
As part of an investigation, launched in 2017 by the Italian side, three Albanians were arrested, who were part of a criminal group involved in the trafficking of narcotics.
The Special Court against Corruption and Organized Crime has decided to seize the movable and immovable property of these citizens and their family members.
These assets, which amount to over 1 million euros, are suspected to derive from the criminal activity of the 3 imprisoned citizens. It is about citizens Emirjan Bey, Syrjan Tola and Dorian Bey .
The seized assets are 2 fishing companies, together with their assets, the commercial activities of 3 physical entities, together with their assets, 1 fishing boat, 1 apartment, 1 garage, 1 bar-café service unit and 3 other different service units.
Police notification:
Follows the police mega-operation coded " Highway ", initiated by the Italian Police in 2017, for the destruction of a criminal group for drug trafficking. This phase of the mega-operation was finalized as a result of the intensive exchange of information and joint operational actions of the State Police with the Italian Police.
The Italian police located in Milan and handcuffed 3 Albanian citizens who were wanted internationally as part of this mega-operation.
Meanwhile, the investigative structures of the State Police have traced and seized in Durrës, various assets, worth over 1 million euros, owned by these 3 citizens and their families.
As a result of the intensive and continuous cooperation, made concrete with joint investigation teams and exchange of information in real time, the specialists of the Sector for the Investigation of Criminal Groups, of the Directorate for the Investigation of Organized Crime, in the General Directorate of the Police of State, contributed to the finalization of another phase of the international anti-drug mega-operation coded "Highway".
For this phase, as a result of the exchange of information provided by the specialists of this Sector, with the Italian partners, it became possible to locate in Milan, and the arrest by the Italian Police, of the 3 Albanian citizens declared internationally wanted: . Within the police mega-operation coded "Highway", initiated in Italy in 2017, these citizens are accused of being members of a criminal group active in the field of drug trafficking.
On the basis of this charge, as well as in implementation of decision no. 395, dated 05.10.2023, of the Special Court against Corruption and Organized Crime, movable and immovable assets of these citizens and their family members were tracked down and seized in Durrës. These assets, worth over 1 million euros, are suspected to derive from the criminal activity of the 3 imprisoned citizens.
Specifically, the CJKKO has determined the "Preventive Sequestration" measure, for the following assets: 2 commercial companies with an object in the field of fishing, together with their assets, the commercial activities of 3 physical entities, together with their assets, 1 ship fishing, 1 apartment, 1 garage, 1 bar-café service unit and 3 other various service units.
The procedural materials were passed to SPAK for further actions.
The State Police continues its maximum commitment, as a reliable partner, for the arrest of all citizens announced as wanted internationally, within the framework of the "Highway" mega-operation, as well as for the tracking and seizure of all assets in our country, which have as a source the criminal activity of these citizens.