Fier Prosecution Office have seized assets belonging to Albanian citizen E.Sh., who is currently under investigation for three criminal offenses.

According to an official statement from the Fier Prosecution Office, the suspect is being investigated for alleged fraud, concealment of income, and money laundering. Investigators believe the individual may have been involved in illegal activities through a “Call Center” business operating in the city of Fier.

As part of the investigation, authorities documented the deposit of significant amounts of cash into bank accounts that could not be justified by a lawful source of income. Prosecutors say the funds were later invested in movable and immovable assets, which remain under verification.

Investigators also suspect that legal transactions were used to transfer and disguise the origin of the assets, an action that may constitute elements of the criminal offense of laundering the proceeds of crime.

At the request of the prosecution and by decision of the court, authorities have imposed a preventive seizure order on two properties located in Fier:

The asset seizure is part of an ongoing criminal proceeding registered in December 2021 against the suspect, as prosecutors continue to investigate the alleged illegal activity and the origin of the funds:

an apartment of approximately 100 square meters.

a commercial unit with an area of about 230 square meters, and