10 thousand euros for a fake visa to the US, GJKKO sentences to 16 years in prison 16 traffickers

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The Special Courts against Corruption and Organized Crime have sentenced 16 defendants, arrested on May 19, 2020 as part of Operation Crystal Eagle.

16 defendants were sentenced by the GJKKO to about 79 years in prison in total. The main defendants Bukurije Ahmetaj and Elvis Ahmetaj were sentenced to 12 and 10 years in prison, respectively, but due to the shortened trial, Bukurije Ahmetaj will be sentenced to 8 years in prison and Elvis Ahmetaj to 6 years and 8 months in prison.

They have been found guilty of trafficking illegal immigrants to the US, Canada, England, through forged visas and passports, earning various sums of money. They took up to 10,000 euros for an illegal immigrant to send on fake visas to the US and Canada. 

There were three corridors that traffickers used to smuggle smugglers into the US. The first Albania-Germany-R.Domenican and then in Mexico and entering the USA, the second from Albania-Bulgaria-France-Dominican Republic and then in the USA and the third Albania-France-London-R.Domenican and USA . The investigation for them had started in 2018 in cooperation with the investigation office at the US Embassy

Final sentences, including a 1/3 reduction from the shortened trial:

Bukurije Ahmetaj 8 years in prison

Elvis Ahmetaj 6 years and 8 months in prison

Fatmir (Elvis) Qema 8 years in prison

Eduart Haxhiu 7 years and 4 months in prison

Altin Memaj 8 burg

Blerim Coka 8 burg

Azem Tanushi 7 years and 4 months in prison

Xhelil Dautaj 4 burg

Mark Gjinaj (Gjini) 5 burg

Shkëlzen Avduli (Gjoka, Popenga) 2 years and 4 months in prison

Klajdi Llikaj 2 years and 4 months in prison

Admir Spahia 2 years and 4 months in prison

Drita Sadrija 2 years and 4 months in prison

Aida Cenaj 2 years and 4 months in prison

Ilir Ferati 2 years and 4 months in prison

Juxhin Tirana 2 years and 4 months in prison

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