The Fier Prosecution Office has confiscated assets worth approximately 1.8 million euros belonging to citizen Arbër Muça, suspected to originate from the production, sale, and trafficking of narcotic substances and not justified by legal sources.
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According to the Prosecution, the asset investigation revealed a significant disproportion between the created wealth and the subject’s legal income.
It was also found that some of the assets were registered in the names of other individuals but were actually controlled by A.M., with the aim of concealing real ownership and the origin of the funds.
Based on the Court’s decision, 8 real estate properties were confiscated (3 land plots, 3 units, 1 apartment, and 1 parking space), 12 vehicles, including a Lamborghini Urus, Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG, Audi RS Q8, and Audi S8, as well as 6 bank accounts in euros and lekë.
Announcement from the Fier Prosecution Office:
Upon the request of the Fier Prosecution, 1.8 million euros in real estate, luxury vehicles, and bank liquidity belonging to citizen A.M. are confiscated, suspected to originate from the production, sale, and trafficking of narcotic substances.
Upon the request of the Prosecution at the Fier Court of First Instance of General Jurisdiction, at the conclusion of the judicial review of asset proceeding No. 3 of 2024, 1.8 million euros in assets of citizen A.M. were confiscated, as they were not justified by legal sources.
During the asset investigation, the Fier Prosecution Office conducted an expanded financial analysis, which revealed the existence of a significant disproportion between the level of wealth created, owned, or administered by the involved subjects and their proven economic capacities from legal sources.
The investigation revealed elements that raised suspicions that certain assets, although formally registered in the names of other persons, were actually controlled or administered by the subjects under investigation, serving to mask the real owner and conceal the origin of the funds used.
At the conclusion of the full review of evidence administered during the investigation and the judicial process, the Prosecution at the Fier Court of First Instance of General Jurisdiction assessed that the legal conditions for imposing the preventive measure of confiscation were met, and the Fier Court of First Instance of General Jurisdiction decided the confiscation and transfer to the ownership of the Albanian state of the following assets:
Real Estate Assets
Real estate of the unit type, with an area of 200 m², Fier.
Real estate of the land plot type, with an area of 210 m², Fier.
Real estate of the land plot type, with an area of 210 m², Fier.
Real estate of the land plot type, with an area of 210 m², Fier.
Real estate of the unit type (2 floors), with a building area of 625.1 m², Fier.
Real estate of the unit type, with an area of 100 m², in the “Kongresi i Përmetit” neighborhood, Fier.
Real estate of the apartment type (3+1), with a total area of 127.4 m², Tirana.
Real estate of the parking space type, with a total area of 30.14 m², in Tirana.
Confiscated Vehicles and Motor Vehicles
Lamborghini Urus, year of production 2018;
Mercedes-Benz G-63 AMG, year of production 2020;
Audi S8, year of production 2021;
Audi RS-Q8, year of production 2021;
Audi Q7, year of production 2016;
BMW X5, year of production 2014;
BMW X5, year of production 2007;
Volkswagen Touran, year of production 2013;
Mitsubishi L200, year of production 2014;
Mercedes-Benz C220 CDI, year of production 2001;
KIA Carnival, year of production 2000;
Neoplan Bus, year of production 2003.
Confiscated Monetary Value and Bank Accounts
Bank account in Euros, in the name of A.M., with a balance of 51,945.71 Euros.
Bank account in Lekë, in the name of A.M., with a balance of 5,327,769.38 Lekë.
Bank account in Euros, in the name of A.M., with a balance of 1,867.39 Euros.
Bank account in Lekë, in the name of A.M., with a balance of 405,775.82 Lekë.
Bank account in Euros, in the name of E.M., with a balance of 1,039.07 Euros.
Bank account in Lekë, in the name of E.M., with a balance of 6,166.80 Lekë.
The investigation continues regarding the criminal offense of “Laundering the proceeds of criminal offense or criminal activity,” provided for by Article 287 of the Criminal Code, where considerable assets have also been identified.
The Prosecution at the Fier Court of First Instance of General Jurisdiction remains committed to the priority implementation of Law No. 10192, dated 03.12.2009 (“anti-mafia law”), intensifying financial and asset investigations with the aim of identifying, seizing, and confiscating assets originating from or linked to criminal activities.
The Fier Prosecution remains determined to intensify the crackdown on criminal assets, using all mechanisms provided by the legislation in force for the identification, seizure, and confiscation of assets of illegal origin.
Depriving perpetrators of the economic benefits of criminal activity remains one of the main priorities of the prosecution body, as an effective tool in the fight against organized crime, laundering of the proceeds of criminal offense, and financial crime.
