2> PRESS RELEASE
The Special Prosecution of the Republic of Kosovo announces the public opinion regarding the case “THESARI”.
Hitherto, in connection with this case, two (2) persons have been arrested and kept in detention on remand for the criminal offenses “Abuse of official duty and authority” from article 414 par. 2 and 3 point 3.4 in connection with par. 1 of the CCRK and ” Money laundering ”from article 302 of the CCRK, related to the criminal offense“ Money laundering ”from article 56 of Law no. 05 / L-096 on preventing money laundering and combating terrorist financing.
The Special Prosecution Office informs the public that multidimensional investigative actions are being conducted, including institutions and units such as: Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), Kosovo Police-Department for Corruption Investigation, Kosovo Tax Administration (TAK), etc.
As yet, account holders to whom the money has been transferred and witnesses have been interviewed, documentation has been analyzed, financial investigations and properties have been identified.
Also, we inform you that 34 bank accounts of businesses have been frozen, to which the money was transferred from the defendant K.Sh, owner of (LDA Group Sh.p, k).
It is worth mentioning that as yet the total frozen amount is around 600,000 euros, 4 vehicles have been seized, the approximate value of which is 100,000 euros.
In the process of returning the money withdrawn from commercial banks in the name of overdrafts, loans, etc., which have generated from the illegal transfer realized by the defendants from the State Treasury.
The Special Prosecution announces that two requests for international legal cooperation, addressed to the authorities of the Republic of Turkey, regarding the transfer of 440,000 euros, realized from the account of LDA Group Sh.p, k, owned by the defendant K.Sh, on the account of a business based in the Republic of Turkey, have been submitted. The freezing of the identified account was requested, the holder / owner of the account was identified, the authorized persons, the statements of transactions were viewed.