Photo and video abuse of girls, Prosecution File on “Albkings”

The Constitutional Prosecutor in Pristina on Thursday handed over to the Constitutional Court in Pristina the request for the appointment of the detention measure to Edin Navzad, administrator of the group “Albkings”, suspected of “obtaining identity and credentials”.

While, after holding the hearing, the Constitutional Court in Pristina has scheduled the detention measure for 30 days towards Navzad.

In the Prosecutor's File, provided by “Justice Vow “, it says there is the suspicion that in the continuation of November 2023 through February 12th 2024 in Obilic and other Kosovo cities, in quality of one of the group's “Albking” on the Telegram app and acting in co-ordination with persons NN yet unidentified, has offered and distributed to third persons without access to photos and videos of the AA victim, and the number of injured BB phone, as if the same offers sexual services.

According to the prosecution, the suspect has distributed the identity data of other persons-mainly female in the group “Albkings” to the social network Telegram, but also to other networks such as the TikTok app, for prostitution purposes such as names, surnames, addresses and telephone numbers.

With this, in co-ordination with persons NN allegedly committed criminal work “ID and credentials” by Article 277/H, Article 2 related to Article 31 and 77 of the Criminal Code.

On February 2nd, 2024, the prosecution's request reportedly accepted the advertising report and the demand for secret measures by Kosovo Police, for implementing the secret move “Telecommunication implementation and the use of readers -- The IMSI- international identification of mobile user”, to be commissioned for wiretapping.

On February 7th 2024, however, the State Prosecutor has reportedly made a decision to start investigations against the three defendants, as well as to have filed a request in court for issuing the ordinance to implement the particular investigative measure, while the following day the Constitutional Court in Pristina ordered a separate move on demand. It says that on March 14, 2024, the Court has issued a warrant for the interruption of the move, acting on the prosecution's request.

Always on demand, on February 13th and 28th 2024, the Prosecutorate authorized the Police for interviewing witnesses, as well as the enterprise of any online patrol action on social networks, as well as the identification of the injured and suspects, and on April 17, 2024, they have accepted criminal speculation against Edin Nevzad.

Following the assessment and analysis of criminal gossip, material evidence, statements of the injured and in part the defendant's statement, confirmation of the provisional sequentity of items, photographs and posts of intimate photos and videos of the injured and other girls, as well as their credentials, the State Prosecutor has found there is no doubt that the defendant has carried out the criminal work he is suspected of.

So with the intention of securing him in the procedure, because of the criminal act, the prosecution requested the appointment of the detention measure.

According to the prosecution, personal and material evidence at this stage confirms that the suspect has committed the criminal act he suspected of. Since the defendant is a citizen of freedom, it is said that if left in freedom, he will likely leave Kosovo and be unattainable in criminal procedure.

Similarly, it is said that if the defendant is released in freedom, he could co-ordinate his defence with other defendants and that he could influence witnesses and the injured, especially one with whom he was in relation, so it could affect his statement.

“Criminal acts have been carried out consistently and given the way a criminal offense was committed, methods used to commit criminal acts and the fact that criminal acts were committed with the aim of denigration of women's dignity are real possibilities that the defendant could repeat criminal work”, the statement said.

Taking on the above-mentioned basis, the State Prosecutor has estimated that in concrete cases none of the measures for ensuring the defendant's presence in criminal proceedings except that of detention would be adequate.

Otherwise, the Pristina Constitutional Prosecutor has appealed to all the injured in the case of “Albkings”, through which the group has been distributed to their video and intimate photos, as well as other personal data, to co-operate with the law bodies to help arrest the suspects. /Justice Trust/