Blackmail and usury network caught by Police

Blackmail and usury network caught by Police

After many months of investigation by the Subdivision of Organized Crime of the Thessaloniki Security Directorate, a huge organization involved in extortion cases, usury and blackmail has been identified and shut down.

Blackmail and usury network caught by Police
Blackmail and usury network caught by Police
After many months of investigation by the Subdivision of Organized Crime of the Thessaloniki Security Directorate, a huge organization involved in extortion cases, usury and blackmail has been identified and shut down.

A court case is being built against 20 people, including the mastermind and other arrested members between the ages of 21 and 34, while 13 more members are still wanted. The file speaks of a “criminal organization”, “usury and serial extortion by profession”, “breach of the firearms and drug possession laws”, “money laundering by profession and within a criminal organization” and various other crimes.

Modus operandi.

-    The organization’s structure has been identified and the links between members have been clarified.
-    The modus operandi has been verified.
-    The number of people who have borrowed various sums of money on usurious terms from the mastermind has been determined.
Κλείσιμο
-    The bases of operations, shops around Thessaloniki and Athens, have been located, the owners of which were held to ransom on the pretext of being offered protection.
-    The money laundering process has been identified.

Specifically, it appears that at least 11 people have borrowed various amounts of money on usurious terms from the 34-year-old mastermind, who then called up the debts, through other members of the organization and with different methods, by means of blackmail and illegal charging of interest. Only factoring in 2009, the usurious lending exceeds 2.5 million euros.

They bought houses, boats and cars.

The revenue from these illegal actions was laundered through the purchase of luxury vehicles and property, by the 34-year-old mastermind and his 29-year-old wife.

Analytically, the activities and acquisitions classified as money laundering include:

-Fourteen luxury vehicles, of commercial value of more than 1 million euros.
-Six houses, of very large objective value
-A pleasure boat worth 1.048.000 euros
-A number of precious jewelry items and watches of high value
-A loan amounting to 514000 euros to a football team, in exchange for the sale of television rights.

Furthermore, it was discovered that for a fee, the criminal organization would provide extortionate “protection” to 20 stores in Thessaloniki and 4 stores in Athens, reaping unjust profit, indicative of which is the fact that within the last 11 months the organization earned 375.000 euros. Also seized in the raid were:

-A replica gun
-A number of checks
-Private contracts or informal loan contracts
-Bonds
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