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Shkruar nga PamfletiThe prosecution requested the seizure of 20 properties belonging to traffickers Kristjan Boçi and Elman Abule. The assets worth 50 million euros were released by the court...
Tirana judge Altin Abdiu has rejected the prosecution's request to seize 20 assets involved in the money laundering investigation against Kristjan Boçi and Elman Abule. The decision has freed villas, apartments, businesses and commercial companies that the police value at around 50 million euros.
Elman Abule has been convicted in Belgium. Interpol informed Albanian authorities on September 12, 2023 that Abule was sentenced on January 17, 2007 in Antwerp to 30 months in prison for burglary, use of duplicate keys and participation in a structured group.
The file also includes Kristjan Boçi. Boçi was arrested in Italy in 2011 as part of an operation by Italian law enforcement for international drug trafficking. Italian authorities link Boçi to a network of people who trafficked significant amounts of narcotics to Western European countries.
The Italian investigations against him have included collaboration with persons declared to be of high criminal risk and have been accompanied by drug seizures at border crossings. Boçi was a partner with Abule in “Rametal” and “Ferro Chrome Holding”. The investigation data shows that these companies were used to justify the circulation of capital related to illegal activities.
The file also names Vladimir Avrami and four other people as accomplices in the suspected criminal activities. The prosecution's investigation has included banking analyses, verifications of property ownership and their links to money movements that the police have labeled as illegal.
In June 2024, the Tirana Court ordered the seizure of assets. The trial panel then argued that Abule and Boçi had set up a network of companies to hide the profits of criminal activity and circulate the proceeds of crime in the economy.
In July 2024, the Appeal Court overturned the decision. The reasoning was based on the statement of prosecutor Arta Marku in the courtroom, who found that the first-instance decision lacked sufficient reasoning and had confused the Anti-Mafia Law with the Criminal Procedure Code.
After appeals by both parties, the Supreme Court upheld the remand for retrial. The case was assigned to Judge Altin Abdiu. He was reinstated in June 2025 by decision of the Special Appeals Commission. Abdiu has now released the properties and temporarily closed the seizure dispute.
The Tirana Prosecution will appeal again. The financial expertise continues to determine whether the assets created by the prosecuted persons have a tradable economic source with their legal income.
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