A 50 year old sergeant serving in the service of Attica and owner of a boat company, a 50 year old retired officer of the Coast guard , a 42 year old woman and two retired sailors aged 67 and 52 years had set up a well-organized network of trafficking illegal migrants from Turkey to other countries abroad, with vessels constantly changing names, buses and trucks with Bulgarian car plates.
The policeman was receiving 2,000 euro for playing the role of a precursor to the movements of migrants and provided coverage if they were dropped onto control block, while the retired Port guard officer was informing of the port guard patrolling and choose the points which the foreigners would be boarding. The immigrants were then boarded in the boats of the 67 year old policeman owner of the company, navigated by a 48 year old of Syrian origin that him and his 45 year old brother are wanted by the Greek Police.
After an eight month research the Police Internal Affairs Division found that the organization was receiving 2,000 to 3,000 euro for each illegal immigrant in order to transfer him from the coast of Turkey usually in Turkey. The members of the gang were placing small deposits, keeping the money at home, channeling them through legitimate companies or relocate the money to offshore companies abroad with joint managing company based in the state of Delaware of USA.
During the investigations at the house of the 52 tear old man and the 42 year old woman, 9,500 euro were seized , 32 gold English pounds, maritime maps with routes from the coast of Turkey on the coast of the Peloponnese, the coast of Croatia, Albania and North Italy, a contract of buying and selling a boat, a contract of transfer of shares, a certificate of a ship’s deletion , a policy of a company’s closure and various other documents.
At the home of 67 year old 50,000 euro were found , 10,000 dollars, remittances totaling to 35,000 euro, bank documents and proof of bank transactions amounting to 93,000 euro, a pistol with five cartridges, a sales agreement and many more.
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