An individual with a dual identity has been placed under investigation by law enforcement agencies on strong suspicions of money laundering. Coming from nowhere, Olsi Meta alias Kristian Koni, has risen to prominence, rising to the ranks of businessmen and oligarchs, thanks to the money he circulates.
But this rapid growth, mainly in the real estate sector, has also raised strong suspicions that it is a matter of money laundering in large amounts. The authorities' information is that Meta is bringing the money from drug trafficking and investing it in construction in Tirana and the coast.
Law enforcement sources told VoxNews that Meta has collaborated with other businessmen, existing in Albania, to acquire land, buildings and apartments, creating a chain. In fact, everything is done only on paper and for balance sheets, as the money has illegal sources.

According to documents researched by VoxNews, in 2021, Olsi Meta alias Kristian Koni created the company Kriol.al. The company's purpose is the export of vehicles, the sale and purchase of real estate, and advertising for national and international companies in the internet field. The same company also deals with the internet, television, management consulting, fruit and vegetable trade, and even participation in quotas.
What does participation in quotas mean?! Are they dealing with call centers and stock exchanges? A prohibited activity in Albania, as such activities are carried out for extortion and fraud in large areas. Information from the police and the prosecution says that Meta, in addition to suspicions of money laundering, also deals with illegal call centers, creating connections up to the domes of several bodies.
Subsequent investigations and research may uncover all the illegal activity, but his firm, having a facility with dozens of fields, is in place for abuse and money laundering.
How can you deal with television, property sales, quotas, fruit and vegetables, construction, consultancy, taxes, IT, shopping center management?! Kriol.al also deals with bars-restaurants, hotels, resorts, textile sales, industrial goods, sales of electrical equipment, industrial materials, plumbing, office equipment, etc., etc.
The company also deals with the transport of goods and passengers inside and outside the country, as well as any other economic activity that is considered necessary for society. VoxNews also reviewed the transport permits, where it does not appear that the company Kriol.al has received any transport license. But if it does not transport people and goods, what does Meta bring to Albania?! The suspicions are that the money from illegal activities, inside and outside the country, is invested in assets and businesses.
Our editorial team also reviewed the latest balance sheets of the company Kriol.al, which show that it has made hundreds of thousands of euros, despite the fact that it has no real activity. The suspicions are that the owners and administrators have created a network of companies that only issue supply invoices, but that in the end the profits are minimal. In 2024, according to the documents, Kriol.al has come out with a profit of about 12 thousand euros. So, 1 thousand euros per month.
Meanwhile, in the same year, the firm has made half a million euros, making contracts with other companies. It seems like a large money laundering network, as the money is invested in real estate and then distributed.
The same person, with a very suspicious background, opened another company in 2023. According to documents that VoxNews researched, the company's object is renting apartments, rooms, marketing consultancy and brokerage. Again with multiple objects, which allows him to make endless invoices for services that no one knows whether they were performed or not. Law enforcement agencies should see which person, individual, made payments to this company.
Or to see which companies or businesses Meta (Koni) collaborates with that has rented apartments and rooms. So powerful is this individual, that he has started to earn millions of euros, and has opened endless businesses? Even with secondary grandchildren, where all the data leads to money laundering.
If you are going to establish a company with 100 thousand lek and then turn over millions of euros, of course all indications point to money laundering, since the company's activity begins in Tirana and ends in the elite coastal areas of Palasa and Dhërmi.
Meanwhile, suspicions also exist for other activities in the field of call centers, as the addresses of the companies he has founded coincide with their cells in the capital. From these activities, he has managed to acquire endless properties, such as land, villas, apartments or even hotels.
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