A thriller, which began as the dismantling of a spiral of migrant smugglers in Kos and developed into an international operation in which secret services were involved, is brought to light by “Kathimerini”.

In the early afternoon of December 1, 2023, a small black inflatable speedboat from Turkey ran aground a short distance from the Kos marina, disembarking 16 migrants.

The ensuing investigation to track down the traffickers has all the elements of a detective-police thriller, as it turned out that the traffickers were also active as members of Hamas

In addition to the Coast Guard, the EYP and the security services of Great Britain were involved in the case. As “K” reveals – the protagonists of the episode, apart from active slave traders, were citizens of Palestine and members of the Islamist organization Hamas.

Along with the two traffickers, a Palestinian was identified and arrested, who, as the investigations show, is related to the Islamic organization.

It emerged that he was a 31-year-old Palestinian with the alias Abu Shanab. He had been granted asylum in 2022 and had since then settled in Kos, operating as a migrant smuggler.

The above results from documents and information during an investigation that lasted a total of 11 months. Only on Monday, the Coast Guard, with a relatively modest press release, announced the arrest of a “29-year-old foreigner”, without citing the hitherto unknown details of the dark case.