EUROPOL’s Operation “Switch Off”, January 22, 2026, hit a global illegal IPTV network. Over 22 million users, seven countries involved, a sophisticated money laundering infrastructure. At the center of the investigation, a Kosovo citizen with the initials PB Petrit Bahtijari, 41 years old, residing in the Marigona neighborhood of Pristina and with a documented presence in London and Dubai.
When the Kosovo Police went to arrest him, Bahtijari was no longer at the apartment. His lawyer stated that his client was abroad.
His lawyer stated that the client was abroad. Information received from partner services told Pamflet that Petrit Bahtijari was often seen in Tirana, in the capital’s well-known cafes and casinos, in the company of Vullnet Ademi.
According to this information, both are big gamblers and leave hundreds of thousands of euros in Albanian casinos.
Petrit Bahtijari owns a cartel of companies in the United Kingdom. MEDIA VISION UK LTD, established in 2018 with capital of 10 pounds, and MEDIAVISION EU LTD, established in 2024 and held as a shell company.
Both companies share the same address at Apt 7 Harbour Reach, SW6 2SS, London. Both have been through three strike-off procedures each, escaping forced distribution through late charging of accounts. The accounts are of the “micro” category, minimal financial transparency.
MEDIAVISION EU LTD was renamed from MV EU LTD just one month after the “Switch Off” operation, on December 19, 2025.
Bahtijari’s place of residence after leaving MEDIA VISION UK is the United Arab Emirates. He also owns property in Dubai and another company, Mediavision UAE. The network extends to Kosovo, London and Dubai and most recently to Tirana; all with the same declared activity: media representation.
Bahtijari’s connections in Kosovo include Bekim Osmani, a drug lord, and Arian Gjergji, the brother of Kreshnik Gjergji. The latter, Arian Gjergji, is involved in a large money laundering network through casinos in Europe, from Prague to Germany and Spain. The casino network serves as a laundering mechanism for millions of euros in proceeds from illegal activities.
Vullnet Ademi, from Skopje, is the former director of the Foreign Investment Agency of North Macedonia, appointed by the DUI and dismissed in 2019. Business partner with Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Nazim Bushi, a person indicted for corruption and unbridled luxury.
Three years ago, Ademi was the target of an assassination attempt in the Cair neighborhood of Skopje. The case was considered a “deal-breaking” between the mafia and identifying Ademi as “the connecting link between the Turkish mafia and the corrupt rulers of Skopje.” The assassination occurred after the breakdown of agreements between criminal groups. Ademi survived and continued his activities.
According to indications received from the secret services, the Bahtijari-Ademi duo is laundering money in Tirana through prestanomas.
In this scheme, the prestanomas carry out the transactions and financial movements, while the pair maintains the public profile of the gamblers who spend without criteria in cafes and casinos.
In the following, we will investigate the full identities of the money laundering ring operating in Tirana, the other links in the money laundering network, as well as the properties and businesses that hide the wealth of the Bahtijari-Ademi duo. This is just the first thread of a scheme that includes drug lords, former directors of institutions, shell companies in London and properties in Dubai and Tirana. / Taken from Pamfleti