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SPAK strikes criminal group, who are the Koçeku brothers who ran the "threads" of drug trafficking, the names of the Albanian businessmen who laundered their money
2026-06-12 11:04:49 / AKTUALITET
The Special Prosecution Office against Corruption and Organized Crime, in cooperation with the State Police, conducted a large-scale operation in the early hours of Friday morning against a structured criminal group suspected of international drug trafficking and money laundering in significant amounts.
According to preliminary data, the investigations focus on a criminal organization that is suspected of operating mainly in the Kamza area and was led by the brothers Abedin and Luçiano Koçeku. As part of this operation, 20 security measures have been issued, of which 15 are " prison arrests " and 5 are "house arrests".
So far, it is reported that the security measure against Orest Sota has been executed, who has fallen into police custody, while some of the other people involved in the file are abroad and have been declared wanted.
Among the names for whom SPAK has issued security measures are Abedin Koçeku, Luçiano alias Tur Koçeku, Orest Sota, Artur Shehu, Ilir Shtufi, Edmond Jaupi, Orges Birçaj, Baftri Troci, Gëzim Islami and Dritan Aga.
The focus of SPAK's investigations is also the economic activity of the suspects. Luçiano Koçeku is the sole owner of the company "GAV Invest", a company founded in 2022 with activities in the fields of construction, tourism investments, hospitality, trade and development of infrastructure projects.
He also owns 10 percent of the shares in the company "Ballenja Kompani", which has received the 35-year concession for the financing and construction of the "Ballenjë" hydroelectric power plant in Bulqizë, where he also serves as administrator along with two other people. Meanwhile, since 2018, he has been a shareholder with 30 percent in the company "SGD Energji", which operates in the electricity production and trading sector.
As part of the operation, measures have also been taken against activities suspected of being linked to money laundering. By order of SPAK, a seizure was imposed on the car rental business “Top Seven”, near the former Bus Park in Tirana. Although the business is listed in the name of Erinda Lutaj, investigators suspect that the actual owner is businessman Orges Birçaj, a name also included in the operation file.
Investigations continue, while SPAK and the State Police are working to locate and execute security measures against other wanted persons as well as to fully document the suspected criminal activity that includes drug trafficking, money laundering, and investments in various sectors of the economy.
SOME OF THE NAMES FOR WHOM SECURITY MEASURES HAVE BEEN ISSUED:
Abedin Koceku
Luciano alias Tur Koceku
Orest Sota
Arthur Shehu
Ilir Shtufi
Edmond Jaupi
Orges Bircaj
Baftri Troci
Joy of Islam
Dritan Aga
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