Investigation on Traffickers Smuggling Immigrants to US, UK Finished, 24 Defendants

Special Prosecution Against Corruption and Organized Crime (SPAK) has concluded Friday the investigations on the group that trafficked Albanian emigrants to the US, Canada or United Kingdom and has sent the file to the Special Court of First Instance for Corruption and Organized Crime (GJKKO).

This cross-examination dwelt in how the traffickers smuggled people into the above countries through through forgery of visas and passports, gaining different amounts of money.

In the meantime, the SPAK requests from the GJKKO the trial of 24 defendants, who are accused of serious criminal offenses, such as "Assistance for illegal border crossing", for illegal entry of a person into another state without being a citizen and without a residence permit in that state, and for profit, carried out in the special form of cooperation, "Structured Criminal Group" and "Participation in a structured criminal group".

Defendants charged with the criminal offense "Assistance in illegal border crossing" are: Bukurije Ahmetaj, Elvis Ahmetaj, Fatmir (alias Elvis) Qema, Eduard Haxhiu, Altin Memaj, Blerim Coka, Azem Tanushi and Arselda Memaj.

However, “against the investigated Gëzim Breza e Besnike Tufa, in the provision of articles 329 / a points 1 and 2, 328 point 1 letter '' dh '' of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the case is requested to be dismissed, because it is not proven that they have committed the crime criminal that has been attributed to them”, the SPAK noted among other things.