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Special Prosecution Office of Albania (SPAK) issues official statement on the 8 arrest warrants issued for the Tirana incinerator. None of the 8 issued arrest warrants have been executed.**
SPAK has signed the security measure "arrest in prison" for Dashamir Ymeraj, Denisa Tollkuçi, journalist Endrit Habilaj, Renardo Nallbani, Ilir Dedja, and for 3 foreign nationals, Giusepe Ciaffaglione, Marc Lapat, and Michael Druijts.
The Special Prosecution Against Corruption and Organized Crime is continuing its investigations related to criminal proceeding no. 255 of 2020, focusing on the concession contract no. 6597 prot, dated 31.08.2017, "Construction of Landfill, Incinerator, and Rehabilitation of Existing Deposits, Tirana," between the Contracting Authority Ministry of Environment and the company "Integrated Energy B.V. SPV" sh.p.k., with an investment cost estimated by the concessionary company at €128,248,330 excluding VAT.
Following previous notifications, other criminal facts have been identified during the implementation period of the concession contract, leading to the registration of the criminal offenses in the penal register, "Laundering of the proceeds of crime or criminal activity," committed in special cooperation in the form of a structured criminal group, "Structured criminal group" and "Commitment of criminal offenses by a criminal organization and structured criminal group," as provided by articles 287 letters "a" and "b", 28/4, 333/a and 334 of the Penal Code.
From the administered acts, it has resulted that approximately €20,000,000 (twenty million) have been laundered as proceeds of the criminal act, specifically divided into the amounts of:
1,214,867,060 (one billion two hundred fourteen million eight hundred sixty-seven thousand sixty) Lekë;
€9,456,093 (nine million four hundred fifty-six thousand ninety-three).
The criminal activity of laundering the proceeds of the criminal act has been continuously conducted since the signing of the concession contract using various mechanisms and forms established by the organizers of this criminal activity, involving both Albanian and foreign nationals who have acted in special cooperation as part of the structured criminal group.
The participants of this structured criminal group have benefited from the above-mentioned monetary values as proceeds of the criminal act, withdrawing these amounts from the bank account of the concessionary company "Integrated Energy B.V. SPV" sh.p.k. through fraud by creating fictitious invoices, using fictitious companies established inside and outside the country, and by withdrawing the monetary values in cash.
After conducting investigations and analyzing the evidence, on 29.06.2024, the Special Prosecution addressed the Special Court of First Instance for Corruption and Organized Crime, requesting the imposition of security measures against 8 individuals (Albanian and foreign nationals), suspected of committing the criminal offenses "Fraud" with severe consequences, "Laundering of the proceeds of crime or criminal activity," committed in special cooperation within the framework of a structured criminal group, "Structured criminal group," "Commitment of criminal offenses by a criminal organization and structured criminal group," as provided by articles 143/3, 287 letters "a" and "b", 28/4, 333/a, and 334 of the Penal Code. The Special Court of First Instance for Corruption and Organized Crime, with decision no. 69, dated 12.07.2024, imposed the security measure "arrest in prison" against the eight individuals with the initials D.Y., G.C., D.T., M.L., M.D., I.D., E.H., and R.N.
At the head of the structured criminal group are individuals K.Z. and M.M., who were previously subjected to the security measure "arrest in prison."
On 12.07.2024, the Special Prosecution ordered the General Directorate of State Police to execute the security measures imposed by decision no. 69, dated 12.07.2024, of the Special Court of First Instance for Corruption and Organized Crime.
We emphasize that, on 15.07.2024, the State Police informed the Special Prosecution of the impossibility of executing the personal security measures against the aforementioned individuals.