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Shkruar nga PamfletiAccording to SPAK estimates, the total value of the frozen assets amounts to at least 150 million euros, while investigations into the network's activity and asset tracing continue.
Salvadore Aliu, for whom SPAK has issued an arrest warrant as part of an investigation into international drug trafficking and money laundering, is suspected of having laundered at least 30 million euros in Albania with sources from criminal activities.
According to the investigation, his brother, Isa Aliu, played an important role in the administration and investment of these funds. The latter turns out to own four companies, which are suspected of being used for investments in real estate, including land, apartments, villas, as well as construction projects and hotel structures in tourist areas of the country.
An important part of the evidence collected by SPAK is related to communications conducted on the encrypted SKY ECC platform. In these conversations, Salvadore Aliu used different identities such as “Dala”, “Qero”, “Qerosi”, “Viktor” and “Albo Pelo”.
The communications reveal that in August 2020, Isa Aliu reported to his brother that he had about 6 million euros at his disposal. About two weeks later, Salvadore Aliu informed him that he expected to secure another 20 million euros. In their conversations, according to the investigative file, ways to hide large sums of money until the moment of their investment are also discussed. One of the suggestions was to place the money in a 50-liter barrel and bury it.
The investigation against Aliu began in May 2020 following a referral from the State Police. According to SPAK, he and people connected to him through family ties are suspected of being part of a criminal organization that trafficked cocaine from Ecuador to various European countries.
The prosecution considers Salvadore Aliu to be the central figure of this network. According to the dossier, he oversaw the entire chain of criminal activity, starting from securing narcotics in the countries of origin, financing the shipments, organizing transport and supplying other criminal groups in Europe.
Sources from the investigation indicate that the 50-year-old from Elbasan is considered one of the most powerful people involved in international drug trafficking ever investigated by Albanian justice. For years, he has been in the attention of European law enforcement agencies, which have sought to document his activity and role in cocaine trafficking networks.
According to SPAK, well-known names in the Albanian organized crime world, including members of the Çopjave group, Eldi Dizdari and Dritan Gjika, have operated in structures linked to the network led by Ali. Investigators also link his name to Jetmir Pepa's criminal group.
The organization's activity has been documented for the period 2019-2021. According to investigations, during these years the network is suspected of having introduced around 50 tons of cocaine into the European market. So far, at least five episodes of large-scale trafficking have been proven, in which the authorities have seized around 9 tons of cocaine.
As part of this operation, the Special Court has imposed preventive seizures on 491 assets directly or indirectly linked to members of the group.
Of these, 266 are real estate assets that include land, apartments, villas, hotels and other properties in several areas of the country. The seized assets are spread across Tirana, Durrës, Elbasan, Lezhë, Shkodër, Dhërmi and Saranda. The list of seizures also includes vehicles and other assets of considerable value.
According to SPAK estimates, the total value of the frozen assets amounts to at least 150 million euros, while investigations into the network's activity and asset tracing continue.
Po SPAK dhe BKH po mos të ishin kto përgjimet SKY bëjnë vetë ndonjë hetim në bazë të ligjit antimafja … keto sekuestrime SPAK është idetyruar tia kthejë shteteve europiane ku është burimi ityre