The figures were made public by EL.AS members of a criminal organization that he committed thefts at the expense of the elderly, in Attica.

In particular, the identity details and photographs of 15 members of a criminal organization who committed thefts from old people’s homes in Attica are being made public, following a relevant Order of the Athens First Instance Prosecutor’s Office. pretending to be DEDDIE employees or elevator maintenance workers and was dismantled on June 22 by the Amarousi Security Department of the Attica Security Directorate.

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Criminal proceedings were brought against them for forming and joining a criminal organization to commit multiple felonies-thefts, special case of theft, carried out by two or more who had organized for the purpose of carrying out thefts, consecutively, carried out in an attempt and with the total value of the stolen items to exceed the amount of 120,000 euros, illegal possession of a weapon and ammunition (cartridges), possession of a weapon for hunting without a license and money laundering of proceeds from criminal activities, as a follow-up, jointly carried out professionally, and as members of a criminal organization which seeks to carry out acts of legalization, in the form of: a) the conversion or transfer of property with the knowledge of the fact that it comes from criminal activity or from an act of participation in such activity, and b) the concealment or concealment of the truth by any means or manner , regarding the nature, origin, disposal, circulation or use of property, knowing that it comes from criminal activities or from an act of participation in such activities.

This publication, in accordance with the relevant Prosecutor’s Order, is intended to protect society as a whole and to facilitate the realization of the state’s claim for the inferno of the above offenses, as well as to investigate the participation of the accused and in other criminal acts at the expense of other victims and which have not been denounced by the latter.

In this context, EL.AS. appeals to citizens to contact the telephone numbers 210-6875116 of the Amarousi Security Department and 210-6411111 of the Attica Security Directorate, to provide any relevant information. It is noted that the anonymity and confidentiality of the communication is guaranteed.

How they were caught

In the context of a coordinated police operation that took place in the early hours of yesterday, Thursday, June 22, 2023, in areas of Western Attica, with the participation of police officers from the Northeast Attica Security Sub-Directorate, the Attica Direct Action Directorate, the OPKE. and of the Sub-Directorate for the Restoration of Order, 11 citizens-members of the organization were identified and arrested.

At the expense of the arrested, as well as 7 other citizens, a case file was filed for – as the case may be – criminal organization, distinguished thefts by complicity committed in an attempt and violation of the law on weapons.

How did they act?

As it emerged from the investigation, the members of the organization, who were related to each other, had set up and joined a criminal organization for at least two and a half years, had procured an abundance of logistical equipment and operated with a specific structure and roles as well as a specific mode of action (modus operandi).

At the same time, in order to maximize the effectiveness of their illegal acts, they were equipped with a number of vehicles which they used in rotation, while in the event of their identification by the authorities, they withdrew them and sold them.

As for the mode of action (modus operandi), they followed the following methodology:

  • having Ano Liosia as their starting point, they traveled with their business vehicles to areas of Attica with intense commercial activity,
  • they would identify their potential victims, mainly targeting elderly people, whom they would then follow on their way back home,
  • they approached their victims with an impeccable appearance and in several cases with the presentation of certificate documents, pretending to be DEDDIE employees or elevator maintenance technicians and under the pretext of an emergency, they persuaded them to enter their homes,
  • with the method of employment and artificially removed sums of money, jewelry and valuables, using gloves or surgical masks to avoid their identification and recognition while subsequently
  • they escaped from the scene of the thefts in their business vehicles, with which their accomplices were waiting for them.

At the same time, from the utilization of the data that emerged in the context of the investigation as well as from the creation of profiles of those involved (profiling), the role of each member who, on a case-by-case basis and in turn, participated in the thefts, was also certified, namely:

  • six (6) members of the organization were in charge of employing the victims, taking advantage of their appearance and ease of speech,
  • seven (7) members of the organization were in charge of entering the houses and removing the stolen goods,
  • two (2) members of the organization had assumed the role of chiller outside the houses and inside the business vehicles and
  • three (3) members had registered in their details the vehicles used by the organization.

What did the investigations find?

In searches carried out in houses as well as in a bank safe deposit box, a total of the following were found and confiscated:

  • -3- I.X. vehicles,
  • a lot of high value jewelry (neck chains, hand chains, crosses, rings, watches, pins, necklaces, bracelets),
  • -46- gold pounds of various denominations,
  • picture of christ with silver frame,
  • -59,380- euros,
  • -31- dollars,
  • -7- unfired marking click cartridges,
  • semi-automatic marking pistol with magazine,
  • hunting rifle,
  • recorder,
  • -3- mobile phones and
  • check book.

From the investigation so far, -20- cases of thefts and -4- attempted thefts from houses in Koukaki, Galatsi, Kifissia, Zografou, Chalandri, Marousi, Agia Paraskevi, Paleo Faliro, Psychiko, Nea Smyrni, Nea Chalkidona and Cholargo have been discovered, while the total illegal financial benefit obtained by the criminal organization exceeds 600,000 euros.

Those arrested, with the case filed against them, were taken to the competent prosecutor’s office, while investigations into the arrest of the remaining members continue.