TIRANA, Dec 27 /ATA/ The Special Prosecutor’s Office Against Corruption and Organized Crime (SPAK) has issued a statement on Friday concerning the ongoing investigations into the Mayor of Tirana, Erion Veliaj.
SPAK announces that “based on the information regarding the referral of the criminal offense dated 08.02.2024 – compiled by the investigators of the National Bureau of Investigation (BKH), the Special Prosecutor’s Office against Corruption and Organized Crime has registered Criminal Procedure No. 27/2024, which initially pertains to the criminal offense of ‘Passive corruption of high-ranking state officials or elected local officials.'”
According to SPAK, “The referral of the criminal offense was initiated following a report filed by an individual identified as N.A. After verifying the information and administering the documentary evidence, BKH investigators referred the pertinent evidence regarding the criminal offense, which led to the registration of the aforementioned criminal procedure.”
“At this stage of the preliminary investigation, based on the collected evidence, it has been concluded that there is concrete information linking not only to the criminal offense outlined in Article 260 of the Penal Code, but also to the following offenses: ‘Active corruption of high-ranking state officials or elected local govt. officials’ as outlined in Article 245, ‘Money laundering of proceeds from a criminal offense or criminal activity’ as outlined in Article 287/2 of the Penal Code, and ‘Failure to declare, non-declaration, concealment, or false declaration of assets, private interests of elected officials and public servants, or any other person legally obligated to declare’ as outlined in Article 257/a, paragraph 2 of the Penal Code,” announces SPAK.
SPAK clarifies that “these offenses have already been recorded in the Criminal Offenses Registry at the Special Prosecutor’s Office against Corruption and Organized Crime.”
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