The Special Prosecution Office against Corruption and Organized Crime completed the investigations and has sent to the Special Court of First Instance the request for the trial of criminal proceedings no. 235/1 of 2023, against the defendants:
Aleksandër Laho, alias Rumi, previously convicted, investigated with the security measure "arrest in prison", provided for by Article 238 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, not executed, accused of the following criminal offenses:
"Fraud", more than once, with serious consequences, committed in a special form of cooperation, that of a structured criminal group and "Commitment of criminal offenses by a criminal organization and a structured criminal group", provided for by articles 143 paragraphs 2 and 3, 28/4 and 334 paragraph one of the Criminal Code.
“Forgery of documents”, more than once, committed in a special form of cooperation, that of a structured criminal group with persons who are responsible for issuing documents, “Commitment of criminal offenses by a criminal organization and a structured criminal group”, provided for by articles 186/2 and 3, 28/4 and 334, first paragraph, of the Criminal Code.
"Structured criminal group", provided for by article 333/a, first paragraph of the Criminal Code.
Vullnet Muça, alias Vullnet Kondi and Vullnet Muharremi, previously unconvicted, investigated with the security measure "arrest in prison", provided for by Article 238 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, since 2.10.2025, accused of the following criminal offenses:
"Fraud", more than once, with serious consequences, committed in a special form of cooperation, that of a structured criminal group, and "Commitment of criminal offenses by a criminal organization and a structured criminal group", provided for by articles 143 paragraphs 2 and 3, 28/4 and 334 paragraph one of the Criminal Code.
“Forgery of documents”, more than once, committed in a special form of cooperation, that of a structured criminal group with persons who are responsible for issuing documents, “Commitment of criminal offenses by a criminal organization and a structured criminal group”, provided for by articles 186/2 and 3, 28/4 and 334, first paragraph, of the Criminal Code.
"Structured criminal group", provided for by article 333/a, first paragraph of the Criminal Code.
Agron Bejdolli, previously unconvicted, investigated with the security measure "arrest in prison", provided for by Article 238 of the Criminal Procedure Code, not executed, accused of the criminal offenses: "Fraud", more than once, with serious consequences, committed in a special form of cooperation, that of a structured criminal group, and "Commitment of criminal offenses by a criminal organization and a structured criminal group", provided for by Articles 143, paragraphs 2 and 3, 28/4 and 334, first paragraph, of the Criminal Code.
“Forgery of documents”, more than once, committed in a special form of cooperation that of a structured criminal group with persons who are responsible for issuing documents, “Commitment of criminal offenses by a criminal organization and a structured criminal group”, provided for by articles 186/2 and 3, 28/4 and 334, first paragraph of the Criminal Code. “Structured criminal group”, provided for by article 333/a, second paragraph of the Criminal Code.
Vlash Brahja, previously unconvicted, investigated under the security measure "Arrest in prison" until 04.2026, and subsequently under the security measure "House arrest", accused of the following criminal offenses:
"Fraud", more than once, with serious consequences, committed in a special form of cooperation, that of a structured criminal group, and "Commitment of criminal offenses by a criminal organization and a structured criminal group", provided for by articles 143 paragraphs 2 and 3, 28/4 and 334 paragraph one of the Criminal Code.
“Forgery of documents”, more than once, committed in a special form of cooperation, that of a structured criminal group with persons who are responsible for issuing documents, “Commitment of criminal offenses by a criminal organization and a structured criminal group”, provided for by articles 186/2 and 3, 28/4 and 334, first paragraph, of the Criminal Code.
"Structured criminal group", provided for by Article 333/a, second paragraph of the Criminal Code.
Artur Isaku, previously unconvicted, investigated at large, accused of having committed the criminal offenses of:
“Forgery of documents”, more than once, committed in a special form of cooperation, that of a structured criminal group by persons who are responsible for issuing documents, “Commitment of criminal offenses by a criminal organization and a structured criminal group”, provided for by articles 186/2 and 3, 28/4 and 334, first paragraph, of the Criminal Code.
"Structured criminal group", provided for by Article 333/a/2 of the Criminal Code.
Mikel Zaho, previously unconvicted, investigated at large, accused of having committed the criminal offenses of:
"Forgery of documents", more than once, committed in a special form of cooperation, that of a structured criminal group, by persons who are responsible for issuing documents,
"Commitment of criminal offenses by a criminal organization and a structured criminal group", provided for by articles 186/2 and 3, 28/4 and 334, second paragraph, of the Criminal Code.
"Structured criminal group", provided for by Article 333/a/2 of the Criminal Code.
Ermira Avdyli, investigated with the security measure "Prohibition of leaving the country" since 1.10.2025, executed, provided for by Article 233 of the Criminal Procedure Code, accused of the criminal offense "Forgery of documents", by the person who is responsible for issuing the documents, committed in collaboration, provided for by Article 186 paragraphs 2 and 3 of the Criminal Code.
Urim Agasi, previously unconvicted, investigated at large, accused of the criminal offense of "Fraud", more than once, with serious consequences, provided for by articles 143, paragraphs 2 and 3, of the Criminal Code.
The investigation has proven that the defendants Vullnet Muça and Aleksandër Laho have created and run a genuine criminal structure, where the cooperation of over three people served to commit several crimes against property, etc. Part of this structured criminal group are also the citizens Agron Bejdolli, Vlash Brahja, Mikel Zaho, Artur Isaku, as well as other persons unidentified by the investigation. Thanks to this special cooperation, the defendants have made it possible to massively falsify real estate ownership documents, to register them in the registers of the State Cadastre Agency, Durrës, thereby appropriating hundreds of thousands of meters of land in coastal areas. The criminal activity has been extended over years and has been supported by various officials, whose task has been to draft ownership documents and further register them with the ANA.
According to the investigation, the defendants Aleksandër Laho and Vullnet Muça have devised and materialized the criminal scheme of alienation of state-owned or unclaimed properties from former owners, which were located in the coastal area of the Durrës district. These persons have developed their criminal activity in the Shijak-Kepi i Rodonit area. In order to achieve their goal, alienation of properties through falsification of Land Acquisition Acts (AMTP), by using their acquaintances and influence in this area, they have managed to identify agricultural families, whose heads of household were elderly, with low educational level and in difficult economic situation. They would use their AMTPs to alienate state properties. For this purpose, they collaborated with employees of the State Cadastral Agency of Durrës, in the registration and archive sectors, who provided them with information on the assets that were owned by the state and not allocated by the land allocation commission in the village, as well as making available to them the AMTP documents of the persons they had previously identified, the originals of which were in the archive of the State Cadastral Agency of Durrës. After forging the AMTPs, they produced other completely forged documents, as if produced by the Directorate of Land Administration and Protection, which they managed to integrate into the asset registration archive, through employees of the State Cadastral Agency of Durrës. They also collaborated in this activity with other persons with criminal records in the field of forgery in the city of Tirana. The role of Aleksandër Laho and Vullnet Muçë as the originators and financiers of the criminal activity is clearly evident in all the conversations that these citizens have had among themselves on the SkyECC platform.
According to the investigation, the defendant Agron Bejdolli served as the coordinator and executor of the criminal activity. He provided special powers of attorney, maintained contact with notaries, carried out applications at the counters of the former ZVRr.PP Durrës and in some cases even withdrew money from the bank accounts of the “sellers”. He received orders from the defendants Aleksandër Laho and Vullnet Muça regarding the actions he would take for each counterfeit asset.
The defendant Vlash Brahja is found to be involved in four specific episodes, including the sale of a property and actions at the property registration office, while his father has hired a lawyer to seek, through legal proceedings, ownership of a property of about 110 ha, the transcription of which was falsified on the orders of Aleksandër Laho.
Defendants Mikel Zaho and Artur Isaku, in their capacity as lawyers, registered in the electronic system of the State Cadastral Agency, Durrës and produced forged cards for all the aforementioned properties. These defendants, due to their function as lawyers in the State Cadastral Agency, manipulated the actions in the electronic system by integrating the properties, the documents of which are completely forged, into the applications for legal properties. These persons, through their illegal actions, helped defendants Aleksander Laho, Vullnet Muça and Agron Bejdolli to legalize the registration of properties, the documents of which were forged, as well as to alienate them through sale.
The defendant Artur Isaku was in direct contact with members of the structured criminal group and this is proven by the data obtained from SKYECC, the statements of J. Me. etc., the examination of the data of the expert report of Agron Bejdolli's phone, etc.
Defendant Mikel Zaho was also in direct contact with members of the structured criminal group led by defendants Aleksander Laho and Vullnet Muça, based on data obtained from the SKY ECC application, phone checks and JM's statements, etc.
The investigation has proven beyond any doubt that it was lawyers Mikel Zaho and Artur Isaku, the employees who left digital traces of committing illegal actions with the assets under investigation. These individuals, through their illegal actions, helped the defendants Aleksander Laho, Vullnet Muça and Agron Bejdolli to legalize the registration of properties whose documents were forged and which were legally state property.
Defendants Mikel Zaho and Artur Isaku acted in violation of Article 7 and Article 72, points 33 of Law 33 of 2012, “On the Registration of Immovable Property” (amended by Law No. 9/2016, dated 11.2.2016).
MODUS OPERANDS
According to the indictment, the group's "modus operandi" included; the partial falsification of AMTPs by adding one or more agricultural parcels to the document, an action that was followed by manually entering completely falsified documents into the former ZVRr.PP, such as a falsified accompanying document made to appear to have been produced by the Land Commission of the Durrës District Council, when Genci Alizoti was the chairman, "initiated" by the falsified verification act of the same period.
Certificates of ownership were obtained, some of which were sealed and signed with the original seal, some only with the original seal and some others with a forged seal and signature. Completely forged registration maps were produced as an integral part of the Certificates of Ownership. A completely forged reference was then produced, to which fictitious numbers were assigned, often duplicated with regular reference numbers. These references reflect documents as if a revaluation of the property had been ordered, a document that in all cases resulted to be forged both in the new seal and in the signature of the registrar and copies of the property certificates and copies of the registration maps were attached. This was done to justify the actions that followed and which were finalized with the sale of the property by registering a new reference, within which are the forged documents mentioned above and the only original document is the property sale contract. Interventions have been made in the volume sheets of the cadastral areas by eliminating the original sheets where properties of the "Road", "Forest" and "Fruitless" types were registered, and replacing them with new sheets in which properties of the "Field" type are reflected, with surfaces ranging from 10.000 m2 to 34.000 m2, which are located in the coastal area of the villages of Lalëz, Bizë and Shetaj of Rethi Durrës.
Another method that the persons under investigation have used to illegally obtain wealth is the falsification of the registers of the years 1929-1951, which are administered in the archive of the former ZVRr.PP, as well as the supporting documents that are administered in the archive of the Office of Land Management and Protection in the Durrës District Council. The mechanism used in this case is the provision of the registers titled, “Orders for Transcriptions” of the years 1929-1957 by a person with access to the archives of the State Cadastre Agency, Durrës identified only by the name Mozi, by corrupting him and employees of the archive of the former ZVRr.PP. They then partially or completely erased the entries on the last pages of the register or on pages within it that were considered suitable for forgery and then rewrote a new transcription, transferring the properties to the names of their trusted persons, who would be the “heirs” of the forged property. In the next phase, they used the forged documents to apply to the Property Treatment Agency for recognition, compensation, physical restitution or filed a civil lawsuit in court for recognition of ownership and the obligation of the former ZVRr.PP or ASHK to register the property.
In the end, the established scheme was finalized with the alienation of the property by selling it to investors interested in investing in the coastal areas of Durrës District.
The investigation of this criminal proceeding has proven that through this criminal mechanism, the defendants Aleksandër Laho, Vullnet Muça, Agron Bejdolli and Vlash Brahja, by presenting false facts and concealing true facts in the registration documents and further and alienation of immovable properties, have made it possible to directly benefit from large areas of land owned by the state. Thanks to this criminal scheme, the state has been illegally stripped of ownership of at least 687,798 (six hundred and eighty-seven thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight) square meters of land, located in a preferred coastal area. The defendants have managed to alienate part of these illegally acquired properties by selling them to third parties. The investigation has proven that the criminal offense of fraud was committed more than once and the defendants should be held criminally liable under Article 143, paragraph two of the Criminal Code. Also, the investigation has proven that the consequences resulting from the criminal activity of the four defendants are very serious and therefore they should also be held criminally liable for the criminal offense provided for in Article 143/3 of the Criminal Code.
Investigations show that the defendants Aleksandër Laho and Vullnet Muharremi are suspected of being the main beneficiaries of the criminal activity carried out and the actual owners of the assets registered with forged documents. The sale of assets registered with forged documents, in some cases, was done in violation of the trust of (fictitious) persons who became the owners of the assets and in some cases, it was done in collaboration with relatives of the owners of the assets.
Defendant Ermira Avdyli, former archive specialist at the former Durrës Regional Police Headquarters, collaborated with defendant Agron Bejdolli to verify various archive documents and to remove from the archive and reinsert into the archive, references that the investigation has proven beyond any doubt that the documents were falsified.
It has been proven that through this criminal mechanism, the defendant, Urim Agasi, by presenting false facts and concealing true facts, has made it possible to benefit from the proceeds of the sale of 5 real estate properties with a total land area of 72,000 square meters of land, which was registered with forged documents and which was actually state property. Likewise, this defendant is also implicated in the transactions carried out in relation to the property with no. 67 which is located in the village of Shetaj - Durrës. The defendant Urim Agasi has committed the criminal offense of fraud more than once and therefore the defendant must be held criminally liable under Article 143, paragraph two of the Criminal Code. In addition, the investigation has proven that the consequences resulting from the criminal activity of the defendant Urim Agasi are serious and he must also be held criminally liable for the criminal offense provided for by Article 143/3 of the Criminal Code.
At the request of the Special Prosecution Office, the Special Court of First Instance for Corruption and Organized Crime has determined the measure of property insurance for the preventive seizure of several immovable land properties with a total area of 687,798 (six hundred eighty-seven thousand seven hundred ninety-eight) square meters.
The investigations continue within the framework of a separate proceeding with the aim of identifying other criminal facts and discovering accomplices in the commission of criminal offenses.
In addition to the request for trial of the above-mentioned defendants, the Special Prosecution Office has also filed a request for the partial dismissal of the criminal case against the person under investigation, Vullnet Muça alias Vullnet Kondi, for the criminal offenses "Active corruption of persons exercising public functions" and "Active corruption of a witness, expert or translator", committed in collaboration, as provided for in Articles 244 and 312 of the Criminal Code.
The value of the immovable properties seized in this criminal proceeding, referring to the price of similar contracts in the mentioned area, is approximately 16,890,000 Euros.
