In Albania 1.5 million bank accounts seized by illegal sources are seized

State police in Albania have informed the opinion that they have finalised the operation “Investimi”.

The operation has seized 1.5m euros in bank accounts, suspected of taking advantage of illegal sources.

This is the announcement:

Following the job of investigating, obtaining and sequencing real estate and financial sums, allegedly taking advantage of illegal sources, the Directorate for Investigation of Economic and Financial Crimes at the Criminal Police Department, in collaboration with the Department for Investigation of Money Clearing, in the Tirana Police Department, under the direction of the District Court of Tirana, finalised the police operation codenamed “Inveshing <1x1>, the fact that the $500 Euro-euro account, a former state administration officer who held the 2006 official offices of the Commission and Urbanks.

This citizen has allegedly consumed criminal work “the cleanup of criminal offense products”, envisioned by Article 287 of the Penal Code, conducting several investments in real estate.

Recently, through a private bank, the aforementioned citizen has attempted to transfer 1m euros abroad, with the excuse for financial investment, while another 500,000 has placed them in deposits on deadlines.

Because the investigation is under way, no further data can be provided.