The head of SPAK, Altin Dumani, discussed at today's roundtable on justice the figures of asset seizures, not only of organized crime, but also of those resulting from criminal investigations for abuse of office and corruption against senior officials.
He stated that a good portion of the seized assets belong to these officials, saying that it amounts to several million euros.
" A portion of the assets seized by SPAK comes from the investigation into the assets of officials, senior officials, who belong to the subject of the criminal offense of corruption. So in addition to the investigation into the accusation, a property investigation is also carried out, so that in addition to the criminal punishment, it is also possible to investigate the assets that were illegally acquired, almost for every criminal investigation. There are several million euros seized from these assets ," said Dumani.
The head of SPAK also added that investigations into cybercrime and cryptocurrencies have been increased and deepened.
" We have also increased investigations into cybercrime and cryptocurrencies, we have made seizures, we have special files such as the seizure of 10 million euros in cryptocurrencies seized in invested assets. Because now organized crime uses cryptocurrencies to hide traces of crime."
There is still much to be done. For the first time, 2 criminal organizations have been investigated, in 5 years of work, these are the first two cases that SPAK has prosecuted a criminal organization, which is the highest level of organized crime and its cooperation, and this was investigated in cooperation with international partners. We have cases where we have tracked down Albanian citizens and their assets abroad and within the country, in cooperation with partners, Albanians who hide them abroad or foreigners who hide them in Albania ", said the head of the Special Prosecution.