TIRANA, March 13 /ATA/ – The Special Anticorruption and Anticrime Court has sentenced the former Mayor of southern Albanian coastal town of Himara, Jorgo Goro, to three years and one month in prison after he was found guilty on abuse of office charges and failure to disclose his wealth.
Due to a shortened trial, he will serve two years and 20 days and he is also banned from holding public office for five years.
Likewise, the panel of judges sentenced Vezir Gjiko, a former property registry official in the nearby city of Vlora, to two years in prison, reduced to one year and four months.
Jerasimo Basho, a former municipal official in Himara, was sentenced to three years, reduced to two.
The three former local officials were under investigation by special anticorruption prosecutor for alienating land areas in the coastal town of Himara.
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