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Apartment turned into Call Center discovered, organizer arrested

Politiko 2025-04-02 12:49:19

Apartment turned into Call Center discovered, organizer arrested

Tirana police have discovered an apartment set up as a call center, where foreign citizens were being defrauded.

The organizer of this illegal activity was arrested, while 5 employees were also prosecuted.

The police have also announced a search for the 37-year-old man who rented the apartment.

"As a result of investigations conducted over two months, under the direction of the Prosecution, specialists from the Economic and Financial Crimes Investigation Section, in cooperation with the Tirana DVP Operational Force, have finalized the police operation codenamed "Location 2". As a result of this operation:

– citizen L. Xh., 37 years old, was arrested in flagrante delicto;

– a 37-year-old Macedonian citizen was declared wanted;

 – criminal proceedings were initiated against citizens DO, 19 years old, JB, 20 years old, RL, 26 years old, JD, 24 years old and EN, 34 years old.

During the operation, the Police services intervened in the apartment on "Panorama" street, which had been adapted as a call center, where they caught citizen L. Xh. and 5 operators red-handed, who were deceiving foreign citizens into investing in fictitious stock exchanges.

"The investigation revealed that the apartment was rented by a Macedonian citizen with the intention of using it for this illegal activity. Work continues to arrest this citizen," the police statement said.

The procedural materials were passed to the Prosecutor's Office for further action.

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