The Special Prosecutor’s Office (SPAK) has developed an investigation, in cooperation with foreign authorities, for tax evasion. According to the investigations, extended to 17 countries, including Albania through evasion, they have caused a damage of 195 million euros.
In Albania, checks were carried out in 5 premises and laptops and other electronic devices were seized.
The Special Prosecutor’s Office Against Corruption and Organized Crime, in coordination with the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO), has followed the investigations for the coded Operation “Cluster Midas”, for the criminal offense “Fiscal Evasion”, carried out in the form of a structured group criminal. These activities were carried out by creating fictitious invoices with the aim of VAT reimbursement, as well as avoiding fiscal obligations.
The damage caused by these activities is estimated to be 195 million Euros, which is distributed in 17 countries, mainly European. The Special Prosecutor’s Office Against Corruption and Organized Crime, in cooperation with the State Police, has carried out 5 premises controls, from which various electronic devices have been seized (phones, laptops, as well as USB/HDD), citizens have been interrogated different, as well as provided all the material evidence that the subjects in the investigation have carried out in Albania.
This investigation has been extended to 17 countries (Albania, Austria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden and the United Kingdom), carrying out more than 180 controls, and 14 citizens were arrested. More than 680 different investigators have been engaged to carry out these investigative actions.
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