SPAK, in cooperation with the State Police, have conducted a large-scale operation to crack down on a criminal group suspected of drug trafficking and money laundering in large amounts.
During the operation, 20 security measures were issued, among whom was Orest Sota, while for businessmen Artur Shehu and Ilir Shtufi, suspected of money laundering for the criminal group, a security measure of “arrest with imprisonment” was issued.
Shtufi was arrested this afternoon in Greece, while Shehu is still wanted. Artur Shehu is the owner of most of the land in Zvërnec, where the construction of a luxury resort is planned.
In the file obtained by journalist Anila Hoxha, some of the wiretaps between the people under investigation are documented, where they talk about the property in Zvërnec.
Communications in SkyEcc, accompanied by TIMS system reviews, prove that the person under investigation, Adrian Rama, traveled to Istanbul to meet with the person under investigation, Artur Shehu, in the periods July-September 2020.
In the communications that user Adrian Rama develops with user Elton Memeti, on 07.07.2020, Adrian tells him about a conversation he had with a person who is the person under investigation, Artur Shehu.
The person in question asks him not to talk to him on the phone at all, neither about money, nor about houses, nor about land, nor about “Bune”, but to wait until they meet in person.
He then tells him that after the 15th (July) he will be in Istanbul, and asks citizen Adrian Rama to leave a day earlier to meet him there.
On July 16, 2020, Rama tells him that he will “go home” on Monday.
The first Monday after 16.07.2020, results in the date 20.07.2020 and the person under investigation Adrian Rama was launched on 19 July 2020.
In continuation of the communications between Elton Memeti and Adrian Rama, on 15.08.2020, while in Istanbul, Rama tells Memeti that he is hoping that the person he is with in Istanbul will close (the agreement) with the Turks, as this would be in their interest, but they should wait because they are still in talks.
Adrian Rama also communicates with Alfredo Hamzai that they should be in Vlora “to go to Zvërnec because some friends are going to see the properties on a rubber boat.”
Rama: Vila is saying that you have to be in Vlora on Sunday or Monday. Because I have to go to Zvernec to see those properties on a dinghy. I’m coming. Some friends. .will take you. And that friend of yours on the phone said that. That friend of yours from tr.
Hamzai – He’ll call you himself.
-I’ll come and take you there, okay?
-Claude
-Okay, brother.
Regarding the month of September, on September 5, 2020, Adrian Rama communicates to Alfredo Hamzai that he has “to go home and that he will stay there for a few days.”
-Hello, brother, here you go, thank you from the kitchen.
Mir tells you, ke.
And I’ve been here for a few days, he says.
The knowledge of the persons under investigation Leonard Bishaj, Artur Shehu and Arben Ismailaj about the participation of the persons under investigation Ardian Zykaj and Alfredo Hamzai in the activity of drug trafficking also results from the communications carried out between the person under investigation Alfredo Hamzai and Adrian Rama through the SkyEcc application, it is proven that they have talked in the presence of Çobo (citizen Leonard Bishaj) about the criminal activity and that they are asking for coffee and money and that he has referred these conversations to “bune” and they are asking for a share.
The SPAK file states that they also communicate about the order that “someone” gave them to meet some foreign citizens regarding the properties they have in Zvërnec, from which it is understood that the persons under investigation cooperate with each other in investments and are aware of the actions that are carried out with their properties, actions which, when related to the criminal activity and the way in which the actions are carried out, show the knowledge of the persons under investigation Artur Shehu, Arben Ismailaj and Leonard Bishaj and their involvement in the criminal activity of laundering the proceeds of the criminal offense.
Overall, these conversations provide evidence that the persons under investigation, Artur Shehu and Alfredo Hamzai, have acquired land in Zvërnec and are committed to developing these properties.
Excerpts from the intercepts:
-Since we were in Behar, the work you do together with me, you took me away, selling goods every month, don’t forget my coffee and yours. It’s not entirely from the mind of Bunia.
-He has an account with me, he will set up an account without connecting our projects, I want to say, “Yes, what he is doing is a complete lie.”
-He sold it, it’s a complete waste, I gave him money. How will I prove the money he received?
-Look the guy in the eye, don’t make small talk.
-He tells you how he got everything.
-We spoke in Behar in the eyes of the Coba, the conversation was all about the goods, the bunes said. They sell goods every month, they are working.
-Oh, the villa is empty, I want to ask for money, they always want to know why you are at work.
Nothing, brother, you gave him a lot of money and made him a hotel, and everything he does is a waste of money.
-Oh, the villa has been told, I got a headache from the conversations I hear at the table.
-If you tell them we haven’t done any work
-Cubua, what are you saying, they haven’t done any work, I heard that they are working every month, don’t even come close to them, brother, look at your work and go out in front of me, I’ll say two words to you about everything, don’t say anything to you at all
-vk to them, brother, I see your wealth, and see, deal with those who sold you, don’t tolerate it at all
-Speak, don’t you have anyone to talk to about speed, because I’m talking too. He’s the one who delegates, so he can’t move.
…
-You are
-Cpb vla
-A fole me ate nuren se po mthot kam fol me ty
-Ok
-Okay, brother, here we are home.
-I’ll go out for a bit and come home.
-I wrote it 30 minutes ago, now he’s telling me about tomorrow. That’s how much he wrote to me, if he writes to you, brother.
-Tomorrow you will pass all the English exams, brother, as he wrote to me.
-He is writing to you himself.
-Will you give them a price to get in or will those friends talk to him directly? For what do you want to buy or to get into the investment?
-How do you feel about it?
-I’m talking directly to him on the phone and I’m asking him for a price for the land and for the land, what’s the price?
-Ok, the investment is ready.
-They need investment too.
-That’s why I’m asking you what they’re asking.
-They are ready to pick me up tomorrow and take me to England and I will split it 50/50 and take it all there.
-They are ready for cooperation. They have a strong presence there because I have worked there before and they are English, everyone moves very quickly./TCH