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Three years after the disappearance of Ervis Martinaj, the Albanian gambling boss, journalist Klodiana Lala has provided details about his fate. Lala said that for the first time, the Martinaj family has publicly articulated in a court process the belief that Ervis Martinaj is no longer alive.
According to her, the process conducted in the Special Court is not related to criminal liability against Martinaj, but to assets seized by SPAK. She said that some of the family's assets may be released, as they are alleged to originate from legitimate business activities.
Lala emphasized that Ervis Martinaj's father, Mustafa Martinaj, testified in court that the family assets were created from several years of business activity, including foreign exchange and other financial commitments.
The journalist also focused on Ervis Martinaj's profile, describing him as a person who came from a well-known and economically consolidated family.
According to the journalist, former officer Jeton Lami may have knowledge of Martinaj's fate, while he also mentioned his meetings with Brilant Martinaj before the assassination attempt where the latter was killed along with two other people.
"Mustafa Martinaj testified in the Special Court. In fact, the process is about assets, it is not about a criminal process; it is about the SPAK decision to seize assets. And Mr. Martinaj claimed that his assets, due to his almost 30-year business activity and the fact that he worked as a bank director, had various exclusives, worked as a money changer and so on, so he had currency exchange points. He claimed that his assets derive from legal sources. And I believe that some of the assets of the Martinaj family, by the end of the process, will be released.
What impressed me is that for the first time in a court the Martinaj family articulated that Ervis Martinaj is no longer alive. In fact, you know, I was ambivalent. I exclusively reported that news on News24, the family's report that he was missing. I was ambivalent because it often happens that organized crime bosses, because of the problems they have, because of the opponents they have, choose to live such a life or a voluntary disappearance. The fact that after these... after much research, after the investment of foreign partners, Ervis Martinaj has not been found and there is no sign of him, means that I also believe that yes, he could have been kidnapped and killed.
Despite the fact that Ervis Martinaj was deeply involved in organized crime, in fact his family is one of the elite families in the country. They come from Montenegro, a family with many traditions, very determined, tough, supporters of the Democratic Party. It must be said, there is nothing wrong in the end with them admitting this publicly. They had many businesses, they were located in the Fushë-Kuqe area.
Ervis himself, as his father said, was a student in Italy. He couldn't finish his studies because he returned because of his sisters and didn't graduate, but he finished almost the entire cycle. So he wasn't someone who came from the world of crime and rose up. So Ervis Martinaj was the opposite: he came from a wealthy family and left because he got into gambling, he had these problems and very strong clashes.
"I think Jeton Lami knows the truth. Jeton Lami is the person who also met with Brilant Martinaj before Brilant and his two friends were executed," Lala said, among other things, on "This Week" on News24.
Ervis Martinaj was reported missing in 2022 and since then there has been no trace or official communication to prove whether he is alive or not. Investigations into his fate are still ongoing.
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