The Prosecutor's Office of Tirana, after investigations, has discovered a case of money laundering through the gold trade and issued arrest warrants for 4 people, two Albanians and two Italians.
Sources indicate that one of the persons involved in this criminal activity is citizen Kreshnik Kurta. Through an announcement to the media, the Prosecutor's Office informs that during the investigations, it was possible to identify a genuine scheme of transferring monetary amounts of suspected criminal origin through the banking system from Italy to Albania
"Through the fictitious company TIRANA-BULLION Sh.pk with the purpose of trading and exporting gold, fictitious purchases of gold were made and then fictitious sales with tax invoices where the sole purpose was to justify through these invoices the transfers of high monetary values originating criminal suspects and who capture millions of euros from Italian and Albanian banks.
These transfers, apparently justified by means of a regular invoicing, i.e. presenting them as payments for purchases of used gold, managed to escape the control of the supervisory agencies in the field of money laundering, and as soon as these amounts arrived in Albania, they were withdrawn you have and they disappeared," the announcement of the Prosecutor's Office says
Notice :
Money laundering through the gold trade, the Tirana Prosecutor's Office requests 'Prison arrest' for two Albanian citizens and two Italian citizens
The Prosecutor's Office at the Court of First Instance in Tirana requested the imposition of the security measure "Arrest in prison" for two Albanian citizens KK and KK as well as two Italian citizens PC and NT accused of the criminal offenses "Concealment of income" provided for by Article 180 of Criminal Code and "Cleaning of the proceeds of a criminal offense or criminal activity" provided by article 287/2 of the Criminal Code.
The Tirana Prosecutor's Office has registered criminal proceedings no. 840, of 2020, in relation to the Subject TIRANA-BULLION Sh.pk with the administrator citizen KK
Gjatë hetimeve, nga ana e Prokurorisë u arrit të evidentohej një skemë e mirëfilltë e transferimit të shumave monetare me prejardhje të dyshuar kriminale nëpërmjet sistemit bankar nga Italia me destinacion Shqipërinë.
Nëpërmjet shoqërisë fiktive TIRANA-BULLION Sh.p.k me objekt tregtimin dhe eksportimin e floririt, bëheshin blerje fiktive të floririt dhe më pas shitje fiktive me fatura tatimore ku qëllimi i vetëm ishte që nëpërmjet këtyre faturave të justifikoheshin transfertat e vlerave të larta monetare me origjinë të dyshuar kriminale dhe që kapin shifrën e miliona eurove nga Bankat Italiane në ato Shqiptare.
Këto transferta në dukje të justifikuara me anë të një faturimi të rregullt, pra duke i paraqitur si pagesa të blerjeve të floririt të përdorur, arrinin t’i shpëtonin kontrollit të agjencive mbikqyrëse në fushën e pastrimit të parave dhe sapo këto shuma mbërrinin në Shqipëri tërhiqeshin kesh dhe zhdukeshin.
Për sa më sipër, nga tërësia e veprimeve hetimore, duke pasur parasysh vlerën e detyrimit tatimor të shmangur, vijimësinë e veprimtarisë së kundërligjshme, krijohet bindja e bazuar që personat e mësipërm kanë konsumuar elementet e figurës së veprës penale të “Fshehjes së të ardhurave” dhe “Pastrimit të produkteve të veprës penale ose të veprimtarisë kriminale” të parashikuar nga nenet 180/3 dhe 287/2 të K.Penal.
For these reasons, based on articles 287/1 and 315 of the Code of Criminal Procedure as well as on Law no. 9754 dated 14.06.2007 "On the criminal responsibility of legal persons" they were requested to assign the security measure "Arrest in prison" " according to Article 238 of the Criminal Code, a request which was approved by the Court of First Instance.