Secret police officers who managed to penetrate the “hard” core of Crete’s criminal organization and an investigation of 8 months by executives of the Chania Criminal Prosecution and Criminal Crimes, revealed the action of the spiral of 48 people.

A leading role in the criminal group is said to have two brothers who maintain a hotel and beach bar in Chania, a priest and a gym owner. Among those arrested is a police officer, an Air Force official and a Navy officer.

See a photo of the seized after ELAS businesses in areas of the prefectures of Chania and Rethymnon:

Several weapons between them Kalashnikovs and war rifles, knives, money and mobile are distinguished, among other things, seized as shown in the photo.

The structure of the organization

At the top of the organization were the two brothers, followed by the priest, the gym owner and at the base were the executives

  • Two leaders
  • Priest
  • Gym owner
  • Membership

In particular, according to information from police officers who handled this case, a hotel owner in the Stavros area, Chania, as well as his brother, is alleged to have a leading role in the action of this gang. His brother is also active in the tourism industry and is alleged to have a cafe himself in the center of the city of Chania. These two brothers are alleged to have control of this criminal network, and as police officers who handled the case, if you wanted to get drugs, if you wanted to get weapons or even organize a violent attack on a business.

The vagina with the purchase of a plot

It is noted that a clergyman, an archimandrite, is said to be accused of blackmail and his name refers to the case file.

At the same time, according to the report, the two entrepreneurs are alleged to have trampled on an area that belonged to the local monastery, which they sold for 2,000,000 euros to Israeli businessmen, investors who went to Crete to buy the area and proceed with a hotel.

To do this, they allegedly received a fake certificate from a abbot of the monastery, who assured that virtually this extent, although belonging to the monastery, did not belong. That is, he falsely confirmed that this is an area that did not belong to the monastery and this was blackmailed, according to information, as there was a video or a sound of his personal moments and on the basis of that he was a victim of blackmail. It remains unknown so far whether the clergyman who is being persecuted in this case has an absolute interconnection. However, this story, with the violation of the area in the area of ​​Stavros, Chania by the two brothers, is something that is a common secret among the agencies in the city of Chania.

There is also an open front that may play an important role in this case. The open front concerns the leadership of the Church in the area of ​​Chania. It has remained headless and there are disputes about who will eventually find itself in the leadership of the church here in the area of ​​Chania.

The action of the criminal organization

“As for the role of the police officer, he seems to have been facilitated in some way and provided information to the circuit. It remains to be proven in the aftermath of the case. There are also some of the Armed Forces who appear to be involved in drug trafficking. “Konstantia Dimoglidou told SKAI.

For the clergyman and his role, Mrs. Dimoglidou noted that: “There are some reports on blackmail issues. It has not yet been clarified. These are reflected in the case file, and from now on we will see if the Public Prosecutor’s order to receive further investigation into a further investigation. “

‘There may be involvement of other people’the ELAS spokesman concluded.

Members of the criminal organization are involved according to Greek Police, in drug trafficking and weapons smuggling.

At the same time, they undertook custom -made blackmail for thousands of euros.

It is noted that secret police officers had managed to join the organization, while at the same time lifting a telephone confidentiality of the members’ mobiles.

Points to reveal the Mafia of Crete were the placement of a bomb in January 2024 in a police officer in Chania, the arrest of a mini -arsenal in June, as well as the arrest of three people for possession of 7kg cannabis.

Among those involved are 16 people who are already in prisons. The remaining 32 are expected to be brought before the prosecutor in the afternoon.