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2025-10-18 16:30:00, Aktualitet CNA

SPAK closes investigations/Sends Franc Çopjan and 32 members of his group

The Special Prosecution Office against Corruption and Organized Crime completed the investigations and sent to the Special Court of First Instance the request for the trial of criminal proceedings no. 75/9, against 33 defendants:

Franc Gergely alias Franc Çopja
Hajdar Bako alias Hajdar Çopja:
Mikael Qosja (Kamami) alias (Stefo), (Stefa)
Talo Çela,
Altin Ndoci,
Arzen Mama,
Eljo (Ervis) Bitri,
Maksim Koçi,
Dashnor Dumani,
Ado Xhika,
Arzen Hysa Çopja
Xhimi Hoxha,
Guri Biba,
Leonardo Ramani,
Ervis Daka,
Flobenc Meçja alias Flobenc (Drini, Gega)
Altin Kamami,
Martin Musaj,
Agustin Çinari,
Arben Lamçja,
Arjan Ormenaj,
Dorian Dyli,
Maklen Mici,
Bashkim Lika,
Klajdi Merkaj, Armis
Stafa
Renato Musaku,
Rexhino Doçi,
Matilda Hoxholli,
Pajtime Fetah,
Denada Toda,
Klodian Sinameta,
Leon Ramani
Activities of the organization “Çopja”

As a result of the investigative actions carried out by the Special Prosecution Office, in cooperation with foreign authorities (through the sending of letters of inquiry for the SKYECC PIN code package), the existence of a criminal organization, known as "Çopja", has been identified and documented. It was led by the brothers Franc Gargely alias Franc Çopja Bako alias Hajdar Çopja and was involved in:

Contract killings and attempts to eliminate opponents. Payments for executions were provided from cocaine trafficking revenues.
Corruption of justice system officials and police officers.
Recruitment of police officers from the Local Directorates, Durrës and Elbasan with the aim of obtaining information and operational support.
Laundering the proceeds of crime through investments in the real estate sector and other businesses in Tirana, Durrës and Elbasan.
The criminal activity of the “Çopja” brothers, citizens Hajdar Bako (Çopja), and Franc Gergely (Çopja), dates back to around 2006 - 2007. They initially carried out criminal activity in Italy by distributing small amounts of cocaine. Over the years, the Çopja brothers became much stronger from the sale and trafficking of drugs, expanding their activity to other countries in Europe, mainly in the Netherlands, Belgium and the United Kingdom. Investigations showed that after 2018, the Çopja brothers have transformed into a genuine criminal organization, which in cooperation with other transnational organized crime groups, expanded its criminal activity into trafficking in hard drugs, mainly cocaine. In 2018, it began killing opponents (through paid executions), who had an important role in drug trafficking in Europe and beyond.

Composition and connections of the criminal organization

Hajdar Bako (Çopja) and Franc Gargely (Çopja) – Leaders of the Organization

Mikael Qosja alias Kamami, (Stefa), (Stefo), also known as Kel Kamami – Organizer of the murders.

Talo Çela, Eljo (Ervis) Bitri and Flobenc Meçja alias Flobenc (Drini, Gega) – The armed wing of the organization. He had his own group of paid executioners. Initially, the suspects recruited were; Altin Ndoci, Besmir Haxhia (deceased, killed by the Alibej group on 27.4.2020), Dashnor Dumani and Dorian Shkoza (deceased, killed by the Alibej group on 3.3.2020).

Guri Biba, Emiljano Ramazani (deceased), Ervis Daka, Dorian Shkoza (deceased), Abedin Mama, Arzen Mama, Fatos Gosa, Ado Xhika, Renato Musaku, Leonardo Ramani, Martin Musaj, Ervis Hysa Çopja (the calf), Ervis Daka (Dragovi?i), Xhimi Hoxha, Agustin Çinari, as well as other still unidentified persons - Members of the organization, who have provided logistical means such as vehicles, weapons, ammunition, explosives or have played the role of observers and informants.

The criminal organization "Çopja", through its connections, managed to corrupt judges to create access, with the aim of closing cases under their jurisdiction or worsening the position of opponents.

Links to Justice Bodies:

Pajtime Fetah, who in 2020 was a Judge at the Elbasan Court of First Instance;
Denada Tode, who served as a judicial secretary at the Elbasan Judicial District Court;
As well as other persons for whom investigations are ongoing.
Links to law enforcement agencies (State Police):

Agustin Çinari, on duty as a police officer at the Durrës Local Police Directorate.
Martin Musaj, on duty as an employee at the Elbasan Local Police Directorate;
As well as other persons for whom investigations are ongoing.
Business connections and launderers of the proceeds of crime:

From the data provided by the prosecution, it results that the criminal organization "Çopja" has invested part of the income generated from the criminal activity of international drug trafficking in Albania, mainly in the real estate sector (through the purchase of real estate such as apartments, villas, bars and restaurants and land), in the cities of Tirana, Elbasan and Durrës.

The use of the construction sector is evident, where through third parties he has injected and invested considerable amounts of money, "cash". He has also invested in the opening of economic operators as well as the use of existing economic operators with activity in Albania, which "de jure" have been registered in the name of their social, friendly and cooperative ties, not exposing the "de facto" possessors and using them as camouflage/cover, in order to launder money generated from criminal activity;

Citizen Franc Gergely (Çopja), on repeated occasions, has transferred considerable monetary values ??in cash, through the use of currency exchange offices, inside and outside the country, sending them to his trusted persons. This was done with the aim of making payment for shipments of cocaine (in the countries of origin, Ecuador, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay and Bolivia), for murders or investments on their behalf, in Albania and abroad.

In the interest of the investigation, it has been possible to identify the foreign exchange office with the trade name "B.LIKA CIMI & KENI" EXCHANGE, with foreign exchange office activity.

Criminal facts

“Murder under aggravating circumstances to the detriment of the victims Endrit Alibej, Arben Dylgjeri and Turkish citizen Erdal Duranay”, event that occurred on 29.12.2018, at 21:00, in the place called Bradashesh, Tirana - Elbasan road, near the Dervishaj restaurant;
“Murder under aggravating circumstances of citizen Klevin Baho and injury of his brother citizen Aldo (Aleksandër) Baho”, event that occurred on 1.7.2019, at 00:30, in the village of Broshkë, Elbasan;
“Murder under aggravating circumstances to the detriment of the victims Andi Zylyfi and injury of citizen Ardit Uruçi”, event that occurred on 13.12.2019, in the village of Përparim, Peqin;
“Murder of citizen Klevis Kapllani”, event that occurred on 15.9.2020, in the village of Sinaballaj, Rrogozhinë;
“Attempted premeditated murder”, to the detriment of citizen Kei Piku, event that occurred on 16.1.2020, in the “Kongresi i Elbasanit” neighborhood, in Elbasan;
“Attempted premeditated murder”, to the detriment of citizen Irfan Azizi, event that occurred on 29.11.2020, at the place called the Poshnja roundabout at the Vajgurore Bridge, Berat.
“Providing the conditions and material means to commit murder”, to the detriment of citizen Erion Alibej, event planned to be carried out in the period November 2019 -January 2020;
“Providing conditions and material means to commit murder”, to the detriment of citizen Erion Alibej, an event planned to be carried out after the quarantine period in 2020;
“Providing conditions and material means to commit murder”, to the detriment of citizen Erion Alibej, an event planned to be carried out in September 2020;
“Providing conditions and material means to commit murder”, to the detriment of citizen Erion Alibej, an event planned to be carried out in the period July - November 2020;
“Providing conditions and material means to commit murder, to the detriment of citizen Nuredin Dumani, an event planned to be carried out in the period July - October 2020;
“Providing conditions and material means to commit murder, to the detriment of citizen Nuredin Dumani, an event planned to be carried out in the period October - November 2020;
"Providing the conditions and material means to commit murder, to the detriment of citizen Qani Alibej, an event planned to be carried out in September 2020;
"Providing the conditions and material means to commit murder, to the detriment of citizen Arjan Spahiu, an event planned to be carried out in the period December 2019 - January 2020;
"Providing the conditions and material means to commit murder, to the detriment of citizen Arben Spahiu, an event planned to be carried out in the period November 2020 - January 2021;
"Providing the conditions and material means to commit murder, to the detriment of citizen Rigers Spahiu, an event planned to be carried out in the period January 2020 - January 2021;
"Providing the conditions and material means to commit murder, to the detriment of citizen Everest (Ibrahim) Caka, an event planned to be committed in the period January 2020 - November 2020;
"Providing the conditions and material means to commit murder, to the detriment of citizen Ardian Çollaku (Subashi), an event planned to be committed in the months of July - November 2020;
“Providing the conditions and material means to commit murder, to the detriment of citizen Aldo Baho, an event planned to be carried out in May - August 2020;
“Providing the conditions and material means to commit murder, to the detriment of citizen Aldo Baho, an event planned to be carried out in July - August 2020.
“Passive corruption of judges, prosecutors and other officials of the justice system,” by former judge Pajtime Fetah, an event that occurred during 2020 in Elbasan and ''Active corruption of judges, prosecutors and other officials of the justice system, by Mikael Kamami and Arzen Mama.
“Abuse of office” and “Participant in the Organization” by State Police employee Agustin Çinari;
“Providing conditions and material means to commit murder” to the detriment of citizen Arben Spahiu, “ and “Abuse of duty” by police officer citizen Martin Musaj;
“Disclosure of secret acts or data” by citizen Denada Toda, committed during the period September - October 2020, in Elbasan.
“Laundering of the proceeds of a criminal offense or criminal activity”, by citizens Franc Gergely (Çopja), Arben Lamçja, Arjan Ormenaj, Dorian Dyli and other unidentified persons within the framework of a criminal organization;
“Laundering of the proceeds of a criminal offense or criminal activity”, by citizens Franc Gergely (Çopja), Arben Lamçja, Dorian Dyli, Maklen Mici, Bashkim Lika and other unidentified persons within the framework of a criminal organization;
“Laundering of the proceeds of a criminal offense or criminal activity”, by citizens Franc Gergely (Çopja) and Klajdi Merkaj in the framework of simple cooperation.
“Laundering of the proceeds of a criminal offense or criminal activity”, by citizens Franc Gergely (Çopja) and Rexhino Doçi in the framework of simple cooperation.
“Laundering of the proceeds of a criminal offense or criminal activity”, by citizens Franc Gergely (Çopja) and Armis Stafa in the framework of simple cooperation.
“Laundering of the proceeds of a criminal offense or criminal activity”, by citizen Talo Çela and the mother of his daughter citizen Matilda Hoxholli) as well as other unidentified persons in the framework of simple cooperation.
Supporting the perpetrator of the crime (citizen Talo Çela), committed by citizens Franc Gergely (Çopja), Mikael Qosja, Altin Ndoci, Ado Xhika, Maksim Koçi, Arben Lamçja, Renato Musaku, Arzen Hysa Çopja and Xhimi Hoxha during the years 2020 – 2021 in the cities of Tirana, Durrës and Elbasan.
• Actions that hinder the discovery of the truth, committed by citizen Klodian Sinameta.
• Failure to report a crime, committed by citizens Leon Ramani.
"Attempted armed robbery, to the detriment of citizen Minella Muçi and attempted murder of a State Police employee, an event that occurred on 23.03.2018, in the 28 November neighborhood, in Fier;
"Armed robbery of monetary values" that were to be transported on the Tirana - Vienna flight, an event that occurred on 09.04.2019, on the runway of the "Mother Teresa" airport, Rinas, Tirana.
Seizures

The seizures include more than 40 real estate properties, villas, apartments, service assets and land in Tirana, Durrës and Elbasan. Bank accounts in various currencies in several second-tier banks have also been seized. In the framework of this proceeding, the Special Court of First Instance has issued several decisions for preventive seizure, including the one dated 29.7.2024, against several real estate properties, as well as the one dated 10.9.2024 for the bank accounts of citizen Bashkim Lika and citizen Maklen Mici. To be continued...