There are no revelations about the Mafia of Crete, as they were revealed by the police investigation, they made drug trafficking even in the sacred temples, they even raised students, and there are strong suspicions of erosion of justice.

The criminal organization appears to have been operating as a state in Chania and did not hesitate to sell drugs and churches. In fact, in a conversation one of the defendants he had met with a client, his client tells him “Holy Man, to go to church”to make the deal. The defendant, according to the case file, replied “Well, not Saint, I’m not Saint Paisios, I am a prezador”

According to SKAI, in another case of their criminal activity, which is recorded in the case file, a member of the circuit he was even a degree in the degree in mother of a student who asked for their help. The tariff was 15,000 euros.

Traces of erosion of justice

In addition to the police, the church and a series of public bodies, according to Yiannis Souliotis’ report in Kathimerini, there are strong suspicions that the mafia of Crete had eroded and justice.

According to the report, in court documents drafted by the Chania Security Directorate and have been submitted to the Prosecutor, there are reports of consultations between those involved to influence the composition of the courts and ultimately to achieve favorable judgments.

Characteristic is the case member of the criminal organization, known as the nickname “patomalus“, Who is now being persecuted for morality in a bomb attack on a police officer in January 2024.

In November 2023 he was arrested with a drug trafficking girl as he possessed a quantity of cocaine in “finished” ready -to -be on the market.

In his trial, which was concluded in June 2025, “Patomoukalos” was judged by the Court unpunished and acquittedwith the headquarters accepting the defense that the drugs were for “own use”. It is noted that the defendant was already a judge and even a detainee for a case of not use but a drug trafficking, as in a random search by Kissamos police officers in June 2024, more than 100 “cocaine” filings had been possessed.

At the same time the woman who had been arrested with him in 2023 had testified to the authorities that “In early November 2023, police caught us with Kostas because we had six pieces of coca ready to push. Kostas was not working and his only job was to sell coca. We sold about 25 g. day for 100 euros per gram. ”