The citizen Erlind Cekaj ​​has been arrested by the Police in the United Arab Emirates, after he was wanted in Albanian country for fraud with Call Centers.

Erlind Cekaj ​​was part of Amant Josif’s group, a group which, through fraud, extorted millions of euros from European citizens.

Investigations have started in 2021 from several countries, such as Spain, Germany, Sweden, Finland, Latvia, Ukraine, Georgia and Albania, under the coordination of “Eurojust”, while work is being done to extradite Cekaj ​​to Albania.

Police Announcement:

Operation “Before justice” continues with intensity, a person wanted for fraud is arrested in the United Arab Emirates

The State Police, within the framework of the measures taken for the implementation of the operation “Before justice”, continues intensively the exchange of information with the partner countries and organizations for the arrest, extradition, bringing to Albania and placing at the disposal of the justice bodies of the declared persons in international search.

The cooperation of “Interpol Tirana” with “Interpol Abu Dhabi” made it possible on 20.08.2024 to arrest the internationally wanted person Erlind Cekaj. Against him, the Special Court of First Instance for Corruption and Organized Crime, with the criminal decision dated 18.10.2023, has set the security measure “imprisonment”, for the criminal offenses of “Fraud”, “Special forms of cooperation, structured criminal group” and “Commitment of criminal offenses by criminal organizations and structured criminal groups”, provided by articles 143/b/1-28/4, 333/a, 334 of the Criminal Code.

After the investigations, it turned out that the citizen Erlind Cekaj, in cooperation with other subjects who worked for a company called “IT PumaTS/SM Company”, related to the company “Milton Group”, were part of an organized crime network that used fraudulent platforms and operated worldwide. This network was mainly run by call centers in Georgia, Ukraine, North Macedonia, Albania, etc.

The criminal network, in cooperation with other fraudulent platforms, such as “Absolut Global Markets”, “AurumPro”, “Finaxis”, etc., has defrauded hundreds of people from European Union countries, causing them financial damages amounting to millions of euros.

The investigations started in 2021 from several countries, such as Spain, Germany, Sweden, Finland, Latvia, Ukraine, Georgia and Albania, under the coordination of “Eurojust”.