They were giving usury with criminal sources in "Exchange", 3 members of a TRIBE from Lazarati are arrested, a fourth is wanted!

2025-12-11 16:24:32Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

Four members of a tribe, namely two brothers and their two sons, have been charged with lending money at interest, income that is suspected to have illegal and criminal sources, through Exchange points in Tirana and Gjirokastra.

The local police of Gjirokastra announced today that they finalized the operation codenamed " Trace the flow " after investigations using proactive methods.

Three of the suspects were arrested and a fourth was declared wanted.

"In 2 "Exchange" entities, in Tirana and Gjirokastra, they were lending money with usury, with criminal sources, 3 citizens were arrested (among them, the organizer) and 1 was declared wanted. The 4 citizens involved, 2 brothers with their 2 sons, were declared wanted," the police said.

Following the inspections, a series of seizures were made, mainly monetary sums.

"From the 2 subjects and from the apartments of these citizens, the following were seized: 26,963,200 lekë, 132,760 euros, 42,596 US dollars, 8,780 pounds, 10,380 francs, 3,145 Canadian dollars, 85,720 Turkish liras, 18 notebooks, 6 computers, 6 mobile phones and other items that will serve the continuation of the investigation," the police explained.

The action came as a result of a several-month investigation, pursued with special methods, under the direction of the Gjirokastra Prosecutor's Office, to examine a case of money laundering with dubious sources, through lending them, with a high percentage of profit, as well as by specialists for the Investigation of Economic and Financial Crimes.

"During the operation, citizen RK, 56 years old, his brother, citizen LK, 59 years old, and the 59-year-old's son, citizen PK, 28 years old, were arrested, and the 56-year-old's son, citizen BK, 27 years old, all four residents of the village of Kordhocë, Lazarat, were declared wanted," the police announced.

Police announcement:

The investigations suspect that through two " Exchange " entities owned by the 56-year-old, in Gjirokastra and Tirana, the four family members were lending money suspected of having been obtained from criminal activity at interest.


Intensive efforts are underway to capture the 27-year-old.

The procedural materials were referred to the Gjirokastra Prosecutor's Office, for further action, for the criminal offenses of " fraudulent and pyramid schemes" , " laundering the proceeds of a criminal offense or criminal activity" and "concealment of income ".


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