TIRANA, November 2/ATA/- The Special Prosecutor’s Office against Corruption and Organized Crime (SPAK) released the work statistics for the month of October.
According to the press release from SPAK, during this month there were submitted 9 criminal reports, but it was decided not to start investigations on 5 reports.
Out of 9 criminal proceedings, SPAK registered 1 proceeding for criminal offenses related to organized crime and 8 proceedings for corruption.
“8 criminal proceedings with 70 defendants have been sent for trial, of which, 2 proceedings with 20 defendants for criminal offenses related to organized crime and 6 proceedings with 50 defendants for criminal offenses related to corruption have been sent for trial. After the final requests of the special prosecutors, the Special Court issued 2 basic decisions, declaring 4 defendants guilty”, the press release reads.
Also, during this month, SPAK has seized by court decision 8 assets and more concretely, 2 commercial entities, 3 vehicles and 3 immovable assets, of which, a land area of 1809 m² and 2 buildings.
Meanwhile, SPAK has executed 6 final criminal decisions, of which 2 decisions were given by the Special Court of First Instance for Organized Crime and Corruption and 4 decisions were given by the Special Court of Appeal. Pursuant to the final decisions, there were issued execution orders for 19 convicted persons.
During this month, execution orders were issued for confiscation in criminal proceedings for 1 vehicle; 14 pieces of mobile devices of different brands; 15,000 lekë; 350 Euros and 7,300 USD.
SPAK executed 4 orders received from foreign judicial authorities and sent 2 orders for execution to foreign authorities.
Within the framework of a joint investigative team, there was carried out the transfer of the Albanian criminal proceedings to a foreign authority, while 4 Albanian citizens were announced as wanted internationally.
Likewise, SPAK has returned 75 responses to letters received from various public institutions regarding the status of Albanian citizens and public officials in relation to the criminal proceedings against them./p.s./
