As the “Panama Letters” scandal has included the whole world, Boldnews.al learns that 20,000 documents from the legal studio “Mossack Fonseca” are available for Albania.
The documents are expected to disclose suspicious financial transactions from Albania to offshore areas.
Confidential sources confirm to Boldnews.al that top-ranking politicians, businessmen, bankers, and people connected to the world of crime are listed on the list of people involved.
The day before, the Organization for Corruption Reporting and Corruption Project (OCCRP) confirmed that information about the Balkans is expected to be published within two weeks.
OCCRP editor Miranda Patrucic told VOA that concrete information can be received for all Balkan countries, including Albania, Kosovo and Macedonia.
“Of course. Documents and articles are for every country and of course they are different depending on the amount of money or people involved, “she said.
Meanwhile sources for Boldnews.al near the General Prosecutor’s Office in Tirana stated that “they are cooperating with other law enforcement institutions to clarify the situation on possible involvement in the” Panama Papers “issue of Albanian or foreign companies or nationals exercising commercial activity in territory of the Republic of Albania “.
Prosecutors have been ordered to follow the ongoing publication of data from the international journalism consortium that has 11 million documents from the Panamanian legal company “MosakFonseka”, which made the registration of offshore companies all over the world.
Boldnews.al also confirmed that it has a commitment of the Department of Money Laundering Prevention and the Sector Against Economic Crime in the State Police.
So far, referring to an Israeli newspaper, one of the companies operating in Albania and related to the Panama scandal is a commercial entity that operates in the field of hydrocarbons.
It is the fuel-dyeing company “GFI Technologies”, which is owned by highly talked Albanian Ismail Mulleti.
“Voice of America” reported a day earlier that “Albanian police have verified Albania’s entrance to Ismail Mullet and Israeli AssafHalkin. Mulleti turns out to have left the country a few weeks ago, in March, and Halkin in February. Both of them have traveled to and from Albania, often with charter flights. “