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"Hawala" SCHEME/ SPAK seizes businesses and VILLAS, gang members transferred millions of euros in drugs from Switzerland to Albania!

2025-07-28 16:06:07Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
"Hawala" SCHEME/ SPAK seizes businesses and VILLAS, gang members
SCHEME: “Hawala”

SPAK has continued investigations into members of the structured criminal group, who have organized and enabled the functioning of an informal money transfer system. 

Three people are involved in this investigation,  Ervis Ferizaj, Burim Ferizaj and Përparim Kallbaj .

During the investigations, their assets were checked to verify whether they were obtained legally or through crimes.

By decision of the Special Court, various assets suspected of coming from criminal activity have been seized.

Assets seized in the name of Ervis Ferizaj:

The company "Ferizaj-78" and all its assets.

A commercial unit in Tirana, worth 200,000 euros.

A two-story villa in Lalëz, Durrës, worth 80,000 euros.

77,160 Swiss francs in cash.

Assets in the name of Përparim Kallbaj:

The "Kalbaj" company and all its assets.

During the searches of the company's premises and the apartments involved in the investigation, approximately 68 million lek were found and seized, suspected to be money obtained from criminal activity.

How was the money transferred?

"Hawala" has enabled persons under investigation and other persons involved in criminal activities to quickly transfer sums of money from Switzerland to Albania, for a period of several years, at least from 2020 onwards.

The money senders delivered the money of criminal origin to the criminal group's associates residing in Switzerland, informing them of the name of the person who was the recipient of the sums of money in Tirana.

The associates of the criminal group residing in Switzerland, as soon as the money was deposited, notified their associates in Tirana, the person under investigation EF, who is also the leader of this criminal group, of the amount of money deposited and the name of the person who was the recipient of the money in Tirana.

Subsequently, the person under investigation EF, in collaboration with the persons under investigation BF and PK, delivered the same amount of money that had been deposited with their associates in Switzerland, to the persons who were the recipients of the amounts in Tirana.

To carry out this criminal activity, the persons under investigation in Albania and their associates in Switzerland used currency exchange offices, money transfer offices and travel agencies.

The purpose of this activity by the structured criminal group was to make profits, where the value of the monetary benefit received by the persons under investigation was 6% of the amount of money transferred, which was then divided equally between the person under investigation EF and the associates in Switzerland.

Security measures:

Meanwhile, at the request of the Special Prosecution Office, the Special Court of First Instance for Corruption and Organized Crime has decided to impose the security measure "arrest in prison" on three persons under investigation, with the initials EF, BF and PK. 

Also, the State Police has executed the security measure "arrest in prison" for the person under investigation PK and BF, while the person under investigation EF is currently arrested in Switzerland.

SPAK announcement: 

The Special Prosecution Office against Corruption and Organized Crime (Special Prosecution Office) has continued the investigations in connection with criminal proceedings no. 49/3 of 2023, for the criminal offenses “Production and sale of narcotics”, “Trafficking in narcotics”, “Laundering of proceeds of crime or criminal activity”, “Structured criminal group”, “Commitment of offenses by a structured criminal group”, provided for by articles 28/4, 283/1, 283/a, 287, 333/a/2 and 334/1 of the Criminal Code, against citizens EF, BF and PK.

During the preliminary investigations, further investigative actions were carried out with the aim of verifying the assets in the possession of the persons under investigation, verifying their legal source, as well as finding and seizing assets that may constitute the proceeds of criminal activity.

At the request of the Special Prosecution Office, the Special Court of First Instance for Corruption and Organized Crime, with decision no. 442 dated 14.07.2024, has decided:

Assigning the "preventive sequestration" asset insurance measure for the following movable and immovable assets in direct and indirect possession of citizen EF:
1.1. The trading company "Ferizaj-78" sh.pk, with Nipt M11512017P, with headquarters at "Muhamet Gjollesha" street, Tirana, as well as all assets of this trading company.

1.2. Immovable property, no. 3/8-N6, cadastral zone 8210, volume 38, page 37, of the type "Unit", with a total area of 161.67 m2, in the name of citizen EF.
This property was acquired under the contract dated 30.01.2017, at the price set in the contract of 200,000 Euros.

1.3. Immovable property "Vilë 2 Kate", no. 169/77, cadastral zone no. 2375, volume 16, page 119, with a land area of 162.85 m2 and a total construction area of 140 m2, located in Lalëz, Durrës, in the name of EF.
This property was acquired under the contract dated 19.12.2019 at the price set in the contract of 80,000 Euros.

1.4. The monetary amount of 77,160 Swiss francs.

2. Assigning the asset insurance measure "preventive sequestration" for the following movable assets in indirect possession of the citizen KP:

2.1. The trading company "Kalbaj" sh.pk, with Nipt L91307007H, as well as all immovable and movable assets of this trading company.

Also, during the preliminary investigations for this criminal proceeding, from the checks carried out at the place of operation of the company " Ferizaj-78" sh.pk and the inspection of the apartments, items and monetary amounts with a total value of approximately 68,000,000 lek were found and seized, which are suspected of constituting proceeds of the criminal offense.


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