Erdogan “launders millions by building mosques in Kosovo”

Millions of euros are flowing from Turkey to Kosovo “through illegal routes, bypassing banks,” according to the Pristina-based Albanian language daily Zeri.

SOURCE: B92, TANJUG, ZERI MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 2015 | 11:13

(Tanjug, file)

Moreover, this media outlet said that Recep Erdogan’s authorities are using this to “launder money.”

The paper says millions are arriving in Kosovo “but not as investments or to help the economy, or fund projects, but to rebuild religious structures.”

“Most of the investments undoubtedly expose Erdogan’s major money laundering via Kosovo,” writes Zeri in an article it said is being published “after a two-month investigation.”

Dozens of new mosques in Kosovo “as well as the renovation of all the existing ones built during the Ottoman Empire” are financed through one big donor, the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA), states the paper, and points out that the agency was established by the Turkish government, and…