The Prosecutor's Office of Tirana seizes property, bank accounts and cars

2024-05-07 14:56:00, Aktualitet CNA

Prosecutor's Office of Tirana

The Prosecutor's Office of Tirana seizes property, bank accounts and 7 cars of the AM citizen suspected of 'Cleaning the proceeds of a criminal offense'

The Prosecutor's Office at the Court of First Instance of the General Jurisdiction of Tirana seized real estate, bank accounts and 7 cars belonging to the citizen AM, under investigation for the criminal offense "Cleaning the proceeds of a criminal offense or criminal activity" provided for by Article 287 of the Criminal Code in the framework of criminal proceedings no. 3298, dated 23.05.2023.

From the information received and the verifications carried out, it has resulted that in the accounts of citizens AM and A.Xh., in the second level banks in the Republic of Albania for the periods 2007-2008, 2015-2016 and 2020-2023, some transfers in significant amounts. The shipments were made by the English state and the senders were foreign nationals, where no connection is proven between them and the beneficiaries. Bank transfers to their accounts were made without a description of the action.

Regarding these transfers, the citizen AM stated that the sums deposited in his account were used for the purchase of a real estate in Durrës, which would be used to build a tourist resort where the two would jointly own it.

From the investigations so far, the prosecution estimates that a preventive seizure should be imposed since there are sufficient indications and evidence that create reasonable suspicion that the citizen AM in cooperation with his ex-wife, the citizen A.Xh. have committed the criminal offense "Cleaning the proceeds of a criminal offense or criminal activity", provided by Article 287 of the Criminal Code. It is suspected that the British citizen CP is also involved in this scheme, who made transfers for the citizen under investigation and also bought property in co-ownership with him of considerable value.

In the transfer made for the purchase of real estate, the AM citizen stated that the income was family savings obtained as a result of emigration, while it turns out that this citizen returned as a deportee in 2007 and did not previously circulate this money in the banking system, despite the fact that he has been back from England for about 20 years. For this reason, the prosecution requests the imposition of the "Preventive Sequestration" property insurance measure on the real estate:

Property of the type "Area" with sip. total 363 m2 in Kamez;
Property of the type "Area" with sip. total 237 m2 in Kamez;
Property of the type "Area" with sip. total 649 m2;
Property of the type "Truall" with sip. Total 1,000 m2;
Property of the type "Truall" with sip. Total 1,000 m2.
The imposition of the property insurance measure "Preventive Sequestration" against the bank accounts of the citizen AM Si and against the bank accounts of the citizen A. Xh.
Establishment of the property insurance measure "Preventive Sequestration" against movable assets (vehicles) owned by the AM citizen: "Smart Micro Compact"; "Hummer H2"; "Suzuki Swift", "Mazda 2500"; "BMW X6 Xdrive" 35D; "Mercedes Benz ML", as well as to the movable property "Range Rover Evoque". /CNA