In the nuclei of 100 people the “Guardians of the constitution” throughout Greece
Nuclei of 100 people in Attica, Thessaloniki, Pieria, Lesvos, Crete and other parts of the country, all of them self-appointed “Guardians of the Constitution”, showed the Security investigation after the prosecutor’s order. This is the completion of the first part of the research that concerns the mapping of the active people, the events that have starred and the posts that they have made in order to identify and prove the connection between them and the coordination of their action by the single center. In this case, the facts change as it can be proved that behind the “Guardians of the Constitution” there is a criminal organization that commits criminal acts and causes the investigations can take another turn with the lifting of telephone privacy, home searches and arrests. At the same time, research shows that there are 15 people who have a leading role and fight with each other over who is the big boss. Among them stand out a woman, a martial arts instructor, but also one who promotes himself as a legislator and -supposedly- an excellent connoisseur of the Constitution. Almost a month after the incident with the seizure of the high school in Aiginio, Pieria, which led to the arrest and pre-trial detention of some of the perpetrators, the Security investigation revealed something else. During the holidays, the “Guardians of the Constitution” and their groups stopped everything: from the raids on schools, hospitals, police stations to the posts on social media with war trainings that took place in various parts of the country. As “THEMA”, a Security officer who is aware of the investigations, typically states, “the fear of being considered and accused of crimes, and even of being protected, made them hand over their weapons at this stage”.
Criminal organization
State Security has taken a leading role in the hunt for the “sprayed” by forming evidence that collects criminal cases. Initially, a plan was drawn up for immediate detection and rapid intervention in cases where group members of the “Guardians of the Constitution” or their affiliates carry out raid attacks and savage incidents such as the seizure of a high school in Pieria. However, although there is information about the escalation of their actions, in the end this did not happen and now the main issue of the Authorities is the formation of cases with very serious charges, even of a criminal nature, such as kidnapping for all those involved in such incidents. .
The route
When the “Guardians of the Constitution” exceeded all limits by grabbing the director of the 1st High School of Aigini, Pieria, the State Security analysts began to map the group. As it turned out, three of those who are now fighting over who was the leader of the “Guardians”, appeared for the first time in the “Outraged”, who in the first years of the economic crisis and the memorandum were trying to recruit people to gain power. Then, they switched to Artemis Sorras. Then they started a new course by gathering people and receiving subscriptions against the background of the debt, the billions of Sorras and the urging to the citizens not to pay taxes. However, the arrest of their leader and his end up in prison led some of them to start a new struggle, this time against the backdrop of Macedonia and the Prespa Agreement. The pandemic, the coronavirus, the vaccines and the masks fed them to change their narrative and to focus with rage against vaccination, measures and the use of a protective mask.
From the group mapped by the Authorities, some come from the “Indigenous Greeks”, others from far-right organizations, while they have passed through the Golden Dawn and the party of Elias Kasidiaris. The role of a woman who looks particularly tough and useful, especially Facebook and specific groups to attract people, is also considered crucial.
Contrary to the three who are presented as members of the group, it is said that there is also a person who appears as “the only law, supreme triad, legislator, executive, first national judge”. This one, who looks like a copy of Artemis Sorras, is not recognized by others, whom he does not recognize either, while he tries with seriousness and strict reason to attract believers. On the site that presents its own proposal for currency, while it has compiled a dodecahedron of behavior.
The heads of sectors
In total, from the activities of those involved in the last six months, 15 people are scattered in every corner of Greece, with different key roles in the self-appointed group “Guardians of the Constitution”. Those hierarchically below the alleged leaders have been targeted by State Security and Cybercrime Prosecution, and it is being investigated whether they have close contact and communication with each other, if they coordinate their actions and are led by a single headquarters located in Northern Greece. In addition, the objectives of the Authorities do not cut off the heads of the organization, which now invests in the military training of its members, constantly creating problems with its upgraded action.
Among the 15 stands out the woman who has contact with the three alleged leaders and with constant posts on social media sows division, hatred and lies. The three people clash with each other over who is the leader, while the role of about 10 men who lead local nuclei in Crete, Lesvos, Thessaloniki and other cities, mainly in Northern Greece, is considered crucial.
Finally, under the microscope of the services has entered a specific person who presents himself as an instructor of “civil and forest war”, as they characteristically state, claiming that the time will come when the “Guardians” will take up arms.
The Cybercrime Prosecution dusts off two specific sites and about 30 profiles and groups on Facebook and other social media that have a lot of traffic and gather comments from users from all over the country with extreme views and dangerous behaviors.
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