The Special Court Against Corruption and Organized Crime has sentenced two people to prison who were accused of drug trafficking.
Gëzim Bakalli alias Shkembim Cërmanji was sentenced to 19 years in prison, but due to the summary trial, it was converted to 12 years and 8 months in prison.
While Erjon Loci was sentenced to 12 years in prison, but will ultimately serve 8 years in prison due to the summary trial.
It turned out that they are part of a structured criminal group that trafficked significant amounts of narcotics such as cocaine, heroin, marijuana and ecstasy from Latin America to Germany. While the two convicted by the GJKKO were the ones who carried out the illegal activity towards Switzerland.
Bakalli was accused of participating in criminal acts in at least 15 cases, while Loci in at least six episodes.
"The defendant Gëzim Bakalli had the role of leader and financier in this illegal criminal activity, which he carried out in collaboration, in the form of a structured criminal group in 15 (fifteen) episodes, while the other defendant Erjon Loci is one of the persons who assisted the defendant Gëzim Bakalli in transporting and selling narcotics in Swiss territory in 6 (six) episodes," SPAK previously stated.