The Albanian criminal group "Lions" based in Athens, has for some time been targeted by law enforcement authorities who accuse its members of a series of serious criminal offenses.
The criminal group is reported to be composed of Albanian citizens, who operate around the well-known club "Bellavita" in the Greek capital, suspected of having connections with powerful people of the underworld inside Greek prisons, even accused of cocaine trafficking from Latin America.
At the epicenter of their activity is suspected to be the control of drug distribution, guarding nightclubs against payment, as well as other acts with profit purposes. In this context, this criminal group is suspected to have created very strong ties with people from the police and Greek justice bodies, since even though they have been accused of serious crimes, they have managed to gain freedom by becoming the subject of articles in the Greek media.
Such is the case of the Albanian Dhimitri Çiço, a 28-year-old Roma from the village of Rom i Fieri. In the Greek justice bodies and in the media, he is known as Nektarios Karakalios, a person of high social risk, considered as one of the people who could not open fire within the "Lions" activity.
Yesterday, he was arrested again by the Greek police, suspected of being the author of a murder, even though in the last 13 months he has been arrested several times for murder, attempted murder and other minor crimes, but he was released. . Dhimitri Çiço alias Nektarios Karakalios has been arrested by the Greek police as a suspect for the murder of the Afghan citizen Bahman Rasuli, 35 years old, an event that took place on March 8, 2024 in Athens. According to the Greek police, the incident happened after a clash between a group of 7 Albanians and 6 Afghans.
Çiço allegedly opened fire on the Afghans initially without hurting anyone, and as soon as the latter attacked the group of Albanians, the 28-year-old Albanian shot again, killing Bahman Rasul. After investigating the event for about 1 month, the Greek police managed to identify all 7 Albanians involved in the event in different roles. Specifically, they are Bledi Alushi, 19 years old from the village of Rom i Fier, Akil Topi, 36 years old from Elbasan, Spiro Alushi, 23 years old, Thanas Alushi, 25 years old, Skerdi Dragoti, 24 years old and Anxhelo Cenkaj, 18 years old. All the suspects have been arrested except the citizen Akil Topi, who continues to be a wanted person.