Inner workings of hooligans revealed

The case file put together by the police Sub-Division for the Prevention of Sports Violence against the participants in the incidents that led to the death of 31-year-old policeman Giorgos Lyngeridis outside a volleyball stadium in Athens last December has shed light on the way the Olympiakos club hooligans orchestrated the attack, the internal hierarchy of Gate 7 organized fans and their relationship with the management of the team.

More than 60 people arrested on Tuesday appeared before the prosecutor, who brought charges against them for 12 felonies including directing and joining a criminal organization, manslaughter, instigating manslaughter, causing an explosion etc.

All requested and were given a deadline to prepare their defense and are expected to appear before investigators in the next few days.

In official documents, the police described that the...