Taxes refer 95 cases to the prosecution - Income concealment and money laundering, 133 subjects affected
The Tax Investigation Sector, in cooperation with the Administration and Analysis Sector, as well as the Money Laundering Prevention Sector, have referred a total of 95 cases to the Prosecutor's Office during 2025, which include 133 subjects.
The cases are mainly related to concealment of income, non-payment of taxes and laundering of the proceeds of crime, etc.
Referring to the Tax report, from the summary of data, the total values of obligations recorded according to articles of the Criminal Code by the Tax Investigation Directorate result in approximately 10.8 billion lek.
Violations are recorded in Articles 180 and 181 of the Criminal Code. Specifically, Article 180 states that “Concealing or evading the payment of tax obligations, through failure to submit documents or failure to declare the necessary data, according to the legislation in force, submitting forged documents, or false declarations or information, with the aim of material gain, for oneself or for others, through incorrect calculation of the amount of tax, fee, or contribution, constitutes a criminal offense and is punishable by imprisonment for up to three years”. And Article 181 states that “Failure to pay taxes and duties within the specified period, despite the possibility of paying them, by a person against whom administrative measures have previously been taken for this purpose, is punishable by a fine or imprisonment for up to three years”. The value of the violations found in these two articles amounts to 10.3 billion lek.
For violations related to Article 144 of the Criminal Code, which states that "Fraud in submitted documents, unjustly benefiting from state subsidies, is punishable by a fine or imprisonment of up to four years", a value of around 71 million lek has been found. While in Article 287, which is related to laundering the proceeds of a criminal offense or criminal activity, a value of violations reaching 517 million lek has been found.
During 2025, the Investigation Sector has received files delegated by the Prosecutor's Offices for various criminal cases. These investigations are mainly in the direction of the criminal offenses of "Hiding income", "Non-payment of taxes and duties", "Creating fraudulent schemes related to value added tax", "Laundering the proceeds of criminal offenses or criminal activity.
The Investigation Sector has also cooperated with foreign authorities through letters rogatory, with the aim of exchanging information and supporting investigations into complex international cases. This cooperation has enabled the prosecution of criminal offenses with cross-border elements and increased the efficiency of tax and financial investigations.
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