SPAK Official Report on Veliaj Arrest Clears Charges of Mayor

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The Special Prosecutor against Corruption and Organised Crime has recorded criminal proceedings No. Twenty-four of the 2024, that's about the criminal acts of “corruption passively of top state officials or local elected”, “active corruption of top state officials or local elected officials”, “Cleaning of criminal works or criminal activity”, “Refuse for declaration, non-declaration, hiding or declaring false property, private interests of elected persons and public servants or any other person with a legal obligation for <7>, <6>, <6> Reparsukes for statements, and justice officers, 246th) preventing the 318x/207th) of the justice officers from discovering, the 277th server, the 275/075th], the 275/07/07/07/7/07/07 Code.

After conducting investigative actions, at the request of the Special Prosecutor on the date 24.01.2025, the First Century Special Court for Corruption and Organised Crime with the No. 7 Act/day 09.02.2025 has decided:

• • Setting the measure of personal security with character impact “arrest to prison”, envisioned by Article 238 of the Criminal Procedure Code for Citizen Under Investigation E. V., on duty, Mayor Tirana, as suspected of committing the criminal act of “Corruption passively of senior state officials or locals”, carried out in co-operation (9 times) and “obtaining products of criminal acts or criminal activity”, envisioned by Article 260 and 28,2 of the Penal Code;
  • Setting the measure of personal security with character impact “Ares at home”, envisioned by Article 237 of the Criminal Procedure Code for Citizen Under Investigation A. X., as suspected of committing the criminal work of “Corruption passively of top state officials or local elected”, carried out in co-operation (9 times), “Cleaning of criminal work products or criminal activity”, “Refused for statements, failure to declare, hiding or declaring false assets, private interests of elected persons and public servants, or any other person who has a legal obligation to make a statement<7>, envisioned by 260, 252/07 Penal Code;
  • Setting the measure of personal security with character impact “arrest to prison”, envisioned by Article 238, of the Penal Procedure Code, for a citizen suspected of carrying out the criminal work of “Cleaning criminal products or criminal activity”, conducted in co-operation, envisioned by Article 287/2 Penal Code representative, business subject “...... ” shpk;
  • Setting the measure of personal security with character impact “obligation to appear in judicial police”, envisioned by Article 234 of the Criminal Procedure Code for the person under investigation G. S., as suspected of committing the criminal act of “active corruption of high state officials or local elected”, envisioned by Article 245 of the Penal Code, representative of the trade subject “A. K” shpk;
  • Setting the measure of personal security with character impact “obligation to appear in judicial police”, envisioned by Article 234 of the Penal Procedure Code for the person under investigation. P., as suspected of committing the criminal work of “active corruption of high state officials or local elected”, envisioned by Article 245 of the Penal Code, representative of the trade subject “P.” shpk;
  • Setting the measure of personal security with character impact “obligation to appear in judicial police”, envisioned by Article 234 of the Criminal Procedure Code for the person under investigation F. B., as suspected of committing the criminal work of “active corruption of high state officials or local elected”, envisioned by Article 245 of the Penal Code, representative of the trade subject “K.” shpk;
  • Setting the measure of personal security with character impact “obligation to appear in judicial police”, envisioned by Article 234 of the Criminal Procedure Code for the person under investigation S. K., as suspected of committing the criminal act of “active corruption of high state officials or local elected”, envisioned by Article 245 of the Penal Code, representative of the trade subject “G. -A” shpk;
  • Setting the measure of personal security with character impact “obligation to appear in judicial police”, envisioned by Article 234 of the Criminal Procedure Code for the person under investigation. The F., as suspected of committing the criminal act of “active corruption of high state officials or local elected”, provided by Article 245 of the Penal Code, representative of the trade subject “F.” shpk.
  • From concrete data collected to this phase of the preliminary investigation, in summary results from citizens under investigation, specifically E.V. (In charge of Tirana) as well as his wife, A. X., has been conceived, created and operated a mechanism that has targeted and made possible, in practice, the taking of irregular benefits, which stem from public funds administered by Tirana City Hall, through its title, with the personal goal of enriching this last one and his family, through the actions of camouflaged and illegal. Regarding the practices followed by these citizens, from evidence administered in the facillum, in at least 10 cases, a reasonable question arises about the conduct of corrupt acts by local chosen and the cleansing of criminal products.

Mayor Tirana citizen E. The V., through concrete actions that have culminated in its signature, has in every case approved distribution of public funds, as well as construction permits to some commercial subjects closely linked to it, whose representatives are mentioned above. These public funds have then been completed to several nonprofit organizations, limited-responsibilities societies, controlled persons de jure and de facto by his wife, State A. X, as well as close individuals with the latter, creating a suspicious and complicated network of transactions.

The proceeding body has collected evidence, which creates reasonable doubt about the existence and functioning of a corrupt scheme, from the decoupling of which results in public funds coming out of the Tirana institution, with the signing of the title, having gone directly to the wife of the latter (ly to citizen under investigation E. V.) and its family circle, through the NGOs and law-controlled persons de jure and de facto of this citizen; i) have passed through sponsorships, liquidation of extinguishable bills or purchases made by commercial subjects, who have in turn obtained construction or public funds from Tirana City Hall, in particular. OJFs, pricks and controlled physical persons de jure and de facto from the mayor's wife of Tirana; ii) have spent as real estate of considerable value, specifically a residential building of the type “Vile” located in Qerret-Complexi “Marea Resort”, provided irregularly for the above-mentioned concrete persons, who own and represent trade subjects, closely related to financial interests with Tirana, through public funds as well as public permits to construction of Tirana's family, the mayor of Tirana, and the mayor of the mayor of Tirana, these are the highest value spent by the mayor of Tirana, I have been able to do so forth. Any transfer of these public funds and issuing construction permits has been carried out with the approval of mayor Tirana, citizens E.V.

The facts and evidence collected, while referring to concrete episodes recorded to this stage, create reasonable doubt that in a concrete case, corruption is involved and the abuse of public funds on time, according to a scheme run by mayor Tirana and his wife. At the centre of this corruption scheme and cleaning of products derived from this work, it turns out to be the head of the institution, whose signature has been defining for the distribution of public funds, from which he and his close family have benefited directly in an irregular way.

The proceeding body has concluded that, in addition to real estate obtained by citizens under investigation (under the rich regime of the legal community), the latter only through the societies “P. L.” shpk, “A. L.” shpk, “A. S.” shpk, “N. G.” shpk, “H.” OJF, “E.” One, “B. - A” OJF and “M.” OJF, for which there is sufficient evidence that they are fully controlled by Mayor Tirana's wife, but also “R.” shpk and other societies linked to citizen under investigation E. A., they generated incomes that amount to about $110,000,000.

Then, with their illegal actions, carried out in co-operation and more than once, which consists of integration into the banking system of these monetary sums, provided as unfair but also of hiding or covering the true nature of assets, in terms where these assets are known to be products of criminal work according to Article 260 of material law, citizens under investigation allegedly met the envisioned elements in letters a) and of Article 287 of the Penal Code (<x0) Following criminal products or criminal activities.

The criminal goal of citizens under investigation for integration into the banking system of monetary sums, which are the result of irregular benefits, would be impossible to meet without the determining role of other commercial subjects, shpk and OJF, identified so far in the notice of criminal acts. OJF “H.”, “E.”, “M.” and “B . -A”, fully controlled by State Under Investigation A. X., until this phase of the preliminary investigation, allegedly carried out concrete illegal actions in the direction of cleaning up criminal works products, through the transfer of assets in order to hide or cover their illegal origin, given that these assets are the product of criminal work under Article 260 of the Penal Code. Following the investigation, the Special Prosecution has recorded in the record of reporting criminal acts and the commercial names of these OJF ve.

Likewise, this criminal goal of clearing products of criminal acts, referring to the case of money being passed by societies administered by citizens under investigation... and his family, it would be impossible to realise without his cooperation in carrying out illegal actions, which have culminated in the payments made to commercial societies, as well as the highly controlled persons de jure and de facto from State A. X.

In addition to being described earlier, the Special Prosecutor against Corruption and Organised Crime has provided sufficient evidence to conclude that State A. X., itself or through other people close to him for a period of about 4 years, has made online purchases that consist in clothing, jewelry, etc., to the tune of 86,721,175. These expenditures did not result in any of the Tirana Mayor's Periodic Declarations, as well as related persons.

Likewise, this citizen has in no case fulfilled obligations stemming from law No. 9049 date 10,04,203, concerning its declaration of participation aboard a nonprofit organisation that proves to have generated multiple incomes but also owners (organities) of a lucrative (spk) commercial subject. Hide these facts from the State under investigation A. X, has been unable to enforce law enforcement bodies to have a full and clear view of what it is due, not only the participation of this citizen on board organisations, which, in turn, owns a large amount of money, but, what is most important, has disabled “contact” and “tracking” of a significant amount of money that has been circulated through these subjects actually controlled by the state under investigation. Yes, the complete lack of this transparency has later made possible the functioning of such an organized scheme of moving monetary sums, by, and through these NGOs and the pricks.

Regarding citizens under investigation, representatives of commercial subjects quoted above, the processor body has collected evidence that leads to the conclusion that there is reasonable doubt that they, with illegal active actions, have consumed elements of criminal work“active corruption of top state officials or local elected”, envisioned by Article 245 of the Penal Code.

These citizens allegedly gave irregular benefits to local elected and his wife, directly or through the OJFs, societies with limited responsibilities, and physical persons controlled by the latter, which consisting of real estate (residence of type <x0vile”), sponsorships, liquidation of bills for illegal legal consulantation services, purchases of switching out, artistic subsidies, travel and attitudes to the hotel, etc. All commercial subjects that citizens under investigation G. S., F.B., S. C., S. F. and M. P. They represent, during the time corresponding to the period of giving irregular benefits, but not only, they have benefited from Tirana City Hall, with its title firm, considerable public funds, as well as construction permits.

In terms of these assets, at the request of Special Prosecution, the First Scale Special Court for Corruption and Organised Crime has ruled with no. 84 Act 1002.2025, set the property insurance measure “sequentative”, regarding real estate:

Wealth number 1/647, Vol. 29, Page 103, Z. 3101, according to the certificate for ownership no. 1456523, located in the Stimulated Zone “Ardian Charcani”, Qerret, type “trual”, surface area of object 494 m2, area of base of unit 82 m2, legalisation number. 705199, 3101.20, registered in the ASHK in the name of “Agi Cons” shpk.

Similarly, the First Century Special Court for Corruption and Organised Crime at the request of Special Prosecutor No. 98 Act /day 10.02.2025 has set the move on property security, regarding bank accounts occurring in “Intesa Sanpaolo Bank” and “National Trade Bank”, in the name of A citizen. X. and related societies, totaling 869,149.78 Euros.

On the other hand, while checking exercised near “P offices. L.” shpk, managed by State A. X., which is simultaneously and is only owner, has been found in a safe and seized in the quality of the material evidence a amount of money, of 95,350 Euro (most of them 500 euros cut), 14,900 USSD and 665,000 leke.

In addition to being mentioned above, the Special Prosecutor is conducting preliminary investigations into Albania's Parliament MP, citizen K. B. The latter's name has been recorded in the relevant reporting registry as a person suspected of committing a criminal act of “Action that prevents the discovery of the truth”, provided by Article 301 of the Penal Code. Until this stage concrete data is found to lead to reasonable doubt that the person under investigation, K. B. has carried out illegal active actions that have interfered with the investigation of the prosecution body in connection with criminal prosecution no. 27 of 2024.

The Special Anti-Corruption and Organised Crime Prosecutor thanks the State Police for co-operation in the phase of executing security measures.

Explain: Each person is declared innocent until his guiltyness is confirmed by court rulings of a formal form. /euronews