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The crackdown on the cocaine empire in Tirana, who is Shpëtim (Salvator) Aliu, the boss of bosses!
2026-06-16 16:36:27 / AKTUALITET
For the second time in a few days, the Special Prosecution Office struck another large drug trafficking organization and seized property worth around 150 million euros as a result of money laundering in the construction and hospitality sectors in Tirana and the coast.
According to the announcement by the Special Prosecution Office, the organization is responsible for trafficking at least 50 tons of cocaine from Brazil and other Latin American countries to the ports of the Netherlands and Belgium in the European Union.
SPAK has identified as the head of this organization citizen Shpëtim Aliu, also known as Salvator, who is also connected to other figures of international crime such as Eldi Dizdari or Dritan Gjika.
“He is the most powerful person in international drug trafficking ever investigated by the Albanian prosecution,” a source from SPAK told BIRN on condition of anonymity.
According to him, other drug trafficking groups led by Dizdar or the Çopja group also have links to the group led by Aliu, who is suspected of taking refuge in Dubai along with other people.
The investigation against this organization was registered in 2020 for the criminal offenses of narcotics trafficking, laundering of proceeds of crime and organized criminal group. The police have managed to arrest one of the suspects and put two other people on the wanted list, while seven members of the group are not in Albania.
The network's activity has been documented for the years 2019-2021; a time period that coincides with the seized communications of the SKY ECC application. In Latin America, the network operated mainly from Brazil, while also having a presence in Belgium and the Netherlands - the main drug entry gateways into the European Union.
The prosecution reports that the investigations conducted have raised suspicions that this network of traffickers trafficked at least 50 tons of cocaine for the period 2019-2021.
Meanwhile, 5 episodes of cocaine trafficking in large quantities have been attempted, when it was possible to seize almost 9 tons. Specifically, in 2020, 700 kg were trafficked in May, 2010 kg in June, 1100 kg in August and 4.1 tons in December, which were destined for the port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands, where they were seized. Another shipment of 1 ton destined for France was seized in February 2021 in Colombia. Various logos such as Jaguar, Eagle and BB were found on the packaging of the narcotic substance.
SPAK reports that in addition to cases where narcotics have been seized, members of the criminal group have trafficked dozens of other tons of cocaine from Latin America to European countries, which has been trafficked and traded to other persons.
Money laundering in construction
A significant portion of the proceeds from international cocaine trafficking were transferred to Albania, in cash, to avoid the banking system. Later, the proceeds were invested in real estate, in the creation and purchase of shares in commercial companies, various companies mainly in the fields of construction, hospitality, consultancy, etc.
According to the announcement, the cash was injected into a construction company, which initially appeared as a subcontractor in housing construction to avoid attracting the attention of law enforcement institutions.
The money laundering scheme is suspected of having been carried out through the fictitious purchase of shares in commercial companies, at prices many times lower than their nominal value, in order to gain control of the companies at minimal cost. The funds were circulated through loans between individuals and related companies, with the aim of creating a fictitious economic history and losing track of the origin of the money, before its integration into the formal economy.
At the request of SPAK, the respective court has imposed preventive seizure on 491 movable and immovable assets, directly or indirectly owned by the persons under investigation. Specifically, the assets of a company headquartered in Tirana, Elbasan, Durrës, Korçë, etc., owned by the person under investigation Isa Aliu, have been seized, including any movable and immovable assets, assets of the trading company, real rights against third parties, parts of the capital, as well as the company's shares. The assets of another company headquartered in Tirana and Fier, 50% of whose shares belong to this same person under investigation, have been placed under seizure. Likewise, the assets of two other companies headquartered in Hamallaj, Durrës, and the other in Tirana and Elbasan have been seized.
SPAK has also seized the shares and assets of six other companies, five of which are headquartered in Tirana and one in Elbasan.
Also, 266 real estate properties of arable land, land plots, hotels, parking lots and apartments have been seized, located in Tirana, Durrës, Elbasan, Hamallaj, Lezhë, Shkodër, Himarë, Saranda.
Of these, 121 are villas, apartments, duplexes and parking lots in the Porto Lalzi/Lalzi Marina Seaside complex in Hamallaj near Lalzi Bay in Durrës.
SPAK also seized a hotel in Dhërmi, the Elisa Tirana hotel on Dibrës Street affiliated with the international brand, Melia; a construction area of 2855 m2 in a 6-storey service and residential building located in Qerret Kavajë; villas in the Altrea Residence and Diamond Hill complexes; real estate in a residential villa complex in the Mjull Bathores area of Tirana, etc.
209 bank accounts belonging to various legal or natural persons, as well as citizens under investigation, or persons related to them, have also been placed under seizure. The total value of the seized assets, according to SPAK, amounts to 150 million euros./ BIRN
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