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Journalist Klodiana Lala has provided details about the crackdown on Call Centers in Tirana.
Lala said that the criminal activity was widespread and that it is the first time that Europol has cooperated with the Tirana Prosecutor's Office.
He further emphasized that the investigation regarding this action has been initiated by the Austrian authorities. In this specific case, the monthly profit for the accounts and that the challenge of the authorities is to trace the money. While he emphasized that Call Centers cannot function without connection with the State Police.
" The investigation was initiated by the Austrian authorities. The Austrian authorities raised the alarm after a series of concerns raised by citizens there. After two years of investigation, the conclusion was reached that the authorities should intervene and before the intervention could take place, an authorization had to be obtained from the court. The Tirana Court approved the prosecution's request for 9 security measures. 7 of which were prison arrests. Two others were mandatory reporting and a ban on leaving the country, due to the fact that one turned out to be a financier and a lady turned out to be pregnant. During the checks, other people were also found to be directly related to these Call Centers. The prosecutor in the case is expected to decide what will happen. A few years ago, I conducted an investigation regarding Amant Josifi's group and it was related to Spain and showed how it functioned... They were asking for a lot of money from them in Albania, a real criminal mechanism had been set up. So when a person realized that he had been deceived, they would make a second call and ask for a second amount of up to 1 million euros. Also, the very large extent of the criminal activity of these call centers was in Canada, Italy, the USA, Spain, France, Germany. For the first time, Europol has cooperated with the Tirana Prosecutor's Office. Also, Albania has become a large granary of Call Centers. In this specific case, the monthly profit was estimated at up to 30 million euros , "she said in "News 24".
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