File: Pristina judge's father and uncle on drug networks

In tracking “KEY The Vucetaj family had also fallen from Peja.

Police investigators knocked on the door of the family home on the morning of 3:06,2025 and searched for Xavi, one of the suspects.

The residence had several floors, and two brothers, Javi and Rift, lived in it.

A research of Call it in. com Rifati reveals that Judge Albina Vucetaj's father, who has recently been decreed to be part of the Pristina Court.

Current data shows that police discovered 13 thousand counterfeit euros and at least 3 kilograms of marijuana in Xavi's house. The judge's father, Rifti, had been aiming to argue that it had nothing to do with drugs because his brother did not live with it.

From the Court's records, Rifati has not even admitted to having anything to do with the amount of drugs and fake money.

In a search into other criminal records, you call.com discovered the two Vucetaj brothers were known for trafficking heroin from Turkey.

Rifat Vucetaj in 2015 was sentenced to 4 years in prison and to 4 thousand euros in fine sentences.

Rift's (which is on the run) brother was also sentenced in 2015 to a unique 6-year sentence and fine sentence of 5,500 euros.

The description of the indictment at the time shows that the brothers had brought heroin from Turkey.

According to the indictment, drugs had come from Turkey to a house in Nashevc, Prizren, where it was mixed with paracetamol and from there it was then transported to Pec.

The file shows that the Vucetaj brothers had transported the drugs into bags of slippers. The group, according to the indictment, had owned up to three kilograms [3 kg] of heroin.

In the meantime, search for “SCY LCC” is expected to clear other circumstances for other amounts of drugs.

To clarify Rift Vucetaj's implications in the latest case, KALLXO.com has tried to contact lawyer Mimoza Zeka who defends Rifat Vucetay to the case with 22 detainees, but the same one has said that he cannot issue a statement about anyone.

On the other side, KALLXO.com has addressed questions to the head of the Pristina Court to officially confirm whether arrested Rifat Vucetaj is the father of the decreeed judge, Albina Vucetaj.

According to the Pristina Court's response, the judge in question is still in initial training at the Academy of Justice. This is a procedure followed by new judges aimed at training them as ordained judges, training that lasts about a year.

Referring your request for access to information, we inform you that since the judge in question is still in primary training as far as the theoretical part at the Academy of Justice is concerned, you may be more likely to address the Kosovo Judicial Council” - the Pristina Court's response reported.

KA LLXO.com has also tried to receive an answer from the Kosovo Judiciary Council (KGJK) concerning the judge's assessment of the personal integrity in question.

K The GRK in a response to KALLXO.com in 05.06.2025 has said that a candidate judge's integrity assessment is done with the verification of personal and professional integrity carried out by relevant units within the KGRC, according to the regulation for recruiting judges.

“According to Article 23, paragraph 2, “Under the authority of the Council and supervision of the Commission for Recruitment, the unit is responsible for collecting and processing data that will serve the Commission for the assessment of personal and professional integrity of the candidate, respecting international acts and standards for protecting human freedoms and rights, and the laws at power” are said in response to the KDR.

On the other hand, according to the KDR's response, it is said that paragraph four of this defines ways of valuing candidates to become part of the judiciary, including oral interview, where candidates are asked about issues related to their personal integrity.

Mutr's “Paragraph 4 determines the way candidates are assessed to become part of the judiciary, including the oral interview where candidates can be asked about issues related to their personal and professional integrity, and have the opportunity to confirm, complete or object on assessment based on the verification of collected documents and information” is said further in the KDR response.

K The JCK has said that in concrete cases the recruiting process for the appointment of judges has been transparent and has been monitored by civil society and international organisations.

The KDR eventually acts in accordance with the legal provisions in force and norms that are in line with the International Convention on Human Rights. In the concrete case, the recruiting process for the appointment of judges has been transparent and has been monitored by civil society and international organisations” in the KDR's response. /Periscopi