Indictee for Organised Crime Says No Cigarette Has Selled It Without KFOR Permission

No cigarette peace from the beginning without KFOR's permission. My job was to sell cigarettes. I had another job. Three years I worked this job with the same procedure”, dekari Ferizi, reports “Justice Vow”.

This statement, accused Feriz issued in the case where he is being charged with Albanian Avdiu, Mustafe Vitija, Mustad Mustafan, Besnik Ferizin, Edsim and Faton Topanica, Arben and Hajdar Jashar for organised crime and other criminal acts.

The accused Feriz said three years he has sold cigarettes and that all sales are with documentation and that he has experienced the charge severely. He added that over 10 requests were directed to the prosecution to hand over documents, but that they did not call.

While accused Shqipe Avdiu, during the defence offering has clarified that with her pay as a cashier, she has maintained her family and carried out all family expenses.

Avdiu said the chief in her work was accused Shaip Feriz and that the entire daily shopping has handed over to him.

On the other hand, accused Besnik Feriz during the defence has said his job was only about loading and unloading cigarettes and there was no work contract.

Responding to the special prosecutor's questions, Bekim Kodraliu, during the confrontation with several telephone conversations added that he had conversations with accused Shaip Ferizi.

Feriz said he did not recall telling the accused Shaip in conversation that empty cigarette packages would leave and that any other person would not understand the situation.

Meanwhile, Mustafe Vitija, Arben and Hajdar Jashari, Medjid Mustafa, Faton and Arsim Topanica were quietly protected,

Similarly, the court rejected the prosecution's proposal Shaip Feriz, which through its defender, lawyer Besim Parduz proposed that circulation bills be administered, arguing that the same are not essentially supported.

Unlike on March 11, 2019, the Constitutional Court in Pristina had sentenced nine accused of organised crime to prison: Shaip Feriz, Albanian Avdiu, Arben Jashari, Mustaf the Year, Medbet Mustafan, Besnik Feriz, Faton, and Arsim Topanica, and Aydar Yashari.

However, to that decision, the Court of Appeals had filed complaints to the defenders of the accused, on December 18, 2019, that court has approved their complaints, as well as, according to official duty, annulled the first degree of bias and turned the case into retrial.

According to the indictment, filed on December 30th 2008, the nine accused from September 8th 2006 to October 9th 2007, had committed serious crime as part of an organised criminal group, each having their role divided into criminal activities.

The indictment reportedly aimed at directly or indirectly benefiting an illegal property or financial benefit, during the importation of cigarettes as KFOR contractors and on behalf of KFOR, had misused official duties.

In this case, according to the indictment, cigarettes worth 2 million and 931 thousand and 929 euros and 8 cents had not been handed over to KFOR, but sold to other companies without banners, causing tax evasion to Kosovo's consolidated budget in many of Kosovo's 2 million 441 thousand and 927 euros and 71 cents.

Prosecutorial of the accused Shaip Feriz, Shqipe Avdiu and Arben Jashari tasked them with criminal acts “organised crime”, regarding criminal work “Using official task” as well as criminal activity “Shun false duties payments”.

While defendants Mustafe Vitita, Medjid Mustafa, Lulzim Gashi, Besnik Feriz, Faton Topanica, Arsim Topanica and Hajdar Jashari tasked with criminal work “Organised Crime” over criminal work “Avoid paying dues”.