, points of arrival and departure in other European countries have been identified, while more than 30,000 digital dies for manufacturing IDs and passports.

Investigations are underway in houses, shops and “kavantzes” and mso far 36 people have been arrested.

Upon completion of the operation, a detailed update will follow from EL.AS