Lavrio: Welfare benefits betrayed money-launderers

In the hands of the authorities are the six of the money mission in , which was made in a film way in September 2024. According to the announcement he issued in the houses where the money-launderers lived in Lavrio, weapons were found and over 200,000 euros. Authorities are talking about bandits who acted with special calm and professionalism while they knew exactly the layout of the internal countries of money-laundering vehicles, owned by a private security company. One of the elements that “burned” them is the fact that they worked occasionally and received welfare benefits, thus not justifying the transactions they carried out, as well as their lifestyle. Also a few days before the Lavrio robbery they had stolen a car from the southern suburbs of Attica to use it. So on September 26, at least 4 of the bandits in the stolen vehicle approached a financial mission parked outside the department store and captured it. Then, the 3 passengers, having their features covered, with protective masks and full body white uniforms, tore the tires of the armored vehicle with sharp objects and with the threat of improvised explosive device and weapons, threw paint on the windshield, forcing the employee to leave the vehicle. Under the threat of arms, the employee secured the sliding door of the money mission, resulting in the perpetrators removing from its interior the amount of 1,185.226.32 euros and escaping with the vehicle they used. In detail, the police announcement is as follows: A case of armed robbery against a financial mission took place in Lavrio, 26 September 2024, at the time of the transfer of money to a department store. For the case a criminal organisation was dismantled, consisting of -6-members, including an employee of the private security company, who were arrested in a coordinated operation of the Property Crimes Department, early hours yesterday, 27 November 2024 and against them a case-file was formed – where appropriate – for criminal organisation, robbery, theft, weapons and money laundering from criminal activities. As a result of the investigation, with the assistance of the Criminal Investigation Directorate, the above, at least as of June 2024, had recommended and joined a criminal organisation for the purpose of committing armed robbery against financial missions during money transfers, mainly in areas outside urban fabric. Members acted with special calm and professionalism, while they knew exactly the layout of the internal countries of money-laundering vehicles, owned by a private security company. In fact, the pre-interrogation showed that the members worked occasionally and received welfare benefits, thus not justifying the transactions carried out, as well as their lifestyle. Regarding the armed robbery held in Lavrio, members, a few days before the attack, removed a vehicle from an area of the southern suburbs of Attica, in order to use it in their illegal activity. On 26-09-2024, at least −4 perpetrators, on board the stolen vehicle, approached a financial mission stationed outside a department store and immobilized it behind it, trapping it. Then, the -3 passengers, having their features covered, with protective masks and whole body white uniforms, tore with sharp objects the tires of the armored vehicle and with the threat of simulating an improvised explosive device and weapons, threw paint on the windshield, forcing the employee to land. Under gun threat, the employee secured the sliding door of the money mission, resulting in the perpetrators removing from its interior the amount of 1,185. 226,32 euros and escape in the vehicle they used. In surveys carried out in houses , as well as in their possession, a total of: 211,490 euros and $500, 4-cars, motorcycle, rifle, revolver, knife, flare launch pistol, 74 flares, folding rod number of cartridges, number of mobiles and SIM cards and number of bank cards. Arrested were taken to the competent prosecutor, while investigations into their participation in further criminal acts continue.