When the scandal of suspected chemical waste broke, Voxnews.al brought the information received on the official route regarding suspicions that may have played into the exit of these faked documents from Albania, the director of the Customs Information Directorate, Klodian Canni.
According to sources, the position as director of information for Klodian Chan serves only as camouflage and springboard to do what he knows best, organize and coordinate smuggling, avoid controls, or pass shipments with falsified documentation, as in the case of Kurum's suspected toxic substances.
Sources claim That Chan is the 'contact man' for groups and businesses that want to smuggle, or smuggle, out of the country. Voxnews.al could not confirm whether Klodian Chan had a role and what his role was in the case of Kurum's suspected toxic substances.
But what Voxnews.al can bring to the reader is The Rich CV of Klodian Chan with his exploits in the customs sector, where he started his career years ago as a simple customs officer to quickly climb the career ladder, even though he was investigated and in one case suspended.
Voxnews.al is bringing the administrative investigation documents initiated in 2015, when Klodian Chan was serving at Kakavija customs as the shift manager. At the time, he and his subordinated on shift were suspended from duty after allowing the passage without customs of a truck.
The prosecution's investigation at the time revealed that it was not a sporadic case, but a genuine smuggling activity where the role of Klodian Chan was essential. The prosecution's investigation found that only in November-December 2014 there were eight cases when trucks carrying goods entered from Greece smuggling to Albania, avoiding millions of euros in taxes.
At the time, greek customs documents obtained by Voxnews.al show that in one case only, the value of goods imported from Greece to Albania was estimated at approximately 15 million euros. It is a load of cigarettes and alcohol, both goods for which excise is paid. The excise only avoided in this case, according to approximate estimates amounts to over 1 million euros.
However, even after these investigations Klodian Chani as magically closed the accounts with justice and returned to office in a post at the customs office in Tirana. Here, as Voxnews.al sources say, he perfected the smuggling scheme, sometimes with counterfeit papers and sometimes by not opening containers filled with excise goods.
Voxnews.al will continue investigating this controversial customs character, knowing the public with facts and documents for his sentence to 3.5 years in prison in Greece for ATM robbery.