“Clearing an old guard” – Authorities’ assessments of the motives for Skaftourou’s murder

Of Maki Synodinou

Clearing the old guard of a ruthless new generation that for years now aspires to get the “generals of the night” out of the way to take over the reins, they see behind him a cold murder Giannis Skaftourou experienced officers of ELAS.

THE “Uncle JoeAs was the pseudonym of the 55-year-old victim together with Vassilis Stefanakos who was murdered in 2018 in Haidari and the convict Panagiotis Vlastos who is imprisoned, they were the 3 “generals” of the Greek Mafia, according to police sources.

Hierarchy, secrecy, structure and a lot of money was hidden behind the organization that until 2009 controlled the night through criminal acts, claims an ELAS official who was at the time leading the investigation into their arrest, while as he says characteristically:

«Skaftouros it was no accident but for years now the deck has been shuffled over these criminal organizations as to who will take the reins. It is a chessboard for very strong players at night, which is always stained with blood. The lucky ones go to jail and escape, the rest have the fate of the victim “, says the experienced officer while he continues:

«There is a lot of hatred and revenge behind this execution and surely the moral perpetrator who gave the order to the killers knew him well. He knew his habits, he knew about the armored guard that was around him, he knew even the moment he would find him defenseless and therefore he would be vulnerable to a murderous attack. The fact that the victim has always had armed men around him since his release says a lot. This was not just a death contract but a well paid contract, that’s how I would describe it».

Another element that leads the experienced ELAS officer to the conclusion that the moral perpetrator of the murderous attack is known to the victim and they may have collaborated at some point in the past but for some reason he hated “Uncle Joe” and wanted to get him out of in the middle, is the way the attack was done.

Noon, regardless of whether there will be innocent victims in an inaccessible area that if something went wrong and did not go according to plan, the killers probably could not easily escape from the mountains that the area has.

“I wanted him dead and they succeeded, we are dealing with a high-paying death contract and very well-trained killers who knew how to escape even in the most difficult conditions,” he concludes.

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