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The Special Prosecutor's Office has closed the investigations into the operation against drug trafficking coded "Coast to Coast" and has brought 21 traffickers to trial.
SPAK has brought to trial the defendants Endrit Bakiu, Sulo Pajo, Artur Sulaj, Arian Tola, Fadjon Cami, Viron Lekaj, Artan Agalliu, Shpëtim Pjeshka, Jani Çavo, Sonila Sula, Kudret Rustemaj, Besnik Ruçi, Pirro Capi, Jani Meçja, Edmond Kabashi, Tomi Hila, Leonard Nergjoni, Artin Kurti, Astrit Miska, Ervis Cilo.
SPAK notice:
The Special Prosecutor's Office against Corruption and Organized Crime has completed the preliminary investigations for criminal proceedings no. 249 of 2020, for the criminal offenses "Trafficking of narcotics", carried out in cooperation, in the special form of the structured criminal group, "Structured criminal group ", "Commitment of criminal offenses by criminal organization and structured criminal group" and "Cleaning of the proceeds of criminal offense or criminal activity", carried out in cooperation, provided by articles 283/a/1, 28/4, 333/a , 334 and 287 letter "b" and 25, "Passive corruption of persons exercising public functions", provided by article 259 of the Criminal Code.
This criminal investigation was carried out within a Joint Investigation Team between the Special Prosecution against Corruption and Organized Crime and the Public Prosecution at the Court of Florence, Italy, with the coordination of Eurojust and Europol.
The investigation of this criminal proceeding has documented the activity of a structured criminal group, which extended the criminal activity of drug trafficking from the countries of the Middle East, Turkey, Greece, Albania to Italy and other EU countries. .
During the conducted investigations, the lines of narcotics trafficking and the persons involved in this structured criminal group were documented both in Albania and in Italy and other countries.
The Special Prosecutor's Office in cooperation with the Florence Prosecutor's Office, Eurojust, Europol, the Compagnia Borgo San Lorenzo Carabinieri Department (Florence), the State Police, the Italian Interforce Office, have made it possible to document the criminal activity of 21 members of the structured criminal group , including in some cases the trafficking of narcotics from Middle Eastern countries to Albania and from Albania to North Macedonia, Greece, Italy and EU countries.
The criminal activity of this group has been developed for the time period from 2020 onwards, where it became possible to seize significant amounts of narcotics in Durrës, Tirana, Vlora, Shkodër, Gjirokastra, North Macedonia, in Greece and Italy, in eight episodes of trafficking in narcotics of the type "Cocaine", "Heroin", "Marijuana", "Novelty", which was obtained in Syria, Turkey and other countries of the Middle East, then was trafficked in Greece, Albania with destination Italy and EU countries.
During this investigation, narcotics of the type "Cocaine", "Heroin", "Marijuana", "Risina", "Cannabis Sativa" were seized in 8 episodes, with an approximate value of 2,700,000 euros, as well as vehicles, computer equipment , mobile devices and monetary values.
During the investigation, a corrupt case of a state police officer was also documented, who helped the members of this criminal group against irregular benefits.
At the end of the preliminary investigations, the defendants Endrit Bakiu, Sulo Pajo, Artur Sulaj, Arian Tola, Fadjon Cami, Viron Lekaj, Artan Agalliu, Shpëtim Pjeshka, Jani Çavo, Sonila Sula, Kudret Rustemaj, Besnik Ruçi, Pirro Capi, Jani Meçja were charged. , Edmond Kabashi, Tomi Hila, Leonard Nergjoni, Artin Kurti, Astrit Miska, Ervis Cilo, for the criminal offenses "Trafficking of narcotics" committed in cooperation, in the special form of the structured criminal group, "Structured criminal group", "Commitment of criminal offenses by criminal organization and structured criminal group" and "Cleaning of products of criminal offense or criminal activity", carried out in collaboration, provided by articles 283/a/1, 28/4, 333/a, 334 and 287 letter "b" of 25 of the Criminal Code, according to their roles and the relevant offenses for each of the defendants.
The defendant Mirash Gjoni, a former police officer in the Shkodër Local Police Directorate, has been charged with the criminal offense "Passive corruption of persons exercising public functions, provided for by Article 259 of the Criminal Code, while the defendant Besnik Ruçi, in addition to the above criminal offenses, has been charged and for the criminal offense of "Active corruption of persons exercising public functions", provided by Article 244 of the Criminal Code.
On 26.12.2023, the Special Prosecutor's Office forwarded to the Special Court of First Instance for Corruption and Organized Crime the request for sending to trial criminal case no. 249 of 2020, in charge of the above 21 defendants, with the charges their respective.
In the meantime, it has been decided to divide the case for further investigations into other criminal facts.
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