Tirana Court Seizes Assets of Sokrat Cari's Family/He Was Convicted of Drugs

2025-01-16 10:16:00, Kronika CNA

Tirana Court Seizes Assets of Sokrat Cari's Family/He Was Convicted of

The Tirana Court seizes the assets of the family of Sokrat Cari, who was convicted of drug trafficking and died in 2022.

A villa, a shop and a pickup truck were seized, owned by the Cari family, who, according to the prosecutor, did not have the resources to create wealth.

Prosecutor's Office Announcement:

At the request of the Tirana Prosecution Office, the assets of the smuggler SC, convicted of several criminal offenses such as selling narcotics and forging documents, are seized.

At the request of the Prosecutor's Office at the Court of First Instance of General Jurisdiction, the assets of citizen SC, previously convicted of the criminal offenses: "Failure to report a crime", "Forgery of documents" and "Production and sale of narcotics", were seized.

Within the framework of the investigations of property proceedings no. 16, 2011, it resulted that citizen SC (who passed away in 2022) and his family members did not have financial resources to create the assets they owned until 2005 and have an unjustified economic level, which proves that this asset was acquired as a result of criminal activity.

The prosecution assessed that this movable property was allegedly acquired by the convicted person SC, as a result of his involvement in the activity of production and sale of narcotics. The citizen in question was found guilty in 2007 of the criminal offense 'Forgery of documents', while in 2011, he was found guilty by the Tirana court for the Criminal Offenses 'Production and sale of narcotics' and 'Failure to report a crime' for which he also received the corresponding sentence.

As above, taking into account the scope of application of Law No. 10192 dated 03.12.2009 "On the prevention and suppression of organized crime, trafficking and corruption through preventive measures against property", as amended, the Prosecutor's Office at the Court of First Instance of General Jurisdiction, Tirana requested the seizure of assets and the court accepted the Prosecutor's Office's request for the following assets:

1. Real Estate Residential and service building 3 floors with attic, land registry number 8250, construction area 156.2 m2, total area 388.6 m2, number of floors 4, “Besim Imami” Street, villa no. 34;

2. Immovable Property of the type “Unit”, No. 5/605/ND-N15, vol 21, pg 159, ZK 8250, Sip 95.1m2, “Zhan D'Ark” Street, building 10, ground floor, Tirana; and

3. Vehicle Truck, purchased according to the Customs Declaration 21.03.2005.