Special Prosecution Against Corruption and Organized Crime (SPAK) has closed the preliminary investigations and has sent three Italians, collaborators of Rezart Taçi, to trial for laundering 18.4 million euros.

In the official announcement, it is emphasized that at the end of the preliminary investigations related to this criminal proceeding, it was concluded that the defendants Francesco Zummo, Fabio Petruzzella and Daniele Cestagalli, in cooperation with the Albanian citizens Rezart Taçi, Artur Balla, Bledar Lilo (sent to trial on seen in the context of the related proceedings), in the form of a structured criminal group, have organized a complex illegal financial scheme, spread over several different countries, which had the purpose of "cleaning" a significant amount of money that constitutes product of criminal activity.

During the investigations, evidence was gathered that the help in this case for the transfer and concealment of the monetary amount was made against the promise of obtaining a monetary benefit in the amount of 16%, in relation to the monetary amount that was transferred to Albania and that would continue to be transferred to the country others.

The money that constitutes the product of the criminal offense is in the amount of 18,399,941.50 (eighteen million, three hundred and ninety-nine thousand, nine hundred and forty-one, point fifty) Euros.

This amount has been seized and has already been confiscated by a final court decision in the trial against the co-defendants in the related proceedings.