11 million Euros transferred from shell companies abroad to Albania, Tirana Prosecution seeks arrest of two people

2024-12-20 09:07:29Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

11 million Euros transferred from shell companies abroad to Albania, Tirana

The Tirana Prosecution Office is seeking the arrest of two people who fraudulently transferred 11 million euros from shell companies abroad to Albania.

Announcement from the Tirana Prosecutor's Office:

"Two people, citizen DG and citizen AM, were detained during the finalization of the 'cost to cost' operation in implementation of the control decisions, issued by the court upon the request of the Prosecutor's Office at the First Instance Court of General Jurisdiction in Tirana, after through a fraud scheme they managed to transfer over two years from a shell company abroad to an Albanian company around 11 million euros.

Based on referrals from the Tax Investigation Directorate to the General Directorate of Taxes, and in cooperation with the Money Laundering Investigation Section at the Tirana Local Police Directorate and the Financial Intelligence Agency, after several months of intensive work, these two individuals were arrested after, in collaboration with each other, they organized a genuine criminal scheme to transfer money through banking transactions using shell companies in tax haven countries such as Cyprus, Gibraltar, Malta, etc. 

This money was transferred to the Albanian state through fictitious companies, and then transferred to the Canadian state. All of this suspected criminal activity was carried out in order to launder the proceeds of crime.

"From the investigation conducted and the evidence collected, it is suspected that other Albanian and foreign citizens connected to this criminal activity are involved in this fraud scheme, for whom work is being done to fully document the criminal activity and bring them to criminal responsibility."


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