Why today failed corruption and organised crime trial against former Leposaviqi leader

In this case, Jablanovic is accused of participating in or organising an organised criminal group and misusing the official position or authority, along with Haxhi Baytta, Aleksandar Ackovic, Aleksandar Kostic, Cedomir Timotijevic, Bojan Banovic, Miroslav Ivanov, Ivan Cadiq, Boban Milovanovic and Jelica Barac, reports the “Beliment for Justice”.

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 top defendants, according to the accusation, have reportedly acted as a criminal organised group during the period of 2015-2017, committing grave criminal acts and that this criminal group is accused of being led by the accused Jablanovik, who has continued following the appointment in the position of Leposavic municipality chairman.

At today's session, Judge Violet Naman stated that prosecutor Merita Bina-Rugova is not present at the hearing, since the same has informed the court that she is engaged under the Prosecutorial Council.

While, said indictee Cedomir Timotijevic's defender, lawyer Granit Vokshi has announced to the tribunal that his defence cannot present to the hearing for health causes.

Neither accused Haki Haxhiu and Bojan Banovic attended the session.

For Haxhi, his defender, Mahmut Halili, announced the court that the same is on travel abroad and has not been able to present at the session, as his flight for yesterday has been cancelled.

While, in terms of the absence of indictee Banovic, his protector according to the substitute authorisation, lawyer Arber Guta said the same could not be present at the session, for personal reasons and that he has been informed of the state of health of accused Timothy.

Otherwise, during today's hearing there has been a criminal union with accused Haxhi Bata, whom Judge Naman had set aside in the initial review held on February 25, 2022.

In the absence of legal conditions for holding the hearing, Judge Naman interrupted the session and appointed the next one on May 4th, 2022.

At the Special Prosecutor's Act of September 13, 2021, it is said that all defendants have acted actively as a criminal organised group during the period of 2015-2017, performing serious criminal acts and knowing 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 post of Leposasavqi municipality chairman, Aleksandar Kostic, Aleksandar Ackovic, Cedomir Timotijevic, Miroslav Ivanovic, Boban Milovanov and Ivan Kadiq has hired the defendants.

It is also charged that with the June 2nd 2015 verdict -- illegally for Leposaviq Procure director -- has appointed defendant Hagi Bata, and defendants Bojan Banovic and Jelica Baraqi -- Jablanovic is accused of having assigned them to various tasks in the procurement procedure, so that they can benefit financially for the other person, according to the accusatory act have deliberately used official duties by exceeding their competencies and not fulfilling their official duties.

In the indictment, it is said that as members of this criminal group from the ranks of responsible persons in private business organisations and the defendant 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 Ferizi, wins 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 the 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 no one was actually carried out or carried out contrary to construction rates.

While accused Aleksandar Ackovovic is accused of being a supervisor for several projects -- members of the Commission for Technical Acceptance, defendants Bojan Banovic and Cedomir Timotiyevic -- as a member of this commission with defendant Bojan Banovovic and defendant Aleksandar Kostic as chairman -- have compiled false reports that they have accepted works on the ground, even though they 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 have enabled economic operator “projector” with defendant Xhemajl Ferizi that for projects “Rrection and adaptation of the cemetery object in the village of Kostunica”, “Designment of the Leshak <6>, <6> sports base centre at the Tre7x> 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 head of the Technical Accession Commission, with defendants Bojan Banovic and Cedomir Timotievic, as members, for eight street axes funded by the European Community and for the project “Construction of Road Lights in Leposevic, Lesko and Soqaniza <1>, Aleksandar Kostiq as Project Manager, Aleksandar Arcovo Organ, as well as an overseer, and Boja Bemir Timzotovic, Socinoct, so they have not carried out the formal dutiess that have not been carried out of the contract.

While, the indictment says that the “Foundation of Water Filtering contract at the Leposaviq” sports centre pools, worth 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 project manager, two days later, on December 22nd 2016, the defendant Jelica Barac, as Prokurim 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 due to become payment.

In response, according to the indictment, this report has been introduced to members of the Commission for Inspectation and Acceptance of Equipment, the defendants Boban Milovanovik, Allexandar Ackovic and Cedomir Timotiveovic, who have signed it, enabling economic operator “Eurometal”, and defendants Nija Musliu since 20 March 2017, illegally in Raiffesen Bank to accept much of the 163m and 573 euro 203 euro.

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 criminal group” organised by Article 283, par. 2 of KPRK regarding criminal work “The use of 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 under paragraph 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 for up to 500 thousand euros and sentenced to jail for at least 10 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.