Under investigation for the opening of "dens" of prostitution/ The prosecution seizes the property of two brothers

2024-06-19 13:53:00, Kronika CNA

Under investigation for the opening of "dens" of prostitution/ The

Prosecutor's Office of Tirana

The Tirana Prosecutor's Office seizes the assets of the brothers previously under investigation for opening massage centers for the purpose of prostitution.

The Prosecutor's Office at the Court of First Instance of General Jurisdiction, Tirana, requests the imposition of a preventive seizure against the assets owned by the MR citizen and his family members, for the criminal offense of 'Cleaning the proceeds of a criminal offense or criminal activity', provided for by Article 287 of the Criminal Code.

From the information gathered in the operative way, within the framework of criminal proceedings no. 1789, dated 12.03.2021, information was provided that the citizen MR, together with his brother AR, were arrested in the act and by criminal decision no. 1512, dated 14.09.2020, the Court of the Judicial District of Tirana has assigned to them the security measure "Arrest with imprisonment" for the criminal offense of "Owning premises for exploitation of prostitution".

As administrators of massage centers, after recruiting women to hire them as masseurs, they forced them to perform sexual services for payment.

From the investigations, it was found that the citizen MR and his family members have sums of money opened in the second level banks, in their name and that of their family members, these sums which may be derived from his criminal activity.

From the investigation carried out so far, the criteria for imposing preventive seizure on the assets of the citizens of MR, KR, AR, as well as KR are met, as there are sufficient indications and evidence that create reasonable suspicion that the citizen MR in cooperation with the brother of him, the AR citizen, have committed the criminal offense of "Cleaning the proceeds of a criminal offense or criminal activity" carried out in cooperation, provided for by Article 287, second paragraph of the Criminal Code. It is suspected that his father and his wife were also involved in this scheme. From the investigation carried out so far, there is a reasonable suspicion that the citizen MR, as well as his family members, the money suspected to have been obtained from the exercise of the illegal activity of maintaining premises for exploitation of prostitution, for which it is proven that he has been convicted citizen MR, have invested in the purchase of movable and immovable assets, as a form of cleaning the proceeds of the criminal offense.

For these reasons, based on Article 274 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the Prosecutor's Office requests the sequestration of the following assets:

- "Unit" type property, with an area of ??34 m2, no. 2/211+8-57/1, ZK 8250;

- "Apartment" property with an area of ??106.4 m2, str. "Hoxha Tahsin";

- Property of the "Post Parking" type with an area of ??41.2 m2, Tirana;

- "Benz 250 D" vehicle;

- "Volkswagen" vehicle;

- "Skoda Octava" vehicle;

- "AUDI A8" vehicle;

- "Smart" vehicle; AND

- Establishing the "Preventive Sequestration" property insurance measure against the bank accounts of MR, KR, KR and AR/ CNA citizens