Journalist Klodiana Lala, invited to the show “The Unexposed” on MCN TV, has shown how the money of the drug trafficking organization that was recently hit by SPAK was laundered.
Lala said that the seizure of 150 million euros in assets is just the tip of the iceberg and that SPAK has conducted inspections of some of the main construction companies in the country.
“In addition to ten arrest warrants, SPAK has seized assets worth 150 million euros and 23 search warrants. The most important construction companies suspected of receiving money from cocaine trafficking have been searched, as well as companies that had subcontracting contracts with drug traffickers.”
The hotel in Vuno that remains a project and if you saw it, it was among the most beautiful, a very expensive project, Albania could be proud of if it had honest money, it had received the Iberostar brand. They bring them because they don’t pay taxes after the brands. It was on the agenda to approve the permit.
The investigation must continue. These companies have received public works, construction permits, and have had collaborators within institutions.
If you look at the hotel on Dibra Street, it is among the most luxurious in Tirana, built by Sokol Bibaj, a Spanish brand.
What we are talking about is a massive money laundering scheme. 150 million euros is the tip of the iceberg. Not all companies that may have entered as secret shareholders have been identified. There have been new money laundering techniques, millions of euros are circulating in cryptocurrencies.
“SPAK does not have the capacity and experts to track cryptocurrency portfolios,” said Lala.