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Shkruar nga PamfletiAfter changing his last name to escape criminal punishment, Ilir Pasholli bought 40% of "Medicamenta" and built three buildings in Tirana, without any legal financial source. The documents are public, the anti-mafia law is clear, but Spak and the institutions have not moved
If an ordinary citizen goes to deposit 100 thousand lek in a bank, the system forces them to show every source: contracts, salary certificates, tax accounts, property documents. If you are convicted of international drug trafficking and have changed your last name to escape Italian justice, then in Albania not only does no one ask you, but they allow you to buy pharmaceutical companies and build multi-story buildings in the heart of Tirana. This is the case of Ilir Pasholli, or as he appears in the documents after his "rescue" from Italian justice, Ilir Shehu.
Ilir Shehu is a well-known name to Italian justice authorities, as he has a conviction for international drug trafficking. After serving his sentence in Italy, he returned to Albania in 2004 and used his mother's surname to change his legal identity and avoid any consequences of his previous conviction.
At that time, he did not own any commercial activity, had no inheritance or initial capital and was employed with a minimum salary of 60,000 lek per month. Within less than ten years, this person built three business buildings with a total area of over 9 thousand square meters and an estimated investment value of around 15 million euros.
The purchase of shares in “Medicamenta” was formalized through a notarized contract dated October 28, 2013, at the notary office of Majlinda Lleshi in Tirana, where Shehu purchased 40% of the shares from the Italian company “Farmacie Celesia SRL” for the amount of 40 million new lekë. The parties agreed that the payment would be made within two years through a bank transfer to an account opened at BKT. The document is legal, is archived at the Central Bank and can be found publicly. What does not exist is Ilir Shehu’s financial source for this transaction and the lack of any property investigation to assess whether these funds were legal or are the fruit of criminal activity for which he was previously convicted in Italy.
The anti-mafia law adopted in Albania under number 10192, dated December 3, 2009, clearly stipulates that any individual convicted of international drug trafficking, who does not justify the source of his wealth, must be investigated and, if it is verified that the assets were raised from criminal proceeds, they must be seized. In this case, Ilir Shehu has not only been convicted, but all of his financial activity after returning to Albania has not been based on any legal source, is not linked to any previous commercial activity and is not accompanied by documented income. His assets are not hidden, are not in the name of any relative or any fictitious company, but are openly registered in his personal name, which further reinforces the fact that the inaction of the institutions does not stem from a lack of information, but from a conscious institutional tolerance.
While SPAK has full knowledge of this case, including extracts from the Central Bank, the notarial share purchase contract and mortgage data for buildings in Tirana, it has not taken any action to enforce its obligations under the anti-mafia law. This lack of reaction cannot be explained by procedural burden or lack of resources, but is a silent act of inaction in the face of a flagrant case of money laundering and the return to the market of criminal capital through sensitive sectors such as pharmacies.
If an investigation is not launched into Ilir Shehu, then we are no longer dealing with selective justice, but with a complete failure of the system in the face of individuals who turn drug money into legitimate assets through the Albanian state. The silence of the institutions in this case is not simply negligence. It is cooperation in the impunity of crime and a direct message to all other convicts who want to launder money in Albania: they just need to change their surname and register their properties in their name. No one will bother them. /Pamphlet
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