An orgy of abuses and illegal constructions was revealed by the investigation of its incorruptibles Hellenic Police in her area Halkidiki.

OR mafia her urban planning consists of 3 criminal groups. In the first at New Propontida the chief and an employee from the Department of Issuing Building Permits of the municipality were the protagonists. At Sithonia key persons were the former mayor and the deputy head of Urban Planning, while in the third group the president and a member of the Council of Architecture of Halkidiki.

As its member states Initiative of Citizens of Halkidiki to “Construction illegalities are monstrosities. I couldn’t find a legal home, do you understand? In other words, when you see the plan, which was approved by urban planning, which at its birth screamed, it said here do the illegality, this thing that I characterize as a plastered porch and underneath is plastered, make it a kitchen and it became a kitchen from the contractor. He was saying, come on, kid, okay, of the €500,000 I’m going to spend, I should also give 10 and 20 thousand to these “mandarins” over there”.

In particular, in Nea Propontida, the supervisor in collaboration with the employee from the Permit Issuing Department recruited private architects and engineers, securing their clients illegal building permits for a hefty fee. In fact, according to his report Dimitris Hadjikortsouamong those arrested is the daughter of a civil engineer, an urban planning employee. The two maintained a technical office together in Moudania and as the report shows, one took over the work and the other finished it.

In Sithonia the former mayor, a civil engineer by profession, was working with the deputy head of the municipality’s Town Planning, who gave him information and codes to access the system and issue permits for arbitrary constructions.

The big projects needed their permission and thus we arrive at the third group, that of the leading members of the Council of Architecture of the area. They were in direct cooperation with the leading members of both the first and the second criminal organization and ensured that their projects would pass through their Council, even exerting undue influence on its members.

Fake protocol number in Sithonia – Complaints from the mayor too

The orgy of arbitrariness, as reported by the residents, had taken root for good in the municipality of Sithonia. In the documents revealed by there is a court order to pay 3 million euros to a contractor for flood damage restoration projects. However, as the opposition at the time complains, the number of the protocol of good execution of the project is fake and corresponds to a family status certificate that was issued in the same municipality. In other words, the two protocol numbers are monkey numbers.

The mayor of Sithonia Ioannis Mallinis complains that he was pressured by the Technical Chamber of Central Macedonia to reinstate the head of Urban Planning. “I visited the Chamber together with all the municipal engineers and some came out aggressive”, as he typically states.

According to the Police, the members of the alleged criminal organization received from 150 to 1,000 euros for the so-called “fast stamp” and from 1,000 to 20,000 euros for approvals of illegal constructions. In their conversations the urban planners of the “multiple” circuit used keywords such as “plans”, “eggs”, “geese”, “paper”, “acres”. It was the sums of money they received for the illegal services they provided. “Fingers” was the term used for the amount of money that each employee received.

Felony prosecution of 21 for the Town Planning ring – They remain in prison

In the meantime, criminal prosecution was brought against the 21 arrested for participating in the ring focused on Urban Planning in the area.

The public prosecutor of Polygyros charged them with – as the case may be – the acts of directing and participating in a criminal organization, bribery, direct cooperation in bribery, money laundering and gangs.

They were referred to the Polygyros investigator and until then they remain in custody.

According to an announcement by the Hellenic Republic of Greece, four employees of the Directorate and the Construction Service, two members of the Architectural Regional Unity Council and 15 private individuals, the majority of whom have related professional activity, such as architects, engineers, civil engineers and surveyors, were arrested for the case. Among the latter is a former mayor. During the investigations, an amount of more than 1 million was seized. euro.