He was granted a lowered sentence and was launched with restrictive situations and a 5,000 euro bail.
A forty five-year-old police officer accused of trafficking unlawful immigrants by Thessaloniki's “Macedonia” airport was sentenced to seven years and eight months in jail by the Three-member Prison Enchantment Court docket of Thessaloniki.
In response to the Greek protothema.gr, the policeman was discovered responsible of facilitating the exit of residents of third international locations from Greek territory, gang and provocation – providing to commit against the law. The courtroom acknowledged the mitigating sentence of life beneath the legislation, whereas after his conviction the defendant, who has been in jail since final June, was launched with restrictive situations and a money assure of 5,000 euros, because the courtroom determined that his attraction has a suspensive impact on the execution of the penalty.
On the “stool” for a similar case sat a second police officer, finest man of the primary accused, who confronted the cost of becoming a member of a felony group and was discovered not responsible, whereas a foreigner was discovered responsible and the courtroom imposed a jail sentence of 13 months, with suspension.
In response to the indictment, the actions of the 45-year-old police officer appear to have began at the very least since September 15, 2022, as collectively along with his accomplices they facilitated the exit of unlawful immigrants and their boarding on planes leaving from “Macedonia” destined for international locations in Europe and Baltic.
The “incorruptible” of EL.AS., after a months-long investigation, proceeded to arrest him, when two refugees from Syria, amongst them a 12-year-old woman, tried to go the boarding gate utilizing pretend passports, residents of Estonia, and sure for Brussels .
In his apology, the police officer accepted a part of his actions, stressing that “I didn’t acquire something from this case.”
