Convicted in Britain for narcotics production/ Fier Prosecution seizes assets of two brothers

2025-11-21 09:54:00, Aktualitet CNA

Convicted in Britain for narcotics production/ Fier Prosecution seizes assets of

The Fier Prosecutor's Office has seized 15 real and immovable properties belonging to two brothers and their family members.

The prosecutor's office's announcement states that two citizens with the initials NB and EB have been convicted by a British court for the production of narcotics.

Verifications so far have shown that the real estate or bank accounts are not justified by the income of the two brothers, who do not document the origin and economic opportunity to acquire these assets.

The seized assets include apartments, garages and bank accounts.

PROSECUTOR'S NOTICE

The Prosecutor's Office at the First Instance Court of General Jurisdiction in Fier, seizes 15 movable and immovable assets of citizen NB and his family members, suspected of committing the criminal offense 'Laundering of the proceeds of a criminal offense or criminal activity' provided for by Article 287 of the Criminal Code.

In the framework of the investigations into criminal proceedings no. 270 of 2019, registered on the basis of a referral from the Fier Local Police Directorate, where there were suspicions that citizen NB, through his family members, was involved in the activity of laundering the proceeds of a criminal offense or criminal activity, it was found that the monetary values ????obtained from the criminal activity were invested in the purchase of immovable and movable assets, which are used as a means of laundering the proceeds of criminal activity.

The prosecution, based on the facts and data obtained, considered conducting in-depth verifications of the properties and assets owned by the suspect and, after administering the necessary evidence, primarily registered property proceeding no. 2, dated 13.11.2025.

The investigation documented the fact that citizen NB was convicted by Shrewsbury Crown Court (UK) on 19.06.2017 for the production of narcotics. Similarly, citizen EB (brother) was convicted by Leeds Crown Court (UK) on 19.04.2024 for the same offense.

From the verifications so far, it results that citizens NB, EB and their families own real estate or bank accounts that are not justified by income, and these two citizens do not document the origin and economic opportunity to acquire these assets.

Based on this data, at the request of the Prosecutor's Office at the First Instance Court of General Jurisdiction in Fier and with the approval of the Fier Court, the following assets were seized:

1. Apartment type property, with a surface area of ??108.56m2, Yzberisht, Tirana, owned by citizen NB;
2. Garage type property, with a surface area of ??18.04 m2, Yzberisht, Tirana, owned by citizen NB;
3. Garage type property, Yzberisht, Tirana, owned by citizen EB;
4. Apartment type property, with a surface area of ??69.11 m2, Golem, Kavajë, owned by citizen EB;
5. Unit type property, with a surface area of ??136.1m2, Yzberisht, Tirana, owned by citizen MB;
6. Apartment type property, with a surface area of ??90.2 m2, Yzberisht, Tirana, owned by citizen MB;
7. Garage type property, with a surface area of ??25.33 m2, Yzberisht, Tirana, owned by citizen MB;
8. Apartment type property, with a surface area of ??111.70 m2, Yzberisht, Tirana, owned by citizen ZB;
9. Garage type property, with a surface area of ??28.40 m2, Yzberisht, Tirana, owned by citizen ZB;
10. Apartment type property, with a surface area of ??119.30 m2, Tirana”, owned by citizen KB;
11. Apartment type property, with a surface area of ??105.9 m2, Yzberisht, Tirana, owned by citizen LB;
12. Garage type property, with a surface area of ??24.60 m2, Yzberisht, Tirana, owned by citizen LB;
13. Bank accounts in second-tier banks of citizen EB, up to the value of 205'029.41 (two hundred and five thousand and twenty-nine point forty-one) Euros;
14. Bank accounts in second-tier banks of citizen KB, up to the value of 100'000 (one hundred thousand) Euros; and
15. Bank accounts in second-tier banks of citizen JB, up to the value of 63'000 (sixty-three thousand) Euros Euros.

In addition, the Prosecutor's Office at the First Instance Court of General Jurisdiction in Fier expresses its full commitment to continuing the investigation of group crimes related to illicit enrichment by taking measures for their seizure and confiscation. /CNA