The Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SPAK) has seized assets with a total value of 77 million lek, suspected of having come from drug trafficking.
In its official statement, SPAK said the seized assets are registered in the names of individuals identified by the initials A.Ç and F.C.
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According to the statement, the asset investigation identified property suspected of constituting proceeds of criminal activity, registered in the names of individuals under investigation and their family members.
SPAK clarified that, in the name of A.Ç, it seized a 2,000-square-meter plot of agricultural land in the Sharrë area of Tirana.
Meanwhile, in the name of F.C., it seized:
A 100% stake in the commercial company “Check Company” sh.p.k., located on Dibra Street in Tirana.
Twenty-four Volkswagen vehicles, identified in the statement as the Ioniq 5, ID.3 and ID.4 models, as well as one Toyota vehicle, model bZ3.
The statement:
Assets worth 77 million lek seized as part of criminal proceedings
No. 187/2023 for drug trafficking and money laundering
As part of criminal proceedings No. 187 of 2023, the Special Prosecutor’s Office against Corruption and Organized Crime also conducted a parallel asset investigation. This investigation identified assets constituting proceeds of criminal activity in the names of individuals under investigation and their family members.
By decision No. 667, dated 14.10.2026, the Special Court of First Instance imposed the preventive seizure measure on movable and immovable assets registered in the names of A.Ç and F.C., with a total value of 77,000,000 lek.
In the name of A.Ç:
Property No. 349/47, cadastral zone 3321, volume 12, page 5, “Agricultural Land,” with an area of 2,000 square meters, located in Sharrë, Tirana, also owned by A.Ç.
In the name of F.C:
A 100% stake in the commercial company ‘Check Company Sh.p.k., on Dibra Street, Tirana.
There are a total of 24 Volkswagen vehicles (Ioniq5, ID3 and ID4 models) and one Toyota vehicle (model bZ3) owned by this company.
Criminal offenses under investigation
Criminal proceedings No. 187/2023 concern the criminal offenses provided for under Articles 283/a, 287, 333/a and 334 of the Criminal Code:
Drug trafficking;
Laundering the proceeds of a criminal offense;
Structured criminal group;
Commission of criminal offenses by a criminal organization and structured criminal group.
The individuals 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, which had an extensive international reach, cooperated with other criminal groups to facilitate the transportation of narcotics to European ports and invested its substantial profits in properties and businesses in Albania and abroad. The investigation involved intensive cooperation with EUROPOL and authorities from Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Germany and Italy, and was based on the analysis of encrypted communications data from the SkyECC platform. The investigation uncovered multiton cocaine shipments from Latin America to major EU ports, including Hamburg, Antwerp and others. It also established the respective roles of each member of the criminal group and documented the entire chain of transfers of funds generated by the criminal activity.
As part of these criminal proceedings, personal security measures were imposed on 16 individuals.
