SPAK hands over investigative acts for Erion Veliaj at Durres Prison

What is Veliaj accused of?

The SPAK has completed investigations and has sent for trial at the First Stairs Special Court, Mayor Erion Veliaj's file. In the file copied by SPAK 13 charges weighing on Veliaj and 12 charges weighing on his wife, Ayla Xoxa. At the conclusion of the preliminary investigations, it has resulted that Veliaj and Xoxa, in co-operation between them, in nine separate cases, have received irregular benefits in the form of monetary sums and real estate, from commercial subjects and non-profit organisations, who in turn have obtained construction permits and received public funds from the Tirana municipality.

By criminal investigation, concrete data has been collected, proving that Veliaj, in the quality of Mayor Tirana, has in any case approved the distribution of these funds, which are later completed on The NGOs controlled by his wife and close individuals. Also, these defendants, due to the post that Veliaj performed, have improperly benefited real estate of considerable value from commercial subjects that have received public funds and construction permits from Tirana City Hall.

In all these episodes, the defendants, in co-operation with each other, have consumed elements of the criminal act envisioned by Article 260 of the Penal Code. Associations with limited responsibilities as well as non-profit organisations mentioned above, providing irregular benefits due to the task committed by defendant Erion Veliaj, have consumed elements envisioned by Article 245 of the Penal Code.