In the trial for the businessman Rezart Taçi at the GJKKO , Moris Vidhi , the director of the second level bank in which the amount of 18.3 million euros , which has already been seized, was deposited, gave statements .
Vidhi explained how the deposit of the money was achieved, his acquaintance with Taçi and the other persons under investigation, and the way he managed to block the money.
" I followed the standard procedure, two Italian citizens presented themselves, one of them presented himself as a lawyer and the other as a businessman who wanted to transfer money to invest in Albania. The connecting bridge was Artur Balla. To my knowledge they wanted to invest in hydrocarbons. I noticed the high figure, and immediately contacted my superiors who authorized me for the transfer, since there was interest in the bank. They told me to make the transfer but block it, without notifying the depositors that you will block them until the verifications are done. Frozen deposit where customers do not have the right to withdraw. The lawyer, in order to verify that the deposit was free, had requested several times to withdraw a symbolic amount, to prove that the deposit is open. I informed my superiors about this fact as well, who told me to inform them that the deposit was there but could not be used. The bank received an alert and the money laundering agency was notified. I only met Taç once in 2014 with his wife and he wanted to make a deposit. He did not agree with the interest rates we had as a bank and decided not to make the deposit ", Moris Vidhi is said to have said .
Rezart Taçi is being tried in Albania for involvement in the attempt to launder 18.3 million euros of the Italian mafia.
The lawyers repeatedly insisted on dismissing the case based on the request of the prosecutor who separated the case for the Italians and sent them to Italy.
Accordingly, the case has been singled out for the citizens Francesco Zummo, Ignazio Zumo, Fabio Petruzzella and Daniele Cestagalli, for whom the process is continuing in Italy, and according to the lawyers, the Albanian businessman Rezart Taçi is also being tried there.
In this process, Taçi is accused of " money laundering " and " structured criminal group ".