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Suspicious financial operation: "Sokolaj" company bought hazardous waste for 41 thousand USD from Kurum and sold it to itself through the company in Croatia

2024-08-23 20:06:00, Sociale CNA

Suspicious financial operation: "Sokolaj" company bought hazardous

Gjovana Sokolaj's company, which bought the hazardous waste from the Kurum company, sold it to a company in Croatia, which also happens to be owned by the Sokolaj family.

Data provided by BIRN from the investigative file show that the recipient of these cargoes is the company GS Minerals Doo registered in Rijeka, Croatia, also owned by the Sokolaj family.

Gjovana Sokolaj testified to the police that the product with which the 102 containers were filled, which she considers to be iron oxide, was purchased by the company "Kurum" for a total value of 41 thousand dollars. Then, Sokolaj sold this quantity to its sister in Croatia, GS Minerals Doo for 141 thousand dollars, while the containers left the port of Durrës with the final destination Thailand on July 4, 2024.

But almost a month later, Sokolaj testifies that he received a disturbing notice from the container company.

"...informs me that the 102 containers that my company had launched will return to the port of Durrës, because the port of Singapore refuses to unload, as they suspect that they are filled with toxic substances," Sokolaj stated.

"I returned her email and told her that for the goods loaded in the container, which is iron oxide, the analyzes were done by Sokolaj sh.pk and Kurum sh.a and it does not result that there are toxic residues," she claimed .

Public records reviewed by BIRN however show that Sokolaj's company in Croatia, GS Minerals Doo, openly advertises its trade in EAFD hazardous waste as well as zinc oxides online.

In one of the advertisements, the company says that it has low-grade zinc concentrates ready at the port of Durrës and also has EAFD ash powder for sale.

Alongside the notice of the dust containing hazardous waste, she posted a photo of dozens of filled bags - some wet from the rain and some torn and with dust scattered outside, whose location could not be reached. to be verified by BIRN.

Gjovana Sokolaj did not respond to BIRN's request for comment until the publication of this article.





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