Corruption and Organised Crime Trial Against Former Leposaviqi Leader and Others Fails

Former Leposaviqi leader Dragan Jablanovic is accused of participating or organising an organised criminal group and misusing the official position or authority, along with Haxhi Bata, Aleksandar Ackovic, Aleksandar Kostic, Cedomir Timotijevic, Bojan Banovic, Miroslav Ivanov, Ivan Cadiq, Boban Milovanov and Jelica Barac, reports <x0Betim for Justice<1>.

While accused Xhemajl Feriz, Haki Haxhiu, Mehdi Haxhiu, Mensur Rama and Nijazi Musliu are charged with criminal acts of participation or organisation of the organised criminal group and misuse of economic authorisations.

All defendants high-ranking under the accusation act have acted as a criminal organised group during the period 2015-2017, committing serious criminal acts and that this criminal group is accused of being led by accused Jablanovovic, who has continued following his appointment to the position of Leposavisic Commission.

The chairman of the panel, Judge Violet Namani, has said that the defender of the accused Bata, the Recaj lawyer through a parachute, has announced to the court that his defense cannot appear at this hearing, because the same is found in Turkey for health reasons.

Regarding the absence of the accused, special prosecutor Merita Bina-Rugova has stated that she will see the condition of the accused stabilised so that she can continue on, in contrast she has said she would also propose isolating the procedure for the accused Beta.

She has also asked the defenders of the accused who are lacking in the subject paperwork to head to the Special Prosecutor with the parachute to get those documents they lack.

Some lawyers have been declared missing paperwork, and attorney Ariant Koci, defender of accused Bojan Banovic, has also been declared.

He has said that the audience's invitation, knowing the same will not be held correctly.

I don't think it's correct, even though you have a day off, to invite us to this session”, the Coci attorney said.

In the absence of legal conditions, this session was interrupted, while the next session is scheduled on January 28, 2022.

Otherwise, at the Special Prosecutor's Act of September 13, 2021, it is said that all defendants have acted actively as a criminal organised group, over the period of 2015-2017, by performing serious criminal acts and given that they will contribute to the realisation of criminal activities.

Indictee Dragan Jablanovic is accused of organising, leading and overseeing this group, so that following his appointment to the position of Leposavic municipality chairman, Aleksandar Kostic, Aleksandar Ackovic, Cedomir Timotijevic, Miroslav Ivanovic, Boban Milovanovic and Ivan Kadiq has hired the defendants.

It is also charged that with the June 2nd, 2015 verdict, illegally for Leposaviac Procurement Director, has appointed defendant Haxhi Bata, as well as defendants Bojan Banovic and Jelica Baraqi.

Jablanovic is accused of assigning them various tasks in the procurement procedure, so that all will benefit financially for the other person, according to the prosecution act have deliberately used official duties by overstepping their competencies and failing to fulfill their official duties.

The charge is said to be members of this criminal group from the ranks of those responsible in private business organisations and the one with defendants Xhemajl Feriz from “Projector”, Haki Haxhiu and Mehdi Haxhiu from “Lirigzoni”, Mensur Rama from “. N-ING.I”, and Nijazi Musliu from “Eurometal”, are charged with violating the rules of business activity regarding the use of property dedicated to certain projects of the Leposaviqi municipality, as well as Article 6 of the Public Procure Law.

The charge, according to the indictment, accused Haxhi Bayta is charged with eliminating other economic operators for the Public Framework Treaty “Powering with construction materials and building homes and other construction facilities necessary in the Leposaviqi Community” by No. The procurement file 641/1S/002/511, worth projected 2 million and 400 thousand euros, has changed the tender file, so that in the Albanian version, it has removed 18 positions with the highest values and 12 other positions it has described differently from the file in the Serbian language, enabling economic operator to convert “Projector” KPS & NP “Bislimi” The KPS, with its director, cousin-in-law Xhemajl Feriz, win the tender and on July 30th 2015 sign this contract for the period of July 30th 2015 to July 30th, 2018.

According to the accusatory act, accused Jablanovic, has appointed a supervisory body for this project Economic Operator “F. N. - ING. I”, with defendant Mensur Rama as company manager, even though this business was not registered at the time, but was registered a week later.

Mensur Rama is accused of violating the law having compiled false reports of job accession and supplies for contract projects, arguing that the work was completed under contract until they were actually done or carried out contrary to construction rates.

While accused Aleksandar Ackovic is charged with being a supervisor for several projects, with members of the Commission for Technical Approval, defendants Bojan Banovic and Cedomir Timotiyevic, while for the next project, as a member of this commission with defendant Bojan Banovovic and defendant Aleksandar Kostic as chairman, have compiled false reports with which works have been accepted on the ground, even though those works have not met the standards and were not realised under the contract.

Also, accused Miroslav Ivanovic in quality of the project manager is accused of repeatedly signing the reports, confirming the situation that has not been real, with cerces of the same, enabled economic operator “projector” with defendant Xhemajl Ferizi that for projects “relaunching and adapting the space to the cemetery object in the village of Kostunica “, “Designation of the Leshak <6>, <6> Intercent sports station building. Dositj Obradovic” in an illegal way to benefit property in many of the 162 thousand and 685 euros and 31 cents, as well as the amount of 246 thousand and 28 euros and 42 euro cents for the “City pool construction project in the Leposaviqi municipality<11>.

In addition, the indictment reportedly says that for the framework contract “The Assalting of Streets and Villages in the Leposaviqi municipality”, worth projected 3m euros, with no. Procuration 641/15/01/511 for October 27, 2015, signed with the KPS Consortium “Lirigzon” & NNP “Bislimi” with defendant Mehdi Haxhiu and defendant Haki Haxhiu's owner has been illegally granted the profit of 1 million and 647 thousand and 244 euros and 1 cent.

That's because, according to defendant Aleksandar Ackovic's act of prosecution as Organ supervisor, defendant Aleksandar Kostic, as Chairman of the Technical Accession Commission, with defendants Bojan Banovic and Cedomir Timotiyevic, as members, for 8 street axes funded by the European Community and for the project “Construction of Road Lights in Leposac, Lesko and Soqaniza <1>, Aleksandar Kostiq as Project Manager, Aleksandar Arcovova Aorgan, such as the Supervis and Boja Bemir Timzoti, Socito, so they have not fulfilled the formal dutiess that have not been carried out of the contract.

While, in the indictment, it is said that the “Foundation of Water Filtering in the sports centre pools at Leposaviq”, worth an estimated 200 thousand euros, with only two-day delivery of equipment signed on December 20, 2016 with a consortium “Eurometal” The KPS & “Kruzni Tok”, with Director Nijazi Musliu, the same day the defendant Jablanovic appointed defendant Ivan Cadiq for the project's manager, two days later, on December 22nd 2016, defendant Jelica Barac, as Procuration Manager, under the order of defendant Jablanovic, has prepared the false report, according to which it claims the equipment has been accepted and proposed that the economic operator will be made payment.

In addition, according to the accusation, this report has been introduced to members of the Commission for Inspectation and Accepting of Equipment, defendants Boban Milovanovovic. Aleksandar Ackovic and Cedomir Timotijevic, who have signed it, enabling economic operator “Eurometal”, and defendants Nijazi Musliu since March 20, 2017, illegally in Raiffsen Bank to accept the amount of 163 thousand and 573 euros and 20 cents.

As well as defendant Dragan Jablanovic is charged with being charged on November 9, 2017, at the offices of the Master Authority “Alea” during the hearing hearing session, according to the two requests of the “Lirigzoni”, on October 26, 2017, and one for the amount of 628 thousand and 990 euros, and the other for 2 million and 242 euros, as well as under the request of the Projection “of October 10157x) for the alleged debt of the same hundred and 21 million euros has been linked to the two million-dollar representatives of the Hazarzi and Haxhiahu Hadzi had not all of their debt, though they did not have existed in all.

With this, defendant Dragan Jablanovic is accused of committing criminal work “The participation or organisation of the organised criminal group” by Article 283 pars. 2 to KPRK regarding criminal work “Using official position or authority” by Article 422, paragraph 1 of KPRK.

The defendants, Haxhi Bejta, Aleksandar Ackovic, Aleksandar Kostic, Cedomir Timotijevic, Bojan Banovic, Miroslav Ivanovic, Ivan Cadiq, Boban Milovanovic and Jelica Baraq, are accused of having committed the criminal work “The takeover or organisation of the organised criminal group” by Article 283, par. 1 of KPRK regarding criminal work “Using official position or authority” by Article 422, paragraph 1 of KPRK.

While defendants Xhemajl Feriz, Haki Haxhiu, Mehdi Haxhiu, Mensur Rama and Nijazi Musliu are charged with committing criminal work “The takeover or organisation of the organised criminal group” by Article 283, par. 1 of KPRK regarding criminal work “The use of economic authorization” by Article 290, paragraph 2 concerning paragraph 1, subparagraph 1.5 of KPRC.

Criminal work “The participation or organisation of the organised criminal group” by Article 283 paragraph 1 of KPRK fines up to 250 thousand euros and jails for at least seven years, while according to Article 2, it is fined to 500 thousand euros and sentenced to jail for at least ten years.

However, criminal work “Using official position or authority” by Article 422, paragraph 1 is sentenced to prison terms of six months to five years, while criminal acts “Kestum use of economic authorization” by Article 20, paragraph 2 is sentenced to jail terms of one to eight years. /Betimy for Justice