Abusers hit in Durres, 17 police officers, local officials

Meanwhile, another has been announced in the search, and one has been suspended from office.

All are suspected of allowing illegal construction in the area of Durres, Manza and Shijak.

“Regional Director of Internal Affairs and Annes (SHÇBA) Durres, in co-operation and under the direction of the Durres District Attorney, successfully finalised the encrypted “operation A BUZER”, in the function of criminal proceedings initiated in 2019 for the criminal act of “Using the “task for a series of police officials, local inspectors, local and building government representatives”.

The operation was finalised after a several-month investigation, applying special methods was documented by legal evidence the illegal activity of subjects of this prosecution, who by misusing the attributes given them duties and function, in co-operation with each other but with other citizens, have consumed the criminal work of “Use of task” and “Illegal construction, in co-operation”.

“Subjects of this criminal prosecution conducted public functions in State Police, Administrative Units, IKMTs and INUVs in Durres, Shijak and Manze”.

The abuse of duty and the illegal activity of these subjects are allegedly extended through 2019 at different locations and times.

Their actions and inactions consist of favouring illegal construction, counterfeiting documents, hiding and manipulation of events, preventing the discovery of truth and criminal facts, non-reporting criminal events, not identifying citizens' records according to legal obligations, etc.

The “These people in collaboration with each other and abusing the powers of the task's exercise, allegedly created a corrupt mechanism with the aim of profiting even in monetary value, which has enabled and resulted in numerous illegal constructions such as residential objects, warehouses, business objects, etc., thus avoiding the implementation of legislation in the urbanistic field and their technical security”. /oranews/