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It is the first time that suspicions about Mr. Doshi's ties to organized crime in Australia, where he lived in the late 90s, have become public.
These days, the research platform, the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, published a research based on the files of the Australian Criminal Investigation Commission that identifies the businessman and former Albanian MP, Tom Doshi as the leader of a criminal group in Australia , involved in drug trafficking, money laundering and immigration violations.
It is the first time that suspicions about Mr. Doshi's ties to organized crime in Australia, where he lived in the late 90s, have become public. Doshi, a political ally of Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama, is described as the head of a crime syndicate in Australia. Mr. Doshi has denied the accusations. But editor Brian Fitzpatrick from the Investigative Platform for Reporting Organized Crime and Corruption, in a conversation with VOA, says the Australian commission's files provide a grim picture of these Albanian criminal groups and the danger they pose to the country's national security. Australia.
Editor Brian Fitzpatrick says that in Australia during the 2000s, a series of Albanian organized crime networks were created, dealing with human trafficking, money laundering and drug smuggling. The networks were organized on a clan basis. One of them, according to editor Fitzpatrick, was the alleged network of politician and businessman Tom Doshi. According to Australian authorities' filings, these groups, active at least until 2020, are spread across several Australian cities, including Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth.
"We have reviewed a series of documents from the Australian Commission for the Detection of Criminal Activities. They outline how Albanian organized crime, which operated on the basis of a clan, has created a criminal empire in Australia since 2000. The reports describe how the groups of Albanian organized crime exploit the shortcomings of the immigration system and through drug trafficking, people smuggling and using fraudulently obtained passports and forged immigration documents secure entry to Australia. The moment they enter there, they continue to manipulate the system, taking advantage of the lengthy visa process to stay in Australia, and during this time they engage in criminal activity," says Mr. Fitzpatrick.
According to him, among them is the network that the Australian agency claims was led by Mr. Doshi and consists of members of his extended family. Eight of the ring's members are cousins of Mr Doshi and have been under investigation by Australian authorities for drug trafficking and money laundering in recent years. Their activities include cultivating cannabis and using the proceeds from its sale to import cocaine into Australia. What the Australian intelligence report describes, according to Mr Fitzpatrick, points to a long-term scheme of organizing these groups.
"The files contain details of five life cycles of Albanian organized crime in Australia. They involve recruiting these people in Albania, sending them to Australia, promising them jobs and using dubious documents to stay in Australia, where they then engage in criminal activities, until they are caught and deported. They are quite detailed and show that these groups do not arise organically, they have a long-term plan in mind when they send people to Australia. They know what they are doing," Mr. Fitzpatrick emphasized.
Mr. Doshi, who has spent part of his life in Australia since 1997, has denied the claims of the Australian authorities. He has denied that he runs a crime organization in Australia and has rejected claims that such a network is made up of his family members.
Por, zoti Fitzpatrick thotë, se ndonëse nuk është ngritur aktakuzë ndaj zotit Doshi, raporti australian ngre shqetësim për aktivitetin e klaneve kriminale me origjinë nga Shqipëria.
“Këto janë raporte të agjencive të zbulimit dhe të policisë. Nuk ka akuzë të ngitur në këtë rast ndaj zotit Doshi në Australi, SHBA apo Britaninë e Madhe me sa dimë, dhe ai mbetet i pafajshëm derisa të dëshmohet ndryshe. Por, këto dosje gjithsesi krijojnë një pamje të qartë rreth klaneve, jo vetëm të tij, por edhe klaneve tjera, dhe rrezikun që ato paraqesin për sigurinë kombëtare të Australisë,” thotë zoti Fitzpatrick.
Raporti australian përqendrohet në rastin e dy nipave të zotit Doshit, të cilët sipas autoriteteve, kanë përdorur përfitimet nga kultivimi i kanabisit për të importuar kokainë dhe meta-amfetaminë në Australi. Njërit prej tyre është arrestuar dhe ndaj tij është ngritur aktakuza për trafikim narkotikësh dhe pastrim parash, pasi policia gjeti një sasi kokaine me vlerë prej 1 milion dollarësh të fshehur në një aparat për prodhim tymi.
Raporti i Projektit për Krim të Organizuar dhe Korrupsion, po ashtu konfirmon edhe zërat, që u përhapën në Shqipëri për rastin e ish agjentit të FBI-së, Charles McGonigal, se ishte biznesmeni shqiptar Tom Doshi ai që i kishte kërkuar ndihmë agjentit të FBI-së, për atë që zoti Doshi pretendonte, se ishte një komplot për ta vrarë.
Sipas zotit Fitzpatrick, agjenti McGonigal e kishte takuar zotin Doshi më shumë se një herë.
“Ish agjenti McGonigal akuzohet për takime me një numër biznismenësh dhe politikanësh, por në aktpadi nuk jepen emrat e tyre. Ai është akuzuar se ka marrë shuma të caktuara parash nga një shqiptar në SHBA. Në njerën nga aktakuzat, thuhet se ai u takua me një biznismen dhe politikan, që kërkonte ndihmë për të zbuluar një komplot për vrasjen e tij. Dhe raportimi ynë zbulon se ky person, në fakt, është Tom Doshi. Një nga burimet na tha se takimi ishte shumë miqësor. Takimi ndodhi para se zoti Doshi të shpallej persona non-grata nga SHBA-të. Më pas edhe vet zoti Doshi na e konfirmoi takimin, por, ai ofroi një interpretim tjetër, duke thënë se ishte zoti McGonigal që e kishte kërkuar takimin, kur në fakt burimet tona tregonin se fjala ishte për diçka tjetër,” thotë zoti Fitzpatrick.
In Albania, Mr. Doshi has been a member of parliament for three terms as a member of the Socialist Party and heads the Social Democratic Party. In 2018, the United States of America banned him and his family from traveling to America, due to "involvement in large-scale corruption."/ VOA
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