The Special Anti-corruption Prosecutor's Office has completed the investigations into Rezart Taçi, who would clean about 18.4 million euros of the Italian mafia in Albania. SPAK has sent Rezart Taçi, his brother-in-law Artur Balla and the bodyguard, Bledar Lilo, to trial.
18.4 million euros of the Italian mafia 'Cosa Nostra' were blocked in a bank in Albania in November 2021. SPAK says that Taçi would clean 18.4 million euros by moving to several banks in several countries and would receive the percentage.
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The Special Prosecutor's Office against Corruption and Organized Crime in Tirana has completed the preliminary investigations for criminal proceedings no. 211 of 2021, for the criminal offenses "Cleaning the proceeds of a criminal offense or criminal activity", "Structured criminal group", "Commitment of offenses by structured criminal group", provided by article 287, paragraph (1), letters (a), (b) and (dh), articles 28/4, 333/a/2, 334/1 of the Criminal Code.
At the end of the preliminary investigations related to this criminal proceeding, it was concluded that the defendants Rezart Taçi, Artur Balla and Bledar Lilo, in collaboration with the Italian citizens Francesco Zummo, Fabio Petruzzella, Daniele Cestagalli and several other people, in collaboration with each other in the form of a structured criminal group, they have organized a complex illegal financial scheme, spread over several different states, which had the purpose of "cleaning" a significant amount of money that is the product of criminal activity. Part of this financial scheme, with the help of the Albanian citizens involved, was also the performance of some banking actions and transactions in a second-level bank in Albania, actions which were only partially realized and did not manage to be fully realized, due to the investigative actions carried out by the Special Prosecutor's Office against Corruption and Organized Crime. Evidence has been gathered that the help in this case for the transfer and concealment of the monetary amount was made against the promise of receiving a certain percentage of the monetary benefit, in relation to the monetary amount that was transferred to Albania and that would continue to be transferred to other countries .
During the preliminary investigations carried out in connection with this criminal proceeding, a seizure measure was imposed for the monetary amount of 18,399,941.50 (eighteen million, three hundred and ninety-nine thousand, nine hundred and forty-one, point fifty) Euros, blocked in a bank account in a second level bank in Albania.
The Special Prosecution against Corruption and Organized Crime on 27.10.2022 submitted to the Special Court against Corruption and Organized Crime a request for the trial of the criminal case against the defendants Rezart Taçi, Artur Balla and Bledar Lilo accused of criminal offenses "Cleaning of the proceeds of a criminal offense or criminal activity", "Structured criminal group", "Commitment of offenses by a structured criminal group", provided by article 287, paragraph (1), letters (a), (b) and (dh), articles 28/4, 333/a/2, 334/1 of the Criminal Code.
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