The Montenegrin media writes that the Prime Minister Dritan Abazović has confirmed in the government meeting that yesterday's article of the M portal about the preparation of the ground to grant a concession to the Montenegrin airports to the controversial Albanian businessman, Shefqet Kastrati, who is one of the closest collaborators of the Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama.
In another speech about the alleged " quasi portals " and the attempt to connect the media that do not respond to him, but this time also the ministers Ranko Krivokapiq and Rashko Konjevic, with the criminals ( without specifying who ), responding to the minister Krivokapiq, Abazovic. said among other things:
"Thank you for mentioning the airport, you confirmed from which kitchen all the attacks on me personally come from, as for the airport I told everyone, classic submission... As for the airport, I told everyone to make a decision. we will keep them in full ownership to cancel the tender, we will go to the people who applied to give them answers to continue with the three companies or we will open a new one where we will go to ask for more money and better benefits to give the Black state It's burning.
I had a meeting, why not, I get investors every day, I try to help the state, if you think it's bad, I think it's good. Where is that meeting? In the Government building! Who said about that meeting? I don't know, but I'll find out! Your problem is that you know that I'm still one step ahead of you !", Abazovic told Krivokapiqi in a raised tone.
Remember, the M portal yesterday published the details of Abazović's agreement with Kastrati and Rama, while in the same text we announced that the executive director of Aerodrom Malit Te, Goran Jandreoski, will be replaced, which happened at yesterday's meeting of the Board of Directors of this company.
Who is Shefqet Kastrati?
Shefqet Kastrati, otherwise known as "Çeti", started his career in the 90s of the last century as a truck driver (known in Albania as "Ziz"), the Albanian media write, while today with the help of Edi Rama he has key Albanian resources, from oil, insurance, the only international airport, roads, constructions, military assets, state tenders... The Albanian media write that "Çeti" even "monopolized the money laundering of the main criminal groups in Albania".
"Sheqket Kastrati, according to some reports, is afraid of Ljulzim Basha and Edi Rama, the main link between the heads of the criminal groups involved in drug trafficking in Albania", says just one of a series of articles in the Albanian media related to . the affairs of Shefket Castration.
His construction companies are, according to Albanian and international reports, the biggest "money launderers" from drugs, trafficking and other criminal activities in the Balkans.
Since Edi Rama came to power, Kastrati has won over 600 state tenders, worth hundreds of millions of euros, through his companies dealing with oil trade and insurance. Only one of these companies has won over 400 tenders, with a profit margin of up to 30%. Kastrati has won about 40 tenders in the Municipality of Durrës alone, where according to the Albanian media he is in close relations with Lulzim Berisha, the head of the so-called "draconian clan".
The media call Kastrati "the king of corruption, ties to crime, money laundering, extortion of public goods" and accuse him of personal and business ties with the international drug trafficker Anton Gjinaj, otherwise known as Pashk Rapi, who was arrested in Aprill. 2021 at the border at the Bozhaj crossing, with an international arrest warrant for drug smuggling and is in prison in Spuz.
Apart from the fact that the citizens accuse him of having sold them the most expensive fuel in the Balkans, the price of which is not known, how much it goes in the so-called. "black funds", Kastrati's name is also mentioned in several cases of murder, kidnapping and blackmail. Shefket Kastrati was severely criticized by the public after the devastating earthquake in Albania in 2019, because on the highway he managed, there were tolls for vehicles coming from or from Kosovo to distribute humanitarian aid to families who were left without a roof.
Prime Minister Rama then tried to defend him, but some sources claim that after learning that Kastrati received tax, Rama called "Ceti", shouted at him to immediately stop the fee and forced him to donate about 1.5 million euros for the recovery of the country, after the earthquake ./ Translated by VoxNews.al