The man known as “Entik,” the alleged leader of the Russian-Ukrainian Mafia, was arrested in Dubai, according to exclusive information from DocumentoNews.gr. An international red notice had been issued against him. Sources report that his lawyers have already launched a fierce legal battle to prevent his extradition to Russia, in order to prevent at all costs his extradition to Greek authorities on the extremely serious charges against him. According to information from DocumentoNews, Greek authorities were also involved in the process of his arrest.

“Entik,” along with an associate of Georgian descent, had found refuge in the United Arab Emirates in an attempt to evade arrest. His criminal organization, composed mainly of Greek expatriates from the former USSR, focused on the smuggling of tobacco products. In a massive operation by the Directorate for Combating Organized Crime (DAOE) that began some time ago, 47 people were arrested, while the case file as a whole includes another 106 defendants.

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The “Greek Mafia’s”
hit lists The attempt to establish an absolute monopoly on cigarette smuggling led to the bloodiest period in Greek nightlife, with the Homicide Division investigating the brutal murders of top members of the so-called Greek Mafia.

The organization’s enforcer is believed to be responsible for the murder of Yiannis Skaftouros (also known as “Uncle Joe”), whom they executed in 2022 in front of his family at his country home in Skourta, Boeotia. The same individuals were charged and convicted for the murders of Vasilis Roubetis and Dionysis Mouzakitis, who were gunned down in June 2023 inside an armored SUV in the entrance hall of an apartment building in Korydallos.

In the coming days, the members of the group alleged to have executed Vangelis Zambounis with 97 bullets on January 14, 2024, outside a gas station he owned in Neos Kosmos. Zambounis, also known as “Zambon,” came under fire when major domestic figures in the cigarette smuggling trade, feeling powerless in the face of the extreme violence of “Entik’s” henchmen, turned to him for protection. Among them is reportedly a well-known businessman from Piraeus, who had previously been the victim of a kidnapping by a group of “Russopontians.”

Source: documentonews.gr