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2024-06-07 17:17:00, Aktualitet CNA

SPAK, details of the operation with 31 arrest warrants/ How the trafficking of

SPAK has issued an official announcement regarding the "Nomada" operation, where 31 arrest warrants have been issued for the illegal trafficking of immigrants.

The 31 people under investigation are organizers, leaders and members of criminal groups, including an employee of the State Police structures.

According to SPAK, they know each other and know about the role of each of them, which shows that the activity is premeditated, well-organized and with certain tasks and roles, the purpose of which is material gain.

They produced forged identification documents, mainly from EU countries, found or mediated for Albanians seeking to flee to the United Kingdom and transported forged persons and documents, mainly to Spain.

In addition, this group accommodated and guided migrants on the route they would follow, carried out by two travel agencies, and carried out surveillance at the airport to ensure that they were arrested or managed to leave for the United Kingdom.

The group hit by SPAK also provided assistance for illegal crossing by manipulating the visa application process for the USA or Canada, through the use of forged documents.

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SPAK notice:

The Special Prosecutor's Office against Corruption and Organized Crime, within the framework of the investigations carried out in relation to criminal proceedings with no. 177, of 2022, in cooperation with the Judicial Authorities of Tarragona, Spain, within the framework of the Joint Investigation Team, has requested the appointment of security measures in the Special Court of First Instance for Corruption and Organized Crime, which with its decision no. 54, dated 06.06.2024, decided to impose personal security measures of a coercive character "Prison arrest", provided by Article 238 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, for 31 persons under investigation, who are organizers, leaders and members of groups criminals, including an employee of the State Police structures, as well as the security measure "House arrest" provided by Article 237 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for six persons, suspected of committing the criminal offenses "Assistance for the illegal passage of borders", carried out in the form of special cooperation, "Forgery of identity cards, passports or visas" carried out in the form of special cooperation, "Forgery of documents" carried out in the form of special cooperation, "Structured criminal group", " The commission of criminal offenses by a criminal organization or criminal group", provided by articles 298/2 and 28/4; 189/1 and 28/4; 333/a and 334/1, of the Criminal Code, "Forgery of identity cards, passports or visas", carried out in collaboration, "Abuse of duty" provided by article 248 of the Criminal Code, as well as "Production and sale of narcotics", carried out in cooperation provided by article 283/2 of the Criminal Code.

The investigations within this criminal proceeding were carried out in cooperation with the Spanish and Kosovar authorities and under the support of the General Directorate of the State Police, as well as the structures of the National Bureau of Investigation (BKH).

In the interests of the investigations of this criminal proceeding, a Joint Investigation Team has been set up with the judicial authorities of Tarragona, Spain, as well as in the framework of the real-time exchange of information with the law enforcement authorities of other countries, it has become possible to identify and document of the criminal activity of some criminal groups related to the provision of assistance for the illegal passage of Albanian citizens in order to travel to the United Kingdom, America and Canada.

During the investigations, among others, special methods of investigation were used, through which the criminal activity was documented, which consisted of:

- in the production of forged identification documents, mainly documents from European Union countries (passports, identity cards, driving licenses and other documents), in finding or mediating Albanian citizens seeking to travel to the United Kingdom, in the transportation of persons and forged documents mainly in the state of Spain, in the accommodation and guidance of these citizens on the route they would follow, carried out by two travel agencies until the observation at their airport to make sure if they were arrested or managed to were leaving for the United Kingdom.

- in providing assistance for illegal passage through the manipulation of the visa application process for the United States of America or Canada, through the use of forged documents, instructing people how to behave during the interview process or at the airport.

In this criminal activity, the persons under investigation ensure its various processes, know each other, and know about the role of each of them, circumstances which show that the activity is premeditated, well-organized and with certain tasks and roles, the goal of which is the material gain.

On the part of the structures of the General Directorate of the State Police, 32 personal security measures have been executed so far for the persons under investigation, while for the other five persons under investigation, the corresponding searches are being carried out.

During the controls, the items that were used to commit the criminal offense or items that constitute the product of the criminal offense, the sums of money 25 thousand euros, 20 thousand pounds, valuables, an environment adapted for falsification of documents, computers and printers that were used for sales and transfers of virtual currency - BITCOIN, quantities of narcotics and other documents important for the investigation.

Investigations continue regarding the execution of security measures for other persons under investigation, as well as the collection and securing of evidence for other persons who are involved in this criminal activity.

A special thanks goes to Eurojust and the EU4FAST project, for the support given in the framework of the joint investigative investigation!