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SPAK's major operation/ 209 bank accounts, 150 million euros and various types of cars are seized
2026-06-16 19:15:15 / AKTUALITET
SPAK announced today, June 16, that it has carried out another operation against international drug trafficking.
As the Special Prosecution Office reports, within the framework of this operation, the security measure "arrest with imprisonment" has been assigned to 10 people suspected of being part of a structured criminal group.
According to SPAK, the group is suspected of being involved in international cocaine trafficking and laundering proceeds from criminal activity. SPAK has conducted searches in homes, businesses and other premises to execute security measures. SPAK announces that it has seized vehicles of various brands and types (technological vehicles for construction, freight transport or motor vehicles and watercraft; 209 bank accounts belonging to various legal or natural persons, as well as citizens under investigation, or persons related to them.
The total value of the seized assets is suspected to be around 150 (one hundred and fifty) million euros. The exact value of the seized assets will be verified during the investigation.
Investigations have proven that a significant portion of the proceeds from international cocaine trafficking were transferred to Albania, in cash form to avoid the banking system in the first phase, and were then 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.
Through these investments, it is suspected that the laundering of the products of criminal activity has been carried out, hiding their illegal origin and enabling their integration into the economy and legal financial circulation.
After the injections of “cash” into the accounts of the company “A.. R.. H…” sh.pk, in order to “justify” future investments, in the months of May 2021 - June 2021, it turns out that the company “A.. R.. H…” sh.pk, has begun its activity in the construction sector. It is suspected that, in order not to immediately attract the attention of law enforcement structures, the person under investigation IA, directed that the company initially appear as a subcontractor for housing construction. The appearance of the company in this way would again “justify” the future cash flows and the expected expansion in the construction sector.
According to preliminary investigations, it is suspected that the money laundering scheme was carried out through the fictitious purchase of capital shares in commercial companies, at prices many times lower than the nominal value, in order to take 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 their integration into the formal economy.
At the request of the Special Prosecution Office, the Special Court of First Instance for Corruption and Organized Crime, with decision no. 438 dated 15.6.2026, has imposed the asset security measure "Preventive Seizure", provided for by Article 274 of the Criminal Procedure Code, in relation to 491 movable and immovable assets, directly or indirectly owned by the persons under investigation, which includes the following assets:
The total value of the seized assets is suspected to be around 150 (one hundred and fifty) million euros . The exact value of the seized assets will be verified during the investigation.
On June 16, 2026, the State Police and the Asset Administration Agency initiated procedures for the implementation of the decision to seize the above assets.
SPAK thanks the General Directorate of the State Police and the Agency for the Administration of Sequestered and Confiscated Assets for their cooperation in the execution phase of security measures.
Special thanks to Eurojust, Europol, the judicial authorities of Ecuador, France, Colombia, the Netherlands, the NCA and other law enforcement agencies in Albania, for their intensive cooperation and assistance in the context of the investigations of this criminal proceeding.
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