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Accused of attempted murder of Greek mafia boss, "killer" from Gjirokastra identified
2025-12-09 18:00:19 / AKTUALITET
Greek police have arrested 6 people as suspected perpetrators of the attempted murder of Yannis Lalas that occurred in May 2025 in Nea Liosia.
Greek media reports that 4 of them are Albanians, and are considered the 'main perpetrators', and two Greeks with a secondary role. Among those arrested is a woman, who is suspected of having had a secondary role.
The central figure of the organization appears to be a person with a serious criminal record for murder. He was known by the nickname “Demos” and was initially recruited into Vasilis Stefanakos’ group, while later he associated with the group of another known criminal who is in prison.
For this reason, police sources estimate that the assassination attempt on Lala may also be linked to the latter, although so far no official charges have been filed in this regard.
A 45-year-old man from Labova e Poshtme, Gjirokastra, Dhimitër Meçi, known as Dhimo for short, has also been arrested by the Greek police. He is considered a hitman in Greece, arrested several times for various incidents and often released under suspicious circumstances.
During today's operation, Greek police seized 4 Kalashnikovs, 3 pistols, dozens of cartridges and a quantity of cocaine.
Dhimo Meci, 45 years old from Labova e Poshtme, Gjirokastra, has been prosecuted and convicted several times in Greece for various criminal offenses such as theft, robbery, attempted murder, murder and criminal organization.
He was first arrested in 2004 for the murder of a Syrian immigrant outside a prostitution center in central Athens. Held in Kassandra rural prison, he was given a 9-day leave during which he was involved in the robbery of a Pro-Po agency in Glyfada, stealing 65,000 euros.
According to him, this apparently happened because the former head of the agency, who was murdered a few months earlier, owed him money. He was released on bail a few months later before being arrested again for violating his parole. He was arrested for several crimes during his career, including theft, robbery, causing bodily harm, use and possession of weapons, and for violating traffic regulations.
After his release in 2011, he became involved as an assistant in a gang involved in crimes in Glyfadha, Haidari, Kaminia and Koridhalos. Shops under the gang's protection had to pay 100 to 150 euros every two weeks. Meçi is also suspected of being the murderer of Panagiotis Stivas in September 2006, Ali Saeed and Giorgos Shabbat in March 2008 and “Pitsilas”, who is believed to have been a former associate of Meçi, in May 2014.
After the murders, he fled to Albania to hide for a while, while it is suspected that he was paid 200,000 euros for the murder. He was arrested in Sepolia in December 2014 in the company of Klodian Lekocaj alias Klod Cara, the leader of a criminal gang involved in several contract killings. Two pistols were found on him, while he was also involved in an attempted murder in Halkidiki in July 2014.
In 2018, while he was imprisoned in Koridhalo, he was identified as the perpetrator of a murder that occurred in 2012. This involved the murder of 29-year-old Albanian Artin Kato in 2012 in Peristeri, Athens. The victim lived in the Netherlands and was invited to the trap meeting by Meci, who communicated with him on Facebook under the fake female name "Anastasia". It is suspected that there were personal conflicts between them.
It is not known how Meci regained his freedom after all these serious accusations.
How the businessman survived the first assassination attempt
They are accused of the incident of May 16, 2025, when a motorbike opened fire on the armored Mercedes-Benz vehicle of 41-year-old Greek Yanni Lala. He was shot at about 40 times, but the armored car escaped. The incident took place in Ano Liosia, Athens, where Lala was pursued by two assailants. Lala, a well-known name in Greek mafia circles, had been arrested but released for the murder of Greek journalist George Karaivaz and boxer Hari Kontogiorgi. He was even recently considered the right-hand man of the notorious Ukrainian criminal, "Ethnik", who lives in Dubai and is considered responsible for many criminal events, including murders, in Greece. Yanni Lala was killed a month ago in Arahova, Greece, an event already discovered by the Greek police.
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