Turkish mafiosi or asylum seekers or tourists are now moving to other dimensions according to the Greek government as after the relaxation of the border they move almost freely through Evros to "arrange" their "business" in Greece!
And these movements have increased both because of the ease of crossing the border as asylum seekers from the river or simply because entry visas have become very easy and they enter the country normally through the border, the website reports anixneuseis.
Turks today mafiosi exploiting illegal immigrants, Muslims of Thrace and Turkish Bulgarian mafia from the almost 1.000.000 Turks (recognized) of Bulgaria, who are EU citizens, so they now comfortably cross the Greek-Bulgarian border, determine a lot.
Real estate purchases, trafficking of illegal immigrants and all kinds of contraband have the Turkish mafia behind them, which also finds help in Greeks who after the economic crisis are more easily receptive to selling something or accepting to work for them.
Indeed, the easier transfer of property even to Muslims now, and combined with the huge amounts of money that Turkish mafiosi move, have created a suffocating web in Thrace.
We recall that after Turkey invaded Cyprus in 1974, the governments informally had restrictions on property sales such as not giving permission (by any means) to buy a house at a crossroads to avoid controlling the roads so peripherally (in 4 directions).
The government celebrates relaxed controls for Turkish citizens to enter and pro-government media complains when they are delayed but illegal immigration remains the biggest plague.
The Turkish mafiosi come to Greece illegally through the Evros river, they apply for asylum through the Fylakiou CID and are released and then we have... a settlement of accounts between them.
But this means that we now see Turkish mafiosi who come to Greece illegally through the Evros river, apply for asylum through the Reception and Identification Centres Fylakion and stay free and then we have... settling accounts between them.evros-news.gr.
The perpetrator of the attack had crossed the border last February from Evros, following the trail of the 23-year-old victim, who had been in Greece since September. So he killed him and wounded another, claiming that the victim had killed his uncle in Turkey and that they had disputes over drug trafficking.
Organised crime gangs from Turkey have transferred their 'feud' to Greece.
They even do so by coming through Evros. This was the case with two people arrested last February in Chania, who turned out to have come to the country in the first ten days of September, crossing the Greek-Turkish border on the Evros. They submitted an asylum application on the same day at the Fylaki Reception and Identification Centre (KYT), stating that they were in danger from the regime in Turkey.
So they were released, but at least in this case they were put under surveillance by the National Intelligence Service and last February it was decided to arrest them by police officers of the Chania Security Sub-Directorate on the morning of Monday 19 February and under extreme secrecy.
The two young Turks, aged 22 and 27, were staying in Akrotiri Chania and specifically in a luxurious rented villa where they had stayed, on Tersanas beach, a short distance from the airport. For their travels the two Turkish nationals used a Porsche Cayenne car, which - according to information from police sources - was seized by officials of the Chania Customs for violations of the customs code.
Officials involved in the investigation had described the case as serious, avoiding revealing details of the two young men's activities in Crete and Greece in general. One of the scenarios being considered for the criminal activity of the two young men was that they were involved in cases of trafficking of illegal immigrants, as both Crete and Gavdos have been under heavy migratory pressure in recent months, with boats arriving from the coasts of Egypt and Libya.
After the arrest of the two young Turks, it was revealed that one of them was a member of the Baygaras organised crime ring operating in Adana, Turkey, led by the wanted Ramazan Baygara. The leader of the criminal organisation, who is wanted internationally for the offence of setting up a criminal organisation, was arrested by INTERPOL units in Athens on 15 May and it turned out that one of the two young men who had been arrested in Chania and had sought political asylum through the Fylakiou CID belonged to his criminal organisation.