A journalistic study placed the Bulgarian mafia among the 10 leading organized criminal groups in Greece, BNR reported.
According to the Greek media, Bulgarian and Romanian criminal groups often act together. They specialize in phone fraud, theft in transport and protection of criminals.
The most brutal is the Turkish mafia, which operates in drug trafficking and participates in clashes with other criminal groups.
For extortion, murder and trafficking of illegal migrants, the Albanian mafia is the most active, according to the study.
Money laundering and arms trafficking are the main crimes committed by the Serbian mafia.
The Kurds, who also have their own criminal organization in Greece, specialize in heroin trafficking.
The Minister of Citizen Protection, Michalis Chrysochoidis, announced today that a special department has been created to combat serious organized crime.