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Reporting to the FBI, the Anti-Mafia law and the reason why a convicted drug trafficker's assets were left out of the investigation...
One of the strongest institutional clashes between the Head of SPAK, Altin Dumani, and the former Director of the National Bureau of Investigation, Aida Hajnaj, is related to the latter's reporting to the FBI for blocking the property investigation and not seizing the assets of convicted trafficker Agron Xhafaj, also known as Geron Xhafaj.
The process for the identification and investigation of Agron Xhafaj's assets was initiated by BKH by order of SPAK, in accordance with the Anti-Mafia Law, as he is sentenced to prison in Italy for participating in a structured international drug trafficking group. However, four months after the start of the investigation, the procedure was blocked. Agron Xhafaj's name was removed from the contingent of files for seizure and the case was left silent, by order of the Director of SPAK, Altin Dumani, without any legal reason and without any official explanation to BKH.
Three pieces of evidence that force investigation and seizure
While SPAK, during its six years of operation, has seized the assets of around 150 convicted drug traffickers in Albania and abroad, the case of Agron Xhafaj has been excluded without explanation.
The first piece of evidence is decision no. 455, dated 21 April 2004, of the Court of Lecce in Italy, which convicted Agron Xhafaj of drug trafficking. The decision entered into final effect on 10 December 2008, while the order for the commencement of the prison sentence is dated 7 February 2009.
The second piece of evidence dates back to September 2018, when the General Prosecutor's Office and the Ministry of Justice submitted Agron Xhafaj's conviction file to the "Forca e Ligit" structure, which was tasked with seizing criminal assets. His name was removed from the list because this structure was headed by his brother, Fatmir Xhafaj.
The third piece of evidence is the creation of the OFL structure in February 2020 by the Ministry of Interior in cooperation with SPAK. In the list of about 380 names of criminals and traffickers who would be subject to a property investigation, Agron Xhafaj's name was again missing.
The Anti-Mafia Law is clear. In addition to the convicted trafficker, the property investigation includes the spouse, children, brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts, nephews, nieces and in-laws. In this specific case, the investigation should include his brother Fatmir Xhafaj, his notary wife, daughters, son-in-law, brother Alban Qazimi and other persons related by family or financial ties.
Gramoz Murataj, a member of the same trafficking group and partner with Xhafaj in gambling, construction, trade and real estate businesses, also benefited from the non-sequestration of Agron Xhafaj's assets.
Why was the investigation blocked?
Altin Dumani must provide public explanations as to why, during his three years in office, he did not implement the Anti-Mafia law to seize Agron Xhafaj's assets and investigate the assets of his family members, continuing the same inaction that former leader Arben Kraja had followed.
The suspicions are clear. Either we are dealing with open clientelism because Agron Xhafaj is the brother of the former Minister of Justice and former Minister of Interior, MP Fatmir Xhafaj, or with a political calculation related to the fact that Fatmir Xhafaj heads the parliamentary commission that has the power to extend or not the mandate of SPAK.
Confidential sources from the BKH have told "Pamfleti" that Agron Xhafaj is not even included in the lists of traffickers who will be investigated and their assets will be seized during 2026.
It remains to be seen whether the new head of SPAK, Klodian Braho, will finally put the name of Agron Xhafaj and the entire "Xhafaj" family circle into the investigation process and seize it, or whether this file will continue to remain taboo in the new justice system./ Pamphlet
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