Video footage revealing the actions of organized fans who were arrested by the Directorate for the Treatment of Organised Crime, also known as the Greek FBI, for committing fan-related attacks, extortion, and arson, have been exposed by protothema.gr.

One of the videos captures the moment when members of the group set off an explosion at a convenience store. The other two showed footage of clashes between the accused and fans of two other teams.

To put an end to their activities, a coordinated police operation was carried out early Wednesday morning (July 1), a coordinated police operation was carried out in the regions of Western Attica and Corinthia, during which 10 fans, while 29 identified individuals and other unidentified persons are also charged in connection with the same case, as well as seven parents for failing to supervise their minor children.

Charges were filed against them for – depending on the case – forming and participating in a criminal organization, robbery, causing dangerous and serious bodily harm, extortion, arson, damage to property, violations of sports regulations, as well as violations of weapons laws and drugs.

The identified individuals and the unknown persons included in the case file are charged—as applicable—either as members of the criminal organization or with committing specific criminal acts, which were established in the course of the same investigation. Among the latter are organized supporters of other sports teams, although there is no evidence of their involvement in this specific criminal organization.

Specifically, following a months-long and thorough investigation by police officers from the Sub-Directorate for Combating Organized Sports Violence, it emerged that members of the organization, at least since August 2025, had been engaged in ongoing criminal activity that exhibited the characteristics of a structured criminal organization. Although the organization did not have a strictly defined hierarchical structure, it operated with distinct roles and individuals who exerted a guiding influence over the other members, thereby ensuring the planning, coordination, and execution of criminal acts.

The criminal organization used a social club as its “base of operations,” which operated under the guise of a seemingly legitimate movement, while its members moved in an organized manner, concealing their identities and using wooden poles, clubs, metal objects, hammers, flares, torches, and other means. In this way, they sought to gain the upper hand over organized fans of other sports teams and to establish their presence in the realm of organized fan violence.

The organization’s criminal activity was not limited solely to acts of fan violence. It was established that its members had formed an independent criminal group, the which was systematically involved in the procurement, storage, and distribution of cocaine, raw cannabis, and other drugs, such as pink cocaine and ecstasy, in Attica and other regions of the country, with the sole purpose of obtaining illegal financial gain.

The ringleaders supplied the substances to lower-ranking members of the group, who were responsible for reselling them at entertainment venues, private gatherings, sports facilities, and even at schools and a detention center.

Furthermore, it emerged that, to ensure the collection of debts related to drug trafficking, members of the criminal group resorted to threats, extortion, and acts of violence, while their involvement in at least two arson incidents was also confirmed; these were carried out for the purpose of exerting pressure, obtaining financial gain, or settling debts among the parties involved.

In fact, some of the organization’s leaders repeatedly violated the restrictive conditions imposed on them by the judicial authorities, continuing to attend sporting events, actively participating in the activities of organized fan clubs, and engaging in new criminal acts.