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THE Athens Security Branch and Kallithea Security Department of Attica Security Directorate, proceeded to dismantle a criminal organization whose members were trafficked in large numbers medical masks, of dubious origin and quality too counterfeit products from brand name companies (clothes, bags, shoes, sunglasses).
Investigations into the dismantling of the criminal organization began with the fraud of a company, from which 201,900 medical masks were recovered.
Regarding the timeline of the case, on April 22 a member of the organization reached a commercial agreement, through third parties, with a company to buy 201,900 medical masks, worth 620,640.60 euros. The products were normally delivered the next day, without paying the agreed amount.
In the first phase of the investigation, two days later (April 24), the truck in which the items were collected was found and the driver was arrested, in whose home, among other things, a small amount of medical masks. of the previous fraud.
In the second phase of the investigation, on May 4, a truck was found leaving a storage area in the Aspropyrgos area and in a subsequent search, 23,750 medical masks were found inside, stemming from the previous fraud against the company.
Two members of the criminal organization were in the vehicle, who were arrested. An investigation was conducted, in the presence of a court official, in the storage area, from where the truck left, where 170,670 medical masks were found, which also stem from the previous fraud against the company.
In total, of the 210,900 medical masks that managed to extract with the previous deception method, 194,420 were found, which were attributed to the company.
In the third phase of the investigations, yesterday, Tuesday, May 12, 8 searches were carried out in houses and warehouses: stores, members of the organization, in the areas of Agia Varvara, Alimos, Korydallos and Egaleo.
The progress of the investigations revealed that members of the criminal organization specialized in the illegal removal of medical equipment (masks) and counterfeit products from brand name companies.
In fact, they operated systematically and were responsible for giving legitimacy to all stages of their criminal activity, from which they obtained significant financial benefits.
It should be noted that they manufactured invoices and other documents, which legitimized the transfer of medical masks, while to hide their origin and deceive potential buyers, they reprinted them in new transport boxes.
In addition to the main members, who had the overall coordination of the organization’s operation, the other members performed individually, in the cases, (standardization – storage and transportation of products, transport pioneers, police locksmiths, etc.).
A total of searches were found and confiscated:
– 1,110,423 medical masks,
– 5,245 euros, 2 trucks and 3 cars. vehicles,
– more than 50,000 obviously counterfeit labels of various brand companies (clothing-footwear),
– more than 3,000 items of clothing, footwear, watches, sunglasses, all imitations of brand companies,
– tablets of anabolic preparations and a small amount of cannabis,
– pistol and 3 complete closed image recording circuits.
It should be noted that, in addition to the medical masks derived from the fraud against the company, all the others did not bring customs documents and their origin is being investigated, in collaboration with the co-responsible services.
The resale value of the masks, including masks that come from the company, exceeds 1,000,000 euros.
For your participation in the case, 8 members of the organization were arrested, against whom a case was presented for criminal organization, fraud, falsification, legalization of the proceeds of criminal activities, arms laws, signs, unfair competition, national customs code, etc., related crimes, while in the case file 4 more people are included.
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