TIRANA, Nov 12 /ATA/ The Special Prosecution Office against Corruption and Organized Crime (SPAK) has arrested 2 people and declared another one wanted on charges of money laundering.
In the press release, SPAK announces that it has seized over 18 million euros.
The Special Prosecution against Corruption and Organized Crime in Tirana clarifies that on the basis of information and verifications, it has started criminal proceedings for the criminal offenses “Laundering the proceeds of crime or criminal activity,” “Structured criminal group,” “Committing acts by a structured criminal group .”
The evidence collected during investigative actions carried out for this criminal proceeding, in cooperation with the judicial police of the State Police Directorate, in cooperation and in coordination with the District Anti-Mafia Directorate in the Prosecutor’s Office at the Court of Palermo, Italy, have raised reasonable doubts about the organization and operation of a complex international illegal financial operation, extended to several different countries, which aimed to “launder” a significant amount of money obtained through criminal activity.
“Based on evidence, this financial scheme was run by Italian citizens F.Z. and I.Z., in cooperation with the Italian citizen F.P., the Swiss citizen of Italian origin D.C., as well as the Albanian citizen R.T., involved in businesses in the oil sector. To carry out this activity, the latter has engaged in this activity his trusted persons, residents in Albania, respectively the citizen A.B. and citizen B. L.
This financial scheme in complicity with Albanian citizens involved carrying out of several bank transactions through a second-level bank that were not fully completed due to investigations by Special Prosecution against Corruption and Organized Crime.
During the investigation, evidence was gathered that the assistance in this case for the transfer and concealment of the monetary amount was offered against the promise to receive a certain percentage of the return in relation to the monetary amount that was transferred to Albania to be transferred to other countries.
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