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Ευρωκίνηση 6/2/2021 Athens News Agency
ATHENS – After a spate of assassinations between rival organized crime gangs – days after Greek police said they would mobilize against them – a task force will be set up to try to get figure out what the mobsters are doing before they do it.
That s being put together by the Citizens’ Protection Ministry that will unify the Attica Security Directorate divisions responsible for organized crime, homicide and narcotics, said Kathimerini.
A key element will be including the Management and Information Analysis Directorate, which is essentially an intelligence unit aimed at gathering information on what mob leaders are planning.
Ευρωκίνηση 5/24/2021 The National Herald
ATHENS – Code named Mani Pulite – an Italian anti-corruption 1990s operation meaning “Clean Hands” - Greek anti-mob teams are going to target organized crime in the country after a spate of violent incidents and murders.
That comes after a report on the structure and operation of Greece’s powerful criminal groups, a 100-page document prepared by security services and given to Supreme Court prosecutor Vassilis Pliotas by Citizens’ Protection Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis, said Kathimerini.
What sparked it now seems to be the still unsolved gunning down of investigative journalist Giorgos Karaivaz outside his Athens home, shot dead by a man on the back of a two-person motorcycle, who then got off and delivered two final bullets to the head to finish him off.