The Greek organized crime unit has destroyed a smuggling network of fuel that had extended ties with Romania, Poland, Bulgaria and Albania.
22 people were handcuffed, including the leaders of the smuggling network, the 39-year-old identified as TS, who shares the same surname with a figure of the dark world of organized crime.
Since the beginning of this year, it is suspected that this network has imported 1.5 million liters of gasoline from Romania and smuggled at least 200 tonnes of chemical digestion from Poland to falsify fuel without paying taxes.
The network has supplied at least 10 fuel stations throughout the western Attica, Ano Liosia, Agioi Aneargyroi, Kamatero and regions including Laconia, Monemvasia and Arta.
Greek investigators discovered a specialized program called “Solitaire” resembling computer solitaire but enabled pumps to steal 25% of fuel through keyboard combinations, SHcuran Ekathimerini.
A fuel station owner had previously faced charges of killing journalist Giorgos Karaivaz before being acquitted.
The network used false customs statements, claiming the fuel passed through Greece in Albania while secretly dismissed into underground reservoirs.
Police seized over 800,000 euros and found out how money laundering was carried out through gasoline and café stations.
