A report in To Vima said that during the crackdown a 60-year-old retired police officer was arrested who appears to have acted as the head of the specific cartel. The former officer was apparently working with two Slovenian truck drivers – aged 33 and 45 respectively. To Vima said that authorities had been aware of the retired officer’s involvement in organized crime for well over ten years but did not have the necessary evidence to prosecute him.
The 60-year-old had served in a number of police departments and services and had always been careful not to draw the attention of the internal affairs service. This all changed a short while after his retirement when he apparently got involved with shipping companies and started to become involved in various criminal activities (smuggling illegal cigarettes towards Great Britain, etc).
The report said that between 2005-06 authorities located one of his shops in Scotland containing huge quantities of methamphetamines, while other reports indicate that he was also involved in criminal activities in the occupied territories on the divided island of Cyprus. Through his contacts, the former officer even managed to become a prominent leader in the underworld, acting as a “liaison” between Turkey, Romania and Bulgaria.
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