The attack on the criminal group that operated in Italy, Albania, Poland and Switzerland, SPAK gives details: Two people were arrested in Albania

2024-09-25 17:42:56Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
The attack on the criminal group that operated in Italy, Albania, Poland and
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The Special Prosecutor's Office against Corruption and Organized Crime has announced that two people have been arrested in Albania as part of the international operation to attack a criminal organization of international drug trafficking based in Albania.

According to SPAK, 21 apartments and other facilities were searched in our country, mainly in the Manza area in Durrës, and two people, Jurgen K. and Arjanit M., were arrested.

It was the Italian media that first reported on the international operation developed between Italy, Albania, Switzerland and Poland, and that a total of 61 arrest warrants were issued for charges of drug trafficking, money laundering and investment fraud in large sums.

The investigation showed that the structured criminal group carried out the activity of cocaine trafficking from the countries of Latin America towards the countries of the European Union, mainly Italy.

The suspects laundered their ill-gotten gains through a countless network of companies, run by an Italian-Chinese organization set up for this purpose, which supplied false invoices for around 375 million Euros.

During the investigation as a whole, 360 kg of cocaine, weapons and other valuable items, estimated at the value of 60 million Euros in cash, were seized.

Of these, 30,000 Euros, 6,000 Pounds, 2 vehicles, 1 gun, 4 Rolex brand watches, 26 mobile devices, documents, other valuable items, as well as other material evidence were seized in Albania.

SPAK notice:

The Special Prosecutor's Office against Corruption and Organized Crime, today on 25.09.2024, in cooperation with Eurojust, Europol, the Italian, Swiss, Polish authorities, the National Bureau of Investigation and the General Directorate of the State Police, has carried out a joint operation in within the framework of investigations for the criminal offenses "Trafficking of narcotics", "Cleaning of the proceeds of a criminal offense or criminal activity" and "Fraud in investments in large sums".

The investigation has resulted in the existence of a structured criminal group, which carried out the criminal activity of trafficking narcotics of the cocaine type from Latin American countries towards the countries of the European Union, mainly Italy.

This criminal group carried out criminal activity in Italy, Albania, Poland and Switzerland.

The suspects laundered their ill-gotten gains through a countless network of companies, run by an Italian-Chinese organization set up for this purpose, which supplied false invoices for around 375 million Euros.

As a result of the investigation, 360 kg of narcotics of the cocaine type, weapons and other valuable items, estimated at the value of 60 million Euro cash, were seized.

Today, on 25.09.2024, in the Republic of Albania, 21 inspections of homes and other premises were carried out.

Two members of the criminal group, citizens with the initials JK and AM, were arrested in the act

30,000 Euros, 6,000 Pounds, 2 vehicles, 1 gun, 4 Rolex watches, 26 mobile devices, documents, other valuables, and other material evidence were also seized as material evidence.


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