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OCCRP investigation/ From the arrest warrant for Armant Josif to the connection with Olsi Rama: Albanian authorities hide...

2022-12-16 09:48:35Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
OCCRP investigation/ From the arrest warrant for Armant Josif to the connection
In the photo: The prime minister's brother, Edi Rama and the minister, Olta Xhaçka and the businessman in search, Amant Josifi

Spain has issued an arrest warrant for a former senior government official in Albania, following his involvement in scams against European citizens through Call Centers.

Amant Josifi , former adviser to the Ministry of Defense of Albania when it was led by Olta Xhaçka , a person who has close business ties with the brother of the Prime Minister Edi Rama , is accused of fraud and participation in a criminal organization, according to a source close to the investigative authorities. in Spain.

Joseph, who has denied in the past that his business was related to fraud, left his government job shortly after the story was published by the Project on Corruption and Organized Crime Reporting . His mother, Pranvera Strakosha, has a prominent position in Albania as head of a body that oversees the Albanian civil service.

In a coordinated series of raids across Europe on November 8 and 9, police from multiple countries – including Germany and Spain, where many of the scammed victims lived – arrested at least four people and shut down 15 call centers in Albania, Bulgaria , Georgia, North Macedonia and Ukraine .

Dy nga partnerët e biznesit të Josifit në Shqipëri, Bernardo Saraçaj dhe Erindi Pysqyli, u arrestuan dhe pritet të ekstradohen në Spanjë. Më 10 nëntor, policia shqiptare dhe prokurorët e krimit të organizuar mbajtën një konferencë për shtyp duke shpallur suksesin e operacionit, por nuk përmendën emrin e Josifit.

Autoritetet gjithashtu refuzuan t’u përgjigjen pyetjeve të shumta nga OCCRP në lidhje me ngjarjen dhe fshehjen e informacionit për Josifin, duke thënë se ishte e pamundur të jepeshin detaje për njerëzit e shpallur në kërkim në lidhje me Call Center-at, sepse ky konsiderohej sekret hetimor.

Përgjigja erdhi vetëm pas tre kërkesave në Prokurorinë e Posaçme kundër Korrupsionit dhe Krimit të Organizuar (SPAK) nga një gazetar dhe dy kërkesave në polici. Prokurorët lëshuan një deklaratë ku konfirmonin se Spanja kishte lëshuar një urdhër për Josifin.

Ata theksuan se urdhri nuk ishte lëshuar nga Shqipëria, por shtuan se përderisa një shtetas shqiptar kërkohet ndërkombëtarisht nga autoritetet e huaja, ai person kërkohet patjetër edhe në Shqipëri.

Sali Berisha, lideri kryesor i opozitës në Shqipëri, bëri thirrje për një hetim nëse Call Centerat e Josifit ishin vënë në mbrojtje nga kryeministri Edi Rama dhe vëllai i tij, Olsi, i cili më parë ishte bashkëpronar i një firme telemarketingu me Josifin.

"The Call Center fraud network is a monstrous robbery of European citizens in Germany and Spain," said Berisha during a press conference on November 18.

A few days later, Prime Minister Rama denied any connection to Josif, although he did not mention him by name, and insisted that the government was not protecting him from prosecution.

"As for the person we are talking about, if the state had protected him, he would not have already been declared wanted. As for my brother's name, which has been mentioned in connection with this case, this is part of the great dance of swords in our political pit," he told reporters. / Taken from  OCCRP , translated by VoxNews .


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