Establish a “perandore” business on a crime: How the Chilotay Brothers Saved Justice

In November of the evil year 1997, Nurie Hoxha left Albania with the dream of starting a new life in Athens. The girl was 24 years old, and for the first time, she crossed the threshold of Patos ' town in pursuit of a promise of marriage by Muhamet Displacement.

Instead of marriage, 24-year-old “baptized” named Catherine and was forced to work in a public house. Three months after her arrival in Athens, she died of barbarous violence, convicted of failing to earn more money for her tutory.

It had to provide more than 14 customers per night to make the amount of money needed,” has testified to the prosecutor E. Sh, another former sex worker and witness to the night of the crime on February 13th 1998.

“HAQUH struck him in various parts of the body, behind the door and walls of the room. Then he put his hands to his throat and killed her,” says in the testimony of the girl, which is applied as an accomplice to the other brother, Salvation.

The data provided by BIRN through judicial files shows that although they were accused of Greek and Albanian justice of using 24-year-old brutal prostitution and murder of Nuri Hoxha, Muhammed and Salvation of Justice. By contrast, they returned to Albania, changed their identity, and began to lay the foundations of their financial empire, which, according to Fier's Prosecutor, today amounts to tens of millions of euros.

Today, around the 50s, Muhamet Dishesion is still on the run, though it holds a 16-year prison sentence for the exploitation of Nuri Hoxha for prostitution and murder. While his brother, Salvation Exploration, was sentenced to 14 years in prison by the Fier Court for co-operation in the murder, but the verdict was later overturned by the Vlora Court of Appeals, which gave him innocence.

Returning to Albania first on the day their victim passed away, the brothers blasting tried to erase the crime trails through a change of identity. In October 2011, with a decision by Patos' municipal council, the whole family changed its name to Chilotaj.

A decision of May 31st 2018 by the Fier Court identified the Cilotaj family's ownership of over 100 apartments in Tirana, Vlora, Durres and Saranda, significant land surfaces, as well as dozens of bank accounts, which are allegedly responsible for their criminal activities. In addition to assets in real estate, they also owned construction and hydrocarbon companies, which are already located in the preventative sequetro by the Fier Court.

On the same day, the court imposed the measures of “prison arrest” for the two Brothers Salvation and Vladimir Chilotaj, as well as “submits” for their father, Agur and Vladimir's daughter, Jonida.

According to Fier's Prosecutor, the Cilotaj brothers are accused of being involved in a money laundering scheme, allegedly having their own criminal activities as their source, in collaboration with the owner of a currency exchange point.

The “can confirm that we have a series of materials from our partners proving the illegal activity of the Chilito brothers, mainly in human trafficking,” told BIRN the prosecutor of the case, Aslan Bajrama.

Contacted by BIRN, Rescue lawyer Chilotaj, Maggie the lady dismissed the charges.

My “Klient was in Fier, was co-operative with the Prosecutor, and because he was placed with a measure of security in absentia there was no notice...,” said attorney Mrs.

We don't have a criminal offense the prosecution refers to, to generate wealth. We have a 2008 decision that my client was declared innocent of,” she added, referring to Vlora's Court of Appeals' decision to save Chilotaj.

Failure to Justice

Nurie Hoxha's exploitation and her death from inhuman torture were left for five years in oblivion until in January 2004, Fier's Prosecutorship arrested Chilotay for the crime. The court records that BIRN has show that no traces were found from his brother Muhammad Chilotaj.

The investigations lasted for four years, and at the end of it, the Fyer Circle Court declared Muhammad and Chilotaj guilty of exploiting Nuri Hoxha for prostitution and killing her for the reason that “couldn't earn enough before”.

According to the first degree decision, which is available, Muhamet Chilotaj has been beating Nurie Hoxha for 15 minutes and then laying his hands on her neck in an apartment room on the Mesolongiu Street street of Agio Varvara, Athens. According to the court's decision, Brother Salvation Chilotaj not only did nothing to save the victim but encouraged his brother to increase the intensity of the violence.

The decision of the Court of Appeals to excuse the Chilotaj Rescue on charges of exploiting and killing Nurie Hoxha.

Massacrely slaughtered, 24-year-olds have been allowed to become sick all night long and no medical treatment has been given despite prayers for help. On the morning of February 14, 1998, it showed no signs of life.

In panic, Rescue Chilotaj flees to Albania, while his brother wraps up his body in a blanket and after hiring a taxi, abandons his daughter in the last breath of life at the Nikea hospital in Athens.

“has had an accident,” is taught to have told the nurse and then packs his bags with the passport and returns to Albania.

The same morning, Nuri Hoxha is declared dead by hospital staff, who was initially unaware of her identity.

“In the brain part there were broken into two hemispheres. The victim's side of the face had nose failure, eye injury, intense skin opening, mainly on the right of the jaw and lips. The victim's death was preceded by severe beating and was subsequently overwhelmed by austerity,<x1 is said in Greek state forensic expertise.

Returning to Albania and with a new identity, the Chilotaj brothers continue their life intact until 2003, when Fier's prosecution charged them with the murder of Nurie Hoxha.

On January 28, 2004, Rescue Chilotaj was arrested, while his older brother was not found by police. The court file records show, however, that Salvation was released only two weeks later by the Vlora Court of Appeals, after leaving it in exchange for $1m in guarantees.

The court's trial at the Fyer District Court ended ten years after the crime, on January 8, 2008, where Muhamet Cilotaj was sentenced to 16 years in prison and his brother, Salvation to 14 years in prison after he also won a 1/3 reduction of his sentence.

The decision was rejected at the Vlora Court of Appeals, which in six months decided to drop the charges and cease the case in charge of Rescue Chilotaj.

The judges' triad, composed of Ssenka Jonuzi, Ilba Bezat and Meme Rexha, argues in the decision that the first-degree court justly blamed Muhamet Chilotajn, but the evidence in charge of his brother, Salvation “were suspicious, unclear and the first degree argument was”.

Vlora's Appeal Court argues that the victim committed prostitution in a licensed public house, to knowledge or its frequent association there from the Chilotaj Rescue does not provide evidence in the sense that it is subject to the use of prostitution under grave circumstances”.

“For a allowed, licensed event or task. The defendant's knowledge on the part of the numerous Chilotaj Rescue is a crime disaccurity,” is written in the verdict.

As for the accusation of the <x0-killing deliberately in connection with another crime”, the Court of Appeal also rules out the role of the Chilotaj Rescue, arguing that the first degree has mechanically included it as accomplices from the first instance.

The court of fact has not determined whether the defendant was without interruption at dinner on the date 13,02.1998 and during the night of the event (ruin)...” argues the Court of Appeals in Vlora, which pleads guilty to the crime only Muhamet Chilotaj.

With the above arguments, Vlora's Court of Appeals dropped the charges and stopped the case against the Chilotaj Rescue. The innocence ruling remained in force even after the prosecution made a recursion to the Supreme Court.

The Way to Riches

One of the Chilotaj family properties.

Nurie Hoxha's barbarous murder and allegations of further implications in the West became no obstacle to catalyzing Chilotaj's safety in business and expanding his assets from Tirana to Saranda. While convicted brother Muhamet Chilotaj emerged from the scene, family companies were administered by the other brother, Vladimir Chilotaj, his father, Agur Chilotaj, and his niece Jonida.

The data provided by BIRN also shows that under the Antimafia Law, Fier's Prosecutor has launched a criminal proceedings for “Cleaning of criminal activity products” since 2010 against the Chilotaj family's assets. However, the file remained silent until May 2018, when State Police said it discovered the construction of a narcotic production lab on Vladimir Chilotaj's property.

In Fier's Defense, police forces discovered the construction of a building with powerful projector and other equipment, allegedly used for weed cultivation. Workers were justified in building “a poultryman”, but police said they had found pot remains on it.

According to the property investigation, the first business company was founded by the Chilotaj Rescue in 2002. The company “Cilotaj Group LTD” is part of the network of 5 Chilotaj family business companies, which were seized by the Fier's Prosecutor at the end of May 2018 with the suspicion that they were involved in “money laundering”.

The data provided by BIRN shows that Rescue Cilotaj sold the company to brother Vladimir Cilotaj in December 2003, shortly after Fier's Prosecution launched investigations against him about the murder in Greece. In 2005, through a sales contract worth 100,000 dollars, the company passed on to their father, Agur Chilotaj.

Two years later, according to the National Business Centre, the company is again registered under the name of Rescue Chilotaj when the latter had just been acquitted. In the same year the company “Lady 2008” was founded with single shareholder Vladimir Chilotajan.

“Samuel International” created in 2009 is another family-owned company. The company, which operates in the construction field, results in the ownership of Ebru Bakir Cilotaj, the Turkish wife of Salvation.

In 2012, brothers decide to commit to processing crude oil and its by - products. At this time, police arrested and the court found Vladimir Cilotaj guilty of stealing oil in Albpetrol deposits.

The company “In 2015, it creates another company that handles bar-restorents and owns the “Apolon” compound in Fier.

According to Fier's Prosecutor, the Chilotaj family's wealth consisted of about 100 apartments and business units in Tirana, Vlora, Durres and Saranda, considerable land area and a fleet of motor vehicles. These properties were placed under the preventative sequential sequentials under the 2010 penal proceedings No.258, which the Fier's Prosecutor promoted in Agur, Rescue and Vladimir Chilotaj.

To the effect of the investigation, the prosecutor of the case at Fier did not specify other details, while learning that property was purchased mainly on behalf of their father and niece. For this reason, the court has established the security measure “submits” and “for access to the exercise of business activities” for Agur Cilotaj and his niece, Jonida.

B IRN found it impossible to contact the Chilotay brothers. Their lawyer, Maggie Lady, said her clients did not commit the criminal act of “cleansing products of criminal activity”, which the prosecution charges them with.

It is about the staggering amount the family has in second-level banks,” said Mrs. for BIRN. She also added that a large portion of real estate has been established as collateral in second-level banks and if verified, are on behalf of banks.

Unlike the lawyer, the prosecution suspects that obtaining a loan is a maneuver used by the Chilotaj brothers to disguise the true source of their wealth. /Reporter.al. /