It was preceded by an anonymous complaint to the Chief of the Coast Guard
He was arrested on Tuesday (6/2) at Crete, from the Internal Affairs Service of the Security Forces, an officer of the Coast Guard, who was acting as Harbor Master, because he demanded and received sums of money or tobacco products from captains of merchant ships.
A case file was filed against him for dereliction of duty, bribery, violation of the customs code, as well as for money laundering, while it also includes 9 private individuals – company representatives and captains, accused of bribing an employee.
According to ELAS, an anonymous complaint was made to the Chief of the Coast Guard, who informed the Internal Affairs Service, as it emerged that the said Axiomatic ensured the passage of ships without inspection, demanding cigarettes and sums of money.
From the investigation carried out, through the application of special investigative techniques, as well as the collection and correlation of the resulting data, the criminal activity of the officer was determined.
Specifically, taking advantage of his position as Harbor Master and although the inspection of ships and their priority control was no longer part of his duties, he assumed a risk of delaying the departure of the ships or did not observe/omit the prescribed procedures and asked the respective captains or crew members sums of money and tobacco products, which he received, was reported to APE BEE.
In the investigations carried out, 594 packs of cigarettes of various brands were found and confiscated, which did not have the special excise tape and 1 mobile phone.
From the investigation so far, his involvement has been established in 7 cases from December 2023 to the beginning of February 2024.
The arrested person was brought before the competent Prosecutor.
