TIRANA, March 18 /ATA/ The Special Court against Corruption and Organized Crime today formally docketed for trial the case against former President Ilir Meta, his former spouse Monika Kryemadhi, and three other co-defendants.
The Special Prosecution against Corruption and Organized Crime had concluded its 2025 investigation into the CEZ-DIA case, the SMI’s lobbying efforts in the United States, and the financial and asset-related investigation pertaining to Ilir Meta and Monika Kryemadhi.
Meta and Kryemadhi have been investigated by the Special Prosecution Against Corruption and Organized Crime (SPAK) for three alleged criminal offenses: Money laundering of proceeds derived from criminal activity, Passive corruption involving high-ranking state officials or locally elected representatives, Failure to declare, non-declaration, concealment, or false declaration of assets and private interests by elected officials and public servants.
Additional defendants in the case include Pirro Xhixho, Ema Çoku, and Fatime Kryemadhi, the mother of the former SMI chair. Pirro Xhixho, father of the current Freedom Party vice president Erisa Xhixho, faces charges of corruption, whereas Ema Çoku and Fatime Kryemadhi are accused of money laundering.
The defense requested that the case be either dismissed or, alternatively, returned for further investigation.
The former president has been held in pretrial detention since October 2024 in connection with the CEZ/DIA case and related lobbying activities in the United States.
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