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NAME/ Italy seizes the assets of millions of euros of the well-known Albanian trafficker
2023-11-27 12:47:07 / AKTUALITET
The Italian authorities have seized a villa, four luxury cars and 600,000 euros in cash from an Albanian trafficker who allegedly benefited from his criminal activity.
The media across the Adriatic report that it is about 44-year-old Geront Dedja, an exponent of Albanian organized crime convicted of international drug trafficking and assisting illegal immigration.
The sequestration decree for the purpose of confiscation of assets was issued by the preventive measures section of the Turin court. The investigators of the Anticrime Section of the Turin Police Station carried out the measure between Turin and Veneto, seizing a villa in the municipality of Caselle Torinese, four luxury cars, an entire branch of a company active in construction, cash and current accounts.
In the early 2000s, following an investigation by the Turin Mobile squad headed by Luigi Mitola, the Albanian drug trafficker was arrested on charges of criminal activity aimed at assisting clandestine immigration. In 2002 he was convicted of that crime and, between 2003 and 2004, of international drug trafficking, along with his fellow countrymen. Now the court has ordered the sequestration in order to confiscate his property.
The criminal organization in question was directed by Ilir Koçiaj, while his right-hand man was Xhiliano Xhoxhi. Both of these people were able to set up a whole network of drug trafficking in at least six different countries of the world. With the recruitment of members of the organization, its two leaders, Koçiaj and Xhoxhi, were involved. The investigation revealed that in some cases the members of the organization did not know each other at all. Their common acquaintance was the leader Ilir Koçiaj. Among them was Ervin Tavanxhi, from Elbasan, the son of the former deputy, Vangjel Tavanxhi.
The activity of the organization was mainly developed in Italy, while the drugs were taken in the Netherlands and then distributed in Italy, France and Germany. In one case, trafficking was also attempted in Greece. Earlier it was reported that the heroin came from Turkey and ended up in Italy. The Albanian prosecutor's office was able to seize 73,000 euros, 29,000 US dollars and one million new lek from this organization. The investigations carried out in Italy for this criminal organization have led to the seizure of their various amounts of narcotics, which amount to 22,240 kg of cocaine and 20,032 kg of heroin for the period from the beginning of 2003 to the beginning of 2004. Part of the group Poter-al was arrested on May 23, 2006 in Albania, just a few days after the arrest of 40 people in Italy.
The criminal group "Poter-Al" consisted of Ilir Koçiaj, from Elbasani, Geront Tola alias Geront Dedja, from Librazhdi Zamir Vadardha, from Shijaku Bledi Balliu, from Fieri Aleksandër Koliçi, alias Aleksandër Gremi, from Fieri Leonard Çobaj, from Vlora Ervin Tavanxhi, from Elbasani Xhiliano Xhoxhi Malvin Toto Bisera Pudiç, Croatian citizen as well as Gëzim Mekaj and Robert Peçi.
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