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'Kürüm', the company of scandals, from toxic waste to defrauding 33 banks with fictitious invoices
Hundreds of tons of hazardous waste were loaded at the Port of Durrës with destination Thailand, and for this the "Kurum" Company has been targeted.
The alarm was raised by the Basel Action Network, a United States-based organization that works to implement the Basel Convention. Also, it was reported that the cargo will not arrive in Thailand, but will be returned to Albania, where it will be subjected to investigation.
The Durrës Prosecutor's Office seized from the Kurum company documentation that is believed to be related to the case.
The Ministry of Environment in a reaction to the media admitted that the waste loaded in Durrës came from the metallurgist. " Volumes of goods which are suspected to contain waste from the technological process carried out by international companies operating near the metallurgical complex in Elbasan" , the ministry said in a statement to the media.
Therefore, the Kurum Company has denied having anything to do with the export of hazardous waste.
The scandal
The suspected export of hazardous waste from Albania was denounced on August 5 by the 'Basel Action Network', an environmental organization based in the United States. BAN raised the alarm that a giant container ship of 175 thousand tons of the 'Maersk' line disappeared at the end of July from the radars near Cape Town in South Africa, after a signal made by it to the local authorities.
Based on information provided by a whistleblower, Basel Action Network, BAN believes that the ship 'Maersk Campton' and a second container ship of the same line, 'Maersk Candor', loaded at the port of Durrës at the beginning of July about 100 containers of hazardous waste, which comes from the ash of electric metallurgical chimneys (EAFD) destined for Thailand.
Based on the notification of BAN, the port authority has blocked the containers from Albania in Singapore and they are expected to return to Durrës in the coming months. The prosecution has identified the company "Sokolaj" shpk, a mineral import-export company based in Durrës owned by citizen Gjovana Sokolaj as the exporter of the containers and the Turkish company "Kurum International" sh.a as the source of these products.
Iron company "Kurum" accused of defrauding 33 banks with fictitious invoices, benefiting 210 million euros
In July 2020, the biggest bank fraud of the last ten years in Turkey, which is related to one of the most well-known companies in the iron production sector in the country, arrived in court.
Gazeta turke “Sabah” shkruante asokohe se skandali i kompanisë turke “Kürüm Demir”, e cila ka operuar në Shqipëri përmes kompanisë “Kürüm International SHA” ka të bëjë me një mashtrim gjigant që i është bërë bërë 33 bankave në Turqi, Shqipëri dhe Angli.
Siç shkruan gazeta, mashtrimi ishte aq mirë i menduar sa “nuk do t’i shkonte ndërmend as djallit”.
Kompania “Kürüm Demir” i përket biznesmenit të njohur Haşmet Bedii Kürüm, i cili ka qenë më herët edhe pronari i ekipit të futbollit të Besiktasit në Turqi.
Ajo u padit në gjykatë nga 14 banka turke për mashtrim, pasi mori rreth 191 milion euro kredi përmes bilanceve fiktive, ndërkohë që kompania në fakt ishte duke falimentuar.
Të njëjtën praktikë sipas “Sabah”, kompania turke e ka ndjekur edhe në Shqipëri përmes “Kürüm International SHA” duke marrë 210.3 milion euro kredi nga bankat shqiptare.
Siç shkruan “Sabah“, “Kürüm International SHA” në Shqipëri ka marrë kredi përmes bilanceve fiktive nga bankat “IFC”, “Raiffesein”, “Credit Europea”, “Societe Generale (tani OTP) dhe “NBG Bank”.
Mashtrimi në Turqi
“Kürüm Demir” ishte një ndër kompanitë më të mëdha të prodhimit të hekurit në Turqi. Deri në vitin 2013, kur hekuri prodhohej kryesisht përmes mbledhjes së skrapit, kompania kishte të ardhura të mira dhe nxirrte mjaft fitim. Gjithçka ndryshoi pas vitit 2013, kur kompanive iu duhej që ta nxirrnin hekurin përmes përpunimit të pasurive nëntokësore. Kjo rriti kostot nga njëra anë duke ulur fitimin e kompanive, ndërkohë që nevojiteshin investime të mëdha për të qenë konkurrent në treg.
Siç raporton “Sabah”, ky ishte momenti kur kompania filloi të përballej me humbje, por drejtuesit e saj përdorën bilance fiktive për ta treguar kompaninë me fitime.
Përmes këtyre bilancëve dhe përdorimit të kompanive fantazmë për të treguar në mënyrë të rrejshme se kishte porosi të shumta, “Kürüm Demir” mashtroi bankat duke vijuar të marrë kredi edhe pse ishte në prag të falimentimit.
Më pas kompania aplikoi tek autoritetet e taksave dhe tatimeve për të shtyrë falimentin, ndërsa shiti pronat e saj tek kompanitë e tjera të hapura nën emrin e të afërmve të Haşmet Bedii Kürüm.
Synimi ishte që kur kompania të falimentonte, pronat të ruheshin dhe bankat të mos kishin se çfarë të sekuestronin.
Mashtrimi në Shqipëri
Gazeta turke “Sabah” shkruante se kompania mëmë “Kürüm” ia faturonte një pjesë të humbjeve të sa atje, filialit në Shqipëri “Kürüm International SHA”.
Për të mbuluar këto humbje, “Kürüm International SHA” në Shqipëri aplikoi përmes bilanceve fiktive për kredi tek disa banka shqiptare duke marrë prej tyre diçka më shumë se 210 milion euro kredi prej tyre.
“Sabah” shkruan se bëhet fjalë për bankat “IFC”, “Raiffesein”, “Credit Europea”, “Societe Generale (tani OTP) dhe “NBG Bank”.
Drejtuesit e kompanisë akuzohen nga autoritetet turke për vepra të rënda penale si mashtrimi dhe pastrimi i parave.
The fraud committed by "Kürüm Demir" has caused great concern in Turkey, at a time when the banking sector is in great difficulty due to the great economic problems the country is going through, which are accompanied by a rapid increase in loans. with problems.
It remains to be seen how this fraud will be reflected in Albania, which has "absorbed" 210 million euros from Albanian banks alone.
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