Why doesn't SPAK release the name of the senior Rama government official who was at the 'Aruba' meeting?

An operation finalized on Friday by the SPAK Special Prosecution Office spoke of tons of cocaine and hashish trafficked from Latin American countries and Albania to European Union countries.

In parallel with criminal activity, the two criminal groups led by Artur alias Luçiano Koçeku and Alfredo Hamzaj laundered drug money in construction projects carried out mainly in Tirana and the South Coast area.

An investigative file obtained by Belgian, Spanish and Italian authorities, which in 2021-2022 finalized the operation codenamed "Black Eagles", also brought Felix Osmani to attention along with his three brothers.

The investigative acts that led to the arrest and trial of several people in these countries were then brought to Albania, where for nearly six years they were supplemented with conversations on the "Sky" application, testimonies of justice collaborators such as Erjon Alibej, and other evidence, leading to 20 arrest measures and the seizure of assets worth hundreds of millions of euros.

This file also revealed the collaboration that Artur Shehu had with the Osmani brothers. But also revealed were the meetings held in Aruba, the names of whose participants were published by Belgian and Italian journalists as early as 2022.

"In these meetings, among others and to varying degrees of participation, citizens Adrian Rama, Elton Memeti, Erjon Rama, Leonard Bishaj, Bujar Shehaj, Alfredo Hamzai and Pëllumb Petritaj participate," the investigative documents state.

A series of meetings held in Majorca during 2019 brought together some of the group's key figures, including Adrian Rama, Elton Memeti, Toni Lipaj, Artur Shehu, Arben Ismailaj, Klodjan Jahja and Bujar Shehaj. Some of them were also attended by Kosovar businessman Bashkim Osmani.

But what, according to the author, is being hidden by SPAK is the name of a senior Rama government official, who is alleged to have been present at these meetings.

According to the article, the official was identified not only from wiretaps, but also from the minutes of observation of these meetings by Belgian and Italian operational agents.

Although his name is identified in the investigative file received from foreign authorities, SPAK has not made the identity of this person public.

When it comes to meetings, the prosecution publishes the names of the people present, the names of third parties through whom money laundering is suspected, the names of notaries who signed contracts, as well as the names of businessmen and investors. But according to the author, there is only one name that has not been disclosed, and that is that of a senior government official. / Syri.net, Elton Qyno