Addressing an event on public administration motivation, the government head underlined that “there is a perception that the public administration comprises a group of corrupt individuals and thieves who embezzle money and this is such a perception consolidated systematically over the years, also illustrated by certain examples of wrongdoers within the public administration.”

PM Rama publicly praised public administration for the performance and hard work in advancing the EU accession negotiations during the screening process.

“From the very onset, I have experienced incredible pride witnessing how a part of this public administration – I am talking about hundreds of public administration employees, who represented Albania at the talks and the negotiations preparation during the screening process. I would convincingly state that our public administration is an incredible national asset,” PM Rama stated.

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According to the Ministry of Interior, the government highlighted this achievement during a workshop on confiscation and reuse of criminal assets, organized by the Global Initiative against Transnational Crime, which was attended by representatives of SPAK, NGOs and the head of the Agency for Administration of Seized and Confiscated Assets Adrian Koni.

Albania is the first in implementation of all analyzed categories, such as “Confiscation of assets”, “Extended confiscation of assets”, “State re-use of confiscated assets” and “Social re-use of confiscated assets”.

The figures, data and analysis of the material were made by Global Initiative against Transnational Crime and the report was drafted in March 2022.

From the data published in the report, it stands out the fact that the Agency for Administration of Sequestrated and Confiscated Assets has performed a quality work towards implementation of the law, in order to socially re-use the assets confiscated from crime.

This workshop was organized in the framework of the project “Strengthening the fight against transnational organized crime in Southeast Europe, through improved regional cooperation in the capture, confiscation, management and re-use of criminal assets.”

The Agency for Administration of Sequestered and Confiscated Assets (AAPSK) is a subordinate institution of the Ministry of Interior. /m.m/r.e/p.s./

The Special Court of First Instance for Corruption and Organized Crime has decided to seize the assets of the citizen Bledar Seferi (alias Hakorja) and his family, after the verifications showed that this citizen had a relationship with the citizen Giovanni Di Cosimo and other members of the criminal group in Italy and Albania and is involved in the criminal activity of narcotics trafficking within the structured criminal group.

At the end of the property investigation process, it was concluded that in relation to the seized assets there are all the conditions provided in the law “On prevention and combating organized crime, trafficking and corruption through preventive measures against property”, to decide the confiscation.

Under these conditions, the Special Prosecution requested today from the Special Court of First Instance for Corruption and Organized Crime, confiscation of assets of citizen Bledar Seferi (alias Hakorja), as well as his family members./m.m/j.p/p.s./