Assets worth 77 million lekë have been seized within criminal proceedings No. 187/2023 for drug trafficking and money laundering.
The Special Prosecution Office against Corruption and Organized Crime has, in parallel with criminal proceedings No. 187 of 2023, also conducted an asset investigation. This investigation identified assets that constitute products of criminal activity in the names of the subjects under investigation and their family members.
By decision No. 667, dated 14.10.2026, the Special Court of First Instance imposed the asset security measure “preventive seizure” on movable and immovable property in the names of citizens A.Ç. and F.C., with a total value of 77,000,000 lekë.
In the name of citizen A.Ç.:
Property No. 349/47, cadastral zone 3321, vol. 12, page 5, “Arable Land”, with an area of 2,000 m2, located in Sharrë, Tirana, also co-owned by citizen A.Ç.
In the name of citizen F.C.:
A 100% stake in the commercial company ‘Check Company Sh.p.k., on Dibra Road, Tirana.
A total of 24 Volkswagen vehicles (models Ioniq5 and ID3, ID4) and 1 Toyota (model bZ3) owned by this company.
Criminal offences under investigation
Criminal proceedings No. 187/2023 cover the criminal offences provided for in Articles 283/a, 287, 333/a and 334 of the Criminal Code:
Trafficking in narcotic substances;
Laundering proceeds of criminal offences;
Structured criminal group;
Committing criminal offences by a criminal organization and a structured criminal group.
The subjects under investigation are: E.Ç, A.Ç, A.Ç (alias D.Ç), F.B (alias J.B), D.D, P.L (alias P.S.), F. G (alias F.Ç, alias F.H.Ç, S.P (alias V.P), G.Ç, R.M, M.K, M. M, E. Ç, R.Ç, K.Gj and D.P.
Course of the investigation
The criminal organization, with a wide international reach, cooperated with other criminal groups to facilitate the transport of narcotic substances to European ports and invested large profits in properties and businesses in Albania and abroad. The investigations involved intensive cooperation with EUROPOL and authorities from Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Germany and Italy, and were based on the analysis of encrypted communication data from the SkyECC platform. From these investigations, shipments of multi-ton quantities of cocaine from Latin America to major EU ports, including Hamburg, Antwerp, etc., were uncovered. The respective roles of each member of the criminal group were also identified, and the entire chain of transfer of monetary sums obtained from criminal activity was documented.
Within this criminal proceeding, personal security measures have been imposed on 16 persons.