Richard Circuit: 400,000 daily turnover – Sugar and girls [εικόνες & βίντεο]

People arrested in the gold smuggling circuit encounter heavy charges.

Prosecutions were brought against them for four crimes and a series of minor offenses.

In particular, the Attorney General has prosecuted the following lawsuits: felons:

• Criminal organization
• Trafficking in human beings
• Money laundering
• Wear

The offenses are as follows:

• violation of the law on drugs
• violation of the weapons law
• acceptance and disposal of the proceeds of crime
• fake after use

Arrested persons should be taken to the interrogator to take time.

A precious treasure has been seized

A treasure was confiscated by the two major gold smuggling organizations, which the police dismantled.

Following a vast police operation organized on November 27, 2018 in Athens, Thessaloniki, Alexandroupolis and Volos by police from the security division of the northeastern part of Attica of the Department of Maroussi's security at EKAM, With the help of other police officers from the GADA, the Division of Attica Security and Regional Services, 63 members of the organizations were arrested.

After surveys of homes, shops and residents, large quantities of gold, silver, jewelery, precious stones, silver and firearms were seized.

More specifically, they were found and confiscated:

• gold plates weighing 30.4 kg worth 545,000 euros,
• plates and pure gold, weighing 6.2 kilos, worth 235,600 euros,
• 513 pounds of silver, worth 220,590 euros,
• 1121 pounds of gold, worth € 330,695,
• 360 pieces of gold,
• 18 precious stones,
• ring with gemstone worth 56 900 euros,
• 2 images of apparent age,
• the amount of EUR 850 000,
• checks worth 60 500 euros,
• 5 firearms, 15 shotguns, 2 airguns, 212 rounds of ammunition and
• little cannabis.

How did the contraband circuit of gold work?

Headquartered in Athens and with a network covering the entire Greek territory, there was two distinct criminal organizations, involved in smuggling of gold, mainly in the form of ferrous scrap, by multiplying offenses against the payment of legal taxes and other legal expenses related to the purchase, sale, receipt, distribution, marketing , possession, storage and Turkey.

The quantities of goldcame from the merger of the unknown origin of jewelery, books and other valuables in their possession, purchased or pledged, and it was proved that part of it was a product of the crime.

Both groups have been active for an unknown time, but for at least two years now, with a corporate structure, that is, a clear division of roles for their members, as well as many other means. technical and financial, in order to maximize economic benefits. They even carried out illegal transactions without the risk of random checks, as they were generally "legal" because they operated under the guise of legitimate companies that moved daily, with large sums exceeding 400,000 euros each.

The main characteristic of the organizations was that, thanks to the many financial instruments at their disposal, mainly the principal members, they financed their members daily, in order to buy almost all the gold that the citizens promised or sold in stores related to the minimum that we would need. and the purchase of gold from any source of irrelevant origin.

The activity of the criminal organizations has been the smuggling of gold and in particular its constant and uninterrupted illegal Turkey mainly via tourist buses connecting Athens to Istanbul and vice versa. A typical case of gold transfer is the arrest of a member of the criminal organization working on a tourist bus in possession of which was seized the money of 12 000 euros, as well as 17 bullion bars. weighing 24.6 kilograms, with an estimated value of around 600 000 euros and a significant amount. gold coin.

In addition, the two criminal organizations worked, with a cover of legitimate businesses, with a similar purpose of illegal activity, thus ensuring coverage and avoidance of the consequences of the law.

The the profits that they have earned of their criminal action, they legalized them by acquiring property like me purchase of luxury homes, land, vehicles and boats, business expansion etc., through specific procedures covering the three stages of legalization required by law, namely layout, layering and incorporation.

The first criminal organization had 130 stock markets – a gold market, with a daily stake of about two hundred (400,000) euros.

The aforementioned criminal organizations acted independently of each other with respect to their constitution and management of their funds, but the actions of each organization were known to the other. In fact, the main members of the organizations had agreed on the purchase price of gold, in order to eliminate competition between them and increase their profits.

H interconnection at the level of the relevant chiefs "closure of agreements" which were of a fixed nature and allowed the criminal organizations to function simultaneously and simultaneously, without the action of each of them, influencing the other, but, depending on the object of the action, there were also collaborations.

The codes that they used

In their inter-phone communications, members of criminal organizations used coded words and phrases to describe the objects on which they were active, such as:

• Sugar: Gold.
• Yellow: Gold.
• End: 24 carat gold
• A piece of heavy: A kilo of gold.
• Round: British Pounds.
• Girls: Gold Books from England.
• Metal / Iron: Ripped gold in scrap form
• Travelers: Packages containing gold and silver.
• Lines: Thousands of Euro.
• Papers: Money.

Ombudsman Richard Tzipras

At the same time, Richard's lawyer, Peter Pantazis, had expressed his anger at the fact that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras had himself mentioned his client's name while he was not familiar with the name of his client. ;case.

"It seems to us that the state actors at the highest level and at the highest level make statements on the record, obviously they took copies of the file or are aware of the case, what the lawyers of the the defense has not yet succeeded.It is one of the strange things of the Greek state.But we are certain that the Greek justice does not derogate from all this, it reads the folder and will do what is necessary, "Pawnbroker Pawnbroker told Newsit.

Alexis Tsipras had mentioned the dismantling of the circuit with a symbolic reference: "I am referring to Richard Branch's network of pawnshops, which counted tens of thousands of citizens who had seen their income ruined and desperate in recent years and temporary help. , selling their valuables at a great price, "said Alexis Tsipras.