{"id":4547,"date":"2026-05-07T22:18:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T19:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=4547"},"modified":"2026-05-07T22:18:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T19:18:00","slug":"greek-mafia-what-else-were-those-arrested-for-the-moschouris-murder-planning-bullets-explosions-kidnappings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=4547","title":{"rendered":"Greek Mafia: what else were those arrested for the Moschouris murder planning &#8211; Bullets, explosions, kidnappings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Four <b>accused<\/b> in the case of the <b>murder<\/b> of George Moschouris have been charged <b>prosecutions<\/b> for <b>nine felonies<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Four videos from security cameras<\/b> in which <b>two people of Albanian origin<\/b> are recorded participating in <b>preparatory actions for the murder of George Moschouris<\/b>, the so-called &#8220;<b>Thamnakia<\/b>&#8221; or &#8220;<b>crazy<\/b>&#8220;, led to the <b>arrest<\/b> of <b>three people<\/b> allegedly involved in the <b>murder of the 53-year-old<\/b> who was executed outside a medical centre in April 2025.<\/p>\n<p>According to officials of the Organized Crime Division, <b>the two men were planning another murder<\/b> targeting <b>either a heavy criminal<\/b> incarcerated in <b>Korydallos Prison<\/b>, <b>or a businessman<\/b> with shops in <b>Athens and Mykonos<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>The case of the <b>murder of 53-year-old &#8220;Thamnakia&#8221; in Chalandri<\/b> also involves, according to authorities, a <b>trapper<\/b> who was employed for the <b>abduction of the son of a well-known jeweler in Ymittos<\/b> in May 2025, as well as a petrol station owner who has also been arrested.<\/p>\n<h2>The profile of the arrested<\/h2>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"0\">According to police sources, <b data-path-to-node=\"0\" data-index-in-node=\"30\">two of the arrested<\/b> are people of Albanian origin. Security cameras had recorded them being among the group of shooters of <b data-path-to-node=\"0\" data-index-in-node=\"184\">Giorgos Moschouris<\/b>, in Egaleo, at the scene of the <b data-path-to-node=\"0\" data-index-in-node=\"230\">execution of the 53-year-old in Halandri<\/b>, as well as at the spot where they set fire to the getaway car after the murder and while returning to their homes in Aspropyrgos and Haidari respectively.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"1\">Officers of the <b data-path-to-node=\"1\" data-index-in-node=\"16\">Greek FBI<\/b> believe they played a role in <b data-path-to-node=\"1\" data-index-in-node=\"54\">a &#8220;support group&#8221;<\/b> for the 53-year-old&#8217;s killers. In fact, one of them is said to have been an old associate of <b data-path-to-node=\"1\" data-index-in-node=\"165\">Giannis Lala<\/b>, who was involved and acquitted for the murder of journalist <b data-path-to-node=\"1\" data-index-in-node=\"248\">Giorgos Karaivas<\/b> in Alimos in 2021. <\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"1\">Yannis Lalas was executed by four people on a hotel balcony in <b data-path-to-node=\"1\" data-index-in-node=\"364\">Arachova<\/b> in November 2025. In the Moshouri murder case, authorities also implicated a <b data-path-to-node=\"1\" data-index-in-node=\"461\">known trapper<\/b>, who is incarcerated in prison, who was arrested by officers of the <b data-path-to-node=\"1\" data-index-in-node=\"556\">Extortion Squad<\/b>. At the same time, two more people have been identified, but so far they have escaped arrest.<\/p>\n<h3 data-path-to-node=\"2\"><b data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">They were preparing a new murder &#8211; They were watching a lawyer<\/b> <\/h3>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"2\">The Greek FBI officials had put the two individuals of Albanian nationality under surveillance for the last few months and decided to proceed with their arrest, as they found that <b data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"234\">they were preparing to murder another person<\/b>. Police sources believe that <b data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"310\">their &#8220;target&#8221; was a heavy offender<\/b>, incarcerated in Korydallos prison, whom they planned to kill as soon as he received a few days&#8217; leave.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"2\">At the same time, they found that they had managed to place <b data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"507\">&#8220;hidden&#8221; cameras in the home of the baron&#8217;s lawyer<\/b>, to monitor her every move, and had installed a <b data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"626\">Geolocation System (GPS)<\/b> in her car. At the same time, the DEA officials are considering the possibility that the two arrested men were attempting to execute <b data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"779\">a businessman with catering outlets<\/b> in Athens and the &#8220;cosmopolitan&#8221; <b data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"852\">Mykonos<\/b>, as they &#8220;charge&#8221; him with a friendly relationship with the well-known baron.<\/p>\n<h3 data-path-to-node=\"3\"><b data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">The execution of &#8220;Thumnakia&#8221;<\/b> <\/h3>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3\"> <b data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"28\">Giorgos Moschouris<\/b>, to whom police sources had attributed <b data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"91\">a &#8220;leading&#8221; role in the so-called Greek Mafia<\/b>, was executed with more than <b data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"164\">50 Kalashnikov bullets<\/b>, outside a private clinic in Chalandri on <b data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"234\">April 24, 2025<\/b>. <\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3\">The perpetrators had set up a stakeout for him and apparently knew that, although he usually walked around with people from his personal security detail, he would be alone that afternoon.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3\">The operation, according to police sources, involved a <b data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"477\">&#8220;mixed team of hitmen&#8221;<\/b> which included Albanian killers, but also two Russians, from <b data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"580\">&#8220;Edik&#8221;<\/b>&#8216;s team, who fled abroad immediately after the operation. <\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3\">According to Greek police, &#8220;Edik&#8221;, who resides in <b data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"705\">Dubai<\/b>, is allegedly the person who has given the <b data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"760\">order to execute the &#8220;old bunch&#8221; of the so-called Greek Mafia<\/b>. It is recalled that the Greek police had arrested three more people for the murder of &#8220;Thamnakia&#8221;.<\/p>\n<h3 data-path-to-node=\"4\"><b data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">The explosion at the car show and the kidnapping<\/b> <\/h3>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\">In the early hours of <b data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"65\">August 16, 2024<\/b>, a <b data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"94\">powerful explosion<\/b> shocked residents on Thiseos Street in <b data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"154\">Nea Erithrea<\/b>. Police officers who went to the scene found that two unknown people had activated an explosive device outside a <b data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"287\">car showroom<\/b>. According to police sources, in this particular attack, one of the perpetrators was a known trapper who is currently incarcerated in the jail. <\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\">This person was one of the perpetrators of the <b data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"495\">abduction of the son of a known jeweler<\/b> in May 2025. The perpetrators had taken their victim to a secluded spot in <b data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"617\">Ymittos<\/b> and demanded a ransom of <b data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"662\">25,000 euros<\/b>. The 24-year-old managed to escape from the perpetrators in Glyfada and immediately informed the police, who arrested the perpetrators of the kidnapping.<\/p>\n<h3 data-path-to-node=\"5\"><b data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Severe charges for the arrested<\/b> <\/h3>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"5\">Accused of <b data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"53\">four defendants<\/b> in the George Moschouris murder case were charged with <b data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"151\">nine felonies<\/b>, including <b data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"189\">homicide by malice<\/b>, constitution and membership of a criminal organisation and an aggravated case of illegal carrying of firearms.<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The four accused in the case of the murder of George Moschouris were prosecuted for nine felonies.<br \/>\nFour videos of &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4548,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-greece"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}