Greek mafia remnants still active

Two bombing incidents this year at a gas station in Piraeus on March 8 and a liquor store in Kallithea on March 11, as well as a shootout with Kalashnikovs on Syngrou Avenue on March 23, were just the latest incidents in the ongoing turf war between rival gangs despite the recent police crackdown on the so-called Greek mafia.

The incidents occurred in the period after the execution with 97 bullets of 44-year-old Vangelis Zambounis in January outside his petrol station in Neos Kosmos.

All three incidents have been attributed by the police to the conflict between the two Greek mafia groups that have remained active after a barrage of executions, which a recent investigation by the Homicide Bureau attributed to the actions of hardened criminals tracing their origins to countries of the former Soviet Union.

Most of these suspects, although identified, still remain...

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