Other letters seized showed timate relations with certain people in Turkey and also with Devineau, partner of Mechelnere whose man-facturing licence had previously been suspended by the French Gov-ginment and who had later with Mcchelacre established the above mentioned drug factory in Istanbul. only to be expelled from there too. Several more contacts were proved by the Berlin police and arrests made. So. far "however, nothi gonngeted the Del Gracie ate wit the Eliopoulos group until a chance paper was found with Del Gracie bearing the words "Devineau" and "Atsok." This Intter was found to be the telegraphic address of a wo-nian in Berlin who was living with a certain Soya Moses. Moses, wax rested and with him were found papers and account books which showed that he was being used by the Eliopoulos combine.
Numbers of telegrams to various destinations. traced by the Berlin police and it sent by "Moses were was now the turn of the British Anti-narcotic authorities to join the hunt, Most of these telegrams were Code and at the time could not be decoded.
Key to the Code was at this juncture that the British authorities in Tientsin informed the Egyptian Anti-narcotics bureau of the pending departure for Greece via Egypt of John Veyatzis. On his arrival at Port Said on March 6, 1932, Voyatzis was closely and carefully' followed to Alexandria where he stayed a fortnight and eventually booked a passage to Athens on a" Roumanian steamer While in Alexandria he frequented none of the known traffickers, kept much to himself and merely amused himself by gambling on the Exchange.
Meanwhile Bue Eliopoulos had left Paris for London where he was closely watched. On March 4, he eft for Holland and the Rotterdam authorities were informed: they passed it on to the German Police who arrested Elie at Mannheim on March 8.
He was subsequently released on bail and returned to Athens.
On March 18, Voyatzis embarked from Alexandria for Pi On baggage a sent, Tou his arrival at Port Said his heavy Alexandria by goods train in bond and was searched by the Alexandria Customs on the suspicion of illegal export of gold. There was no gold but there were some extremely interesting papers, a code. book and. a Docket book. "The pocket: book was Eperfect "Who's Who" to the cor the verted" code "which he Swan and trade and gave the key to using in his telegrams to the Eho. peules group and others.
The British and German authorities were at once informed. and the secrets of many of the German seizures were divulged.
What the Code Contained but it has been 'Somkidered The "Code "is a tong one worth " reproducing' "in "Pull forming one of the most. interesting and important' documents ever seized in connection with the cit drug traffic. (The Code is {wo long for reproductions in thes the rat 1 age i of names of members of the gang in Europe headed by the Eliopoulos Brothers trid on the second pape'ts a fat names of members of the gang in Chind oF Japan, headed: Uy tone Voyatsishimselt, "Phe''nert ott pages contain the names of marine Rome well known or suiccat Supplicrs of drugs to Bee irate as well og these et tans agents whose names have in the past appeared "in reported, eants?aat Amugiling. 'There follow cove nurse bers for opium and the various drugs and apparatus for the exaction of the alkelotie ant tranaforoning ate into anather"® cee aaa are ae given for mixtures containing various "pertantare the drugs, 'There' fellow a lat shipping lines likely to be employed trid very samifenntly nunsbees for Trkubs" Chang. Tehown (Changetung?) and eke Base The code goes on with all phrases which might be required in the gang's gperatins dealing with shining, inaneing anc ie goods in which drugs could be concealed, Eliopoulos. Speaks On the return to Cairo of Russell Pasha from leave on August 8, he received information from Eliopoulos. in athens that he was very anviowe to ba ven an opportunity te inks statement In Ie own defence, Central Narcotic Intelligence Bureau, officer was sent to Athens andthe otatement was taken Tt Wat of uch great importance" that thet Amerienn® Anti-Nurcotie aficer in Paris was asked to go to Athens to meet the Central Neteotien Inve Iigence- Bureau officer and heat for intel Bice wotement." Ths was Of the bona fides of this statement. there can be" very little doubt. "For the first. time in the history of narcotics investigation te. given "an authentic guidebook {othe inner_citelee of he ite po trader The veal Barons of the rade," their haute their nese.
ites and their activities and all the complicated. network of thole lesser "organisations" "and" vassal Broups arg exposed to view.
Here, then, is the gist of what we learned from Elie Eliopoulos at Athen in September. 1902 Elie Eliopoulos. Born of respectable Piraeus parents, he. "was diverted at Hobert College, istanbul, During. the Great War he wag purveyor. to the Greek Arm), but Toat"'mort of his capital In" that busingns, He spears excellent French and "Enelige Finding htewself ie Tow financial circumstances tu 1027, he' went into partneraiip with South American named Cuzals who was randy Put up the necessary capital for venture in nareotion At this period, Eliopoulos was in touch with David Gourevidie, oF Goureviteh who new of the oppor: tunities for making money in this line of business inthe Fax. Heat The Visit €0 China Accompanying Gourevidis via Germany" and" Russia to. "China, Eliopoulos was not lon ing that the traffic in dope was fourishing there. - Nor did there appear to be any opprobrium attaching to it, since it was openly practised by a' Jarge number of foreign firms established in that country, Having looked the business over, he decided to go into it and after a'second trip to China in November 1927 when he met Jean Voyatzis at Tientsin and drew up a business agreement with him, he returned to Paris. in 1928 and set to work. It is said that in the ensuing years he sueceeded in amassing a fortune of Lstg. 250,000 but Eliopoulos contests this figure as considerably exaggerated.
In the beginning, he obtained all the drugs he needed from the Comptoit des Alealoides, 2 rue de Paradis, Paris, which was ran. two men named Kieffer and Meche. la ere. They had their factory at Noisy-lessee, "Ho also dealt largely with the Societe Industrielle de Chimie Organique ("'SICE") run by Devineau, 25 rue Lafayette, Paris, with a factory at Ste. Genevieve.
The Hamburg, Affair It ig as well to. state here that Elie Eliopoulos did not make all
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