
The Special Prosecution Office against Corruption and Organized Crime is verifying the assets that 89 Kosovo citizens may have in Albania. The justice bodies in Kosovo suspect that these assets originate from criminal activity. SPAK is acting on the basis of a letter of request from the Special Prosecution Office of the Republic of Kosovo, which is investigating 31 people suspected of being part of a group dealing with drug trafficking and money laundering. The investigation of the Kosovar side has identified the defendants through communications in the SKY ECC application. Server data confiscated by the Belgian and French justices have served as evidence.
The Special Court in Tirana has approved the request of the Kosovo party. SPAK has started tracing the suspected assets in Albania. According to the investigation data in Kosovo, the criminal group has transferred the profits of drug trafficking to businesses established by them or by persons connected to them. They have used the purchase of land, houses, apartments and means of transport to hide the origin of the money.
The Kosovo authorities state that part of the investments were made in their territory, while the rest in other countries, including the Republic of Albania. For this reason, their request includes the control of the assets of 58 other persons who are family-related to the defendants. SPAK will analyze the registrations of immovable and movable assets in Albania, as well as any possible bank accounts that the persons under investigation may have opened in second-tier banks.
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