30 people participated in the criminal organization -28 of which and 13 minors, as well as the leader
The way the far -right detainees arrested after a long and methodical investigation by police officers of the Department of Racist and Extremist Violence of the Department of Prosecution and Crimes of Thessaloniki, describes ELAS.
A total of 28 people aged 16 to 28 years were arrested in a coordinated operation yesterday, Wednesday.
At the expense of the arrested, as well as against two more memberswas formed case filewhere appropriate, for the offenses of human trafficking – recruitment of minors for committing criminal acts, robbery, criminal organization, theft, bodily harm – dangerous bodily harm, foreign property deterioration, stimulation of crimes, In racial discrimination and infringement of weapons laws, drugs, flares – fireworks, violence offenses on sports events or sports backgrounds and personal data.
According to the police investigation, members of the criminal organization acting either as natural perpetrators, as associates or as moral perpetrators, they were committing offenses acts about the above indictment, at least since 2019.
As for the particular characteristics of this organization, it was found that:
- Members of the “narrow core” in order to avoid communication between the law enforcement authorities, used a specific way of communicating a specific online platform as a main way of communicating.
- It maintained financial autonomy, through contributions by its members, used for supplying materials and objects (banners, tricks, spray, helmets, bats, pyrotechnics, etc.),
- Members maintained a lot of accounts on social media where they put forward the their far -right ideologyas well as their unlawful acts,
- There was hierarchywith adults and older members having a decisive role and to direct the other members,
- Some members had undertaken distinct roles (supply of materials, slogans, detection of prospective goals, monitoring open sources of opponent ideology, causing physical damage, robberies, damage, etc.),
- Continuous efforts were made to Attract – recruitment to organization and other members and
- They participated along with other collectives of the so -called nationalist -patriotic space, In concentrations, marchesas well as in other events with ambiguity and obvious distinctions of the organization.
From the research so far, it appeared that the members of the organization have been carried out with Different each time composition:
- In damage to schoolsPolitical Party and Colleges Offices, as well as pasteing nationalist symbols and slogans in the areas of Neapoli and Efkarpia,
- In two robberies with Use of physical violence and a knife threat, removing from 4 people in total mobile phones, a bank card and a city’s sports club blouse and
- In attack on fans During a basketball match in the area of ​​Oreokastro, thereby following a clash with objects and injuries.
Investigations were carried out in the houses of the detainees where they were found and confiscated, among other things:
- Clothing and pieces of fabric with nationalist symbols, numerous stickers, books and printed material depicting nationalist symbols, racist symbols and logos of the organization,
- numerous weapons (rails, knives, swords, metal and wooden rods, hunting cartridges, sling and pyrotechnic construction),
- two packages containing cannabis,
- 1 precision scales,
- 33 mobile phone devices,
- 6 computers and
- 2 anti -residential masks.
The detainees will be referred to the competent judicial authorities.
Source: Skai
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