Criminal organization case: The pickpockets who had ransacked Athens, how they stole juggling
The case file formed by the Security for the criminal organization of pickpockets that had ravaged the citizens in MMM and stops is revealing.
The case file for this criminal organization is brought to light by iefimerida.
Where the purse criminal organization was hitting
The investigations started after information reached the service that in the means of public transport (city buses, trolleys, metro, ISAP), at bus stops as well as at the Kifissos intercity bus station and at the Larissa railway station, Albanian criminal organizations are active.
According to the multi-page case file, they acted in groups of 2-6 people at a time and acted daily, snatching wallets, mobile phones, personal documents and whatever else they could find.
In fact, they chose their victims, who were mainly elderly, young women or tourists.
The members of the organization, as mentioned in the case file, started in the morning with their cars, motorbikes, or pedestrians and went to the stations, while they had a special preference at a long-distance bus stop on Achilleos Street in Metaxourgio and at the ISAP station “Kato Patisia”. while they chose to “hit” peak hours 06.00- 12.30 and 17.00 to 21.00.
How they unscrupulously snatched wallets from unsuspecting citizens
Based on their business plan, the teams made sure to operate in different places and did not overlap, had specific dress codes that were reverently observed so as not to be easily perceived, wearing medical masks, sunglasses and hats, and often wore coats and jackets. .
They had taken care of and knew the configuration of each ISAP station and so they took care to remain in “blind” places that are not covered by security cameras so as not to be recorded.
According to the case file, “the basic condition for them to act was to distract the victim and to create the appropriate conditions by creating an artificial crowd by the members of the group, so that the perpetrator could act with the greatest ease. To this end, the prospective victim was surrounded by members of the respective group, during which one pushes the unsuspecting passenger and another member of the organization approaches and grabs the wallet, bag, or mobile phone, without being noticed, while the others locked it. , ensuring the escape of the perpetrator of the main act “.
The stolen wallets were then thrown in bins or sewers, while the mobile phones, passports, residence permits and other valuables were available to specific chimney sweeps in the center of Athens.
The investigations started in October 2021, lifting of telephone privacy, deposits, surveillance, analysis of video material, geolocation.
Apocalyptic photos from the action of the criminal organization
How the communications of the members of the spiral took place
For their communications, they used mobile phones in the names of non-existent foreigners of Asian or Pakistani origin (straw people), which they changed regularly.
The three subgroups of pickpockets
in first subgroup The leader is said to have been a 37-year-old Albanian with the nickname Claude, while below him there are at least 10 more people.
A 23-year-old Albanian with the nickname GIMI, a 43-year-old Albanian, a 44-year-old Albanian known as TURI, a 35-year-old Albanian with the nickname CELO, another person with the nickname MINI or MINE 37 years old, a 31-year-old Albanian 37 years old, a 31-year-old Albanian Corfu known as COLI.
in second subgroup The leader was a 32-year-old with the nickname SWALLOW, from Albania and below there are 14 more people. An Albanian known as MANDI an Albanian also known as NIKU a 63-year-old Albanian, a 45-year-old Albanian with the nickname ARMANDO a 43-year-old Albanian, a 42-year-old Albanian known as TURI a 27-year-old known as ELTJON, a one-year-old Albanian with an Albanian , a one-year-old Albanian, Albanian. , a man known by the nickname MIRI or TANI, a 20-year-old Romanian, a 52-year-old with the nickname “MONTI” and a woman from Bulgaria, who has not been identified, was called “MARIA”.
in third subgroupThe leader was a 43-year-old Albanian with the nickname ΛΑΒΕΡΗan Albanian as well as another person also Albanian who has not been identified by the nickname BLENDI.
Some of them even have restrictive conditions for exactly the same offenses.
The contact codes of the members of the first subgroup
They used code words and expressions between them so that they would not be perceived in case they were monitored by the authorities’ telephones.
- BLACK OR UNCLE: POLICE
- ORANGE or LEMON: ORANGE
- BOOK: PASSPORT
- KOTO: ISAP STOP “Kato Patisia” ΠΟ METRO DOCUMENTS
- IRON or PIECE: FIREARMS
- IRONING: I USE A FIREWOOD
- LEK: EURO
- ΚΕΛΕ Ή ΚΕΛ: EURO
- SO: IT’S STOLEN OBJECT
- FOUNTAIN or WATER: KARAISKAKI SQUARE IN METAXOURGEIO or OMONIA SQUARE
- CYCLE: KARAISKAKI SQUARE AT METAXOURGIO
The conversations of the members of the purse spiral
On 29/10/2021 the alleged leader of the second subgroup talks with another person of the organization and they organize their action.
- UNKNOWN: Martin. EU…
- ALLEGED LEADER OF GROUP B: Yes
- UNKNOWN: tomorrow I have to pay the car 150 euros, to come with you to go out early in the morning with my brother?
- ALLEGED LEADER OF GROUP B: Get on the phone, I’m dating MANDI. Come.
- UNKNOWN: Brother, let us go out, I’m not joking, I swear to the family, I have to pay 150 euros for the car tomorrow.
- ALLEGED LEADER OF GROUP B: Ehh, let’s just say I’ve got a phone call. I can sleep.
- UNKNOWN: So where are we going to meet tomorrow morning?
- ALLEGED LEADER OF GROUP B: As soon as I open the phone we will meet.
- UNKNOWN: I don’t even have a phone, man, damn it.
- ALLEGED LEADER OF GROUP B: You go out. When I open it, go out there at the bottom.
- UNKNOWN: What time are you usually in front of you?
- ALLEGED LEADER OF GROUP B: At seven in the morning, I will wake up early dude.
- UNKNOWN: At eleven, twelve can we meet in the prep?
- ALLEGED LEADER OF GROUP B: You will have me there. At ten, eleven pick up the phone.
- UNKNOWN: I will find someone there and say call me Martin a little.
- ALLEGED LEADER OF GROUP B: He has as many as you want.
- UNKNOWN: Good. So you wake up early tomorrow.
- ALLEGED LEADER OF GROUP B: That’s why I left, to wake up early I left.
- UNKNOWN: Well done at ten o’clock I will come from there by car and I will find you there or in the floor or opposite.
- ALLEGED LEADER OF GROUP B: Well, okay.
What do the lawyers of one of the alleged leaders of the criminal organization say?
In their statements to iefimerida, the lawyers of one of the alleged leading members of the criminal organization, Dimitris Beldekos and Giannis Glykas stated that: “Today, the Investigator, with the consent of the Prosecutor, released our client, accepting in part our legal and factual arguments. “We are very pleased with this development, and we are waiting for the trial to be determined in order to prove his innocence.”