Cocaine trafficking in several European countries, GJKKO sentences Jetmir Kastrati

2023-03-21 11:43:57Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

Cocaine trafficking in several European countries, GJKKO sentences Jetmir

The Special Court of First Instance against Corruption and Organized Crime in Tirana sentenced Jetmir Kastrati, also known as Sokol Krasnici, to 9 years in prison after finding him guilty of drug trafficking in Scandinavian countries.

The Special Prosecutor's Office had requested a sentence of 13 years and 6 months of imprisonment for Kastrati, but due to the shortened trial, he was ultimately sentenced to 9 years of imprisonment, a sentence which the defendant had to serve in a high security prison.

On Monday, the Court found Kastrati guilty and sentenced him to 9 years in prison, which he must serve in a high security prison.

Who is Jetmir Kastrati?
From 2012 to June 2019, the defendant Jetmir Kastrati (alias Sokol Krasnici), as part of a structured criminal group, trafficked very large quantities of cocaine in Denmark, Sweden and Norway, from the sale of which he provided income of criminal origin.

These revenues after 2012 have been transformed into various movable and immovable assets in Albania, thus cleaning the products of criminal activity, through investments in real estate in the area of ​​Velipoja and the city of Shkodra, as well as economic activities in the city of Shkodra, such as a poultry business with the trade name "RENS 2015", assets or economic activities registered in the name of the defendant's relatives, as well as previously confiscated in the context of the implementation of Law no. 10192 dated 03.12.2009 "On Preventing and Combating Organized Crime and Trafficking Through Preventive Measures against Property", amended.

The discovery of the criminal activity, the investigation and the trial of this defendant, in relation to the cleaning of the proceeds of the criminal offense or criminal activity, was made thanks to the close cooperation of the Special Prosecutor's Office with the justice authorities of Denmark and Norway.


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