Policeman referred by direct summons to stand trial at Three-member Criminal Appeal Court of Thessalonikiaccused of illegal immigration trafficking, through the “Macedonia” International Airport.

This is a 47-year-old, with the rank of police officer B, who was arrested last June by his colleagues of the Internal Affairs Sub-Directorate of the Security Forces of Northern Greece, after months of investigations.

He had been charged criminal prosecution for a criminal organization, facilitating the exit from Greek territory of citizens of third countries (consequently and by profession) and provocation – offer to commit a crime (the first two felonies, the third misdemeanor), while after his apology to the 6th regular investigator of Thessaloniki, he was remanded in custody. Since then he has been held in Nigrita Serres prison.

According to the indictment, the 47-year-old is charged as circuit member which facilitated the exit of irregular immigrants from the country. According to the same indictment, he is involved in ten cases of facilitating exit, for a fee.

The “incorruptible” of EL.AS. they had arrested him, when two refugees from Syria (siblings and among them a 12-year-old girl) tried to pass the boarding gate of the “Macedonia” airport, using fake passports, citizens of Estonia, bound for Brussels.

In his testimony before the investigating officer, the accused police officer – he served in “Macedonia” – allegedly claimed that he was hit by a Syrian, a member of an immigrant trafficking ring, in order to locate a police officer to cooperate with the ring. According to what he allegedly apologized for, he initially accepted the offer, but later regretted it and when he backed out it was already too late. Regarding dozens of winning tickets (over 70,000 euros) that were found in his possession, according to information, he stated that they were old.