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Laundered Çopjave money, arrested in Dubai Armis Stafa

Laundered Çopjave money, arrested in Dubai Armis Stafa

Armis Stafa, the 36-year-old accused of laundering money for the Çopjave criminal group, has been arrested in Dubai.

The Criminal Court has imposed the security measure "prison arrest" on Staffa for money laundering.

Armis Stafa is accused of laundering money obtained from the crime of Franc and Hajdar Çopja in 2022, in collaboration with other persons.

"The 36-year-old man, accused by the Criminal Court of Laundering the money of a criminal group in Elbasan, through the sale and purchase of vehicles, was arrested in Dubai."

As a result of the real-time exchange of information provided by specialized structures of the State Police, with counterparts in the United Arab Emirates, through the services of Interpol Tirana, during this phase of the operation "The Wanted", the citizen AS alias AS, 36 years old, born in Elbasan, was arrested in Dubai, with the aim of extradition to Albania.

The Special Court of First Instance for Corruption and Organized Crime, in 2024, assigned this citizen the security measure "Arrest in prison", for the criminal offense "Laundering the proceeds of a criminal offense or criminal activity", committed in collaboration.

This citizen is accused, in the context of a criminal proceeding from 2022, of having, in collaboration with others, laundered, through the sale and purchase of vehicles, the money of citizens FG alias F. Ç. and HB alias H. Ç. (brothers), obtained from criminal activity.

"Interpol Tirana continues to cooperate with its counterparts in Abu Dhabi to finalize the procedure for the extradition of this citizen to Albania ," the police announced.

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