New sports measures: Greece steps up measures to fight hooliganism

New sports measures: A wide-ranging meeting was held on Monday morning at the Maximos Palace with the participation of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis under the shadow of the murder of 19-year-old Alkis Kampanos in the Charilaou area of ​​Thessaloniki.

A wide-ranging meeting was held on Monday morning at the Maximos Palace with the participation of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis under the shadow of the murder of 19-year-old Alkis Kampanos in the Charilaou area of ​​Thessaloniki.

According to the government spokesman, at Monday’s meeting it was decided to take measures at three levels: 1. Even greater systematization of the legal framework for the operation of fan clubs, 2. Necessary adjustments to the penal code and 3. Intensification, by the side of the controls of the Greek police. At the same time, changes will be made in the way of administration of the Hellenic Football Federation.

As the government spokesman said: “The Greek Police managed in a very short time to investigate this heinous murder. The interventions that have taken place in the last two years have substantially helped the Hellenic Post succeed. to quickly locate and arrest 9 of the 11 suspects in the murder.

What is enacted

• Ability to collect, process and utilize, in the context of criminal proceedings, the material and data recorded by any technical means handled by the Greek Police. Thus, any criminal act, committed inside and outside sports facilities, will be able to be corrected and punished.
• The local and temporal limits of the application of the criminal provisions for acts of sports violence that are purely fan motivated and take place at a time and place that is not related to a sporting event (eg, “dating” fans, attacks on associations, etc. are extended. ).
• The “nickname” returns. That is, the ban on the suspension and conversion of custodial sentences imposed by criminal courts for crimes related to acts of sporting violence.