The government kicked it out the door, SICPA comes in through the window! The concession of fiscal stamps is 'recycled' to the same hands

2025-04-01 16:06:11Investigim SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

In May last year, the government announced its decision not to extend the lucrative fiscal stamp concession with the Swiss company SICPA. The same announcement stated that the service would be nationalized and that the cost for businesses and citizens would be reduced.

Almost a year later, the announcement turns out to be half-true, and the private company that the government kicked out of the door a few months ago has been thrown back out the window.

The government kicked it out the door, SICPA comes in through the window! The

The decision to establish the company Albtrace CO has been published in the Official Gazette, where the Albanian state holds 51 percent of the shares, while the other 49 percent are owned by the company O&S Security and Solutions, registered in the United Arab Emirates.

The Abu Dhabi-registered company is the product of an agreement signed in October 2023 between the Arab company, Oumolat, and SICPA. According to the agreement, 'O&S Security Solutions' will produce fiscal stamps for the United Arab Emirates, but also for other countries.

The government kicked it out the door, SICPA comes in through the window! The

Oumalat itself was established in 2016 by the Central Bank of the Emirates with the activity of printing banknotes, fiscal stamps and other securities. But some public data suggests that this company may have been used as a facade to leave the lucrative fiscal stamp concession in the same hands, that is, to the company SICPA. The name that reinforces these suspicions is that of Wasim al Mraqtan.

He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Albtrace CO company, officially representing the Arab company that owns 49 percent of the shares.

The government kicked it out the door, SICPA comes in through the window! The

The same name results in strong ties with the company SICPA. In October 2023, the company SICPA announced the achievement of a partnership agreement with the Arab company, “O&S Security Solutions”. In the same announcement, Wasim al Mraqtan is introduced as Vice President of SICPA for the Middle East.

©CopyrightVoxNews

This article is exclusive to VoxNews, and is copyrighted under Law No. 35/2016, "On Copyright and Related Rights". The article may be republished by other media only by citing VoxNews and placing a link to the source at the end, otherwise any violator will be held liable under Article 178 of Law No. 35/2016.

The government kicked it out the door, SICPA comes in through the window! The



Video