In his remarks, Çela said that last year was unprecedented due to pandemic which had an impact on performance of prosecutors.

“During 2020, the prosecution body in the preliminary investigations has handled 58466 report materials, a total of 44834 criminal proceedings have been taken, of which 27890 are registered criminal proceedings. Even in 2020, the Prosecution at Tirana’s First Instance Court has recorded the highest number of proceedings with about 31.7% of criminal proceedings nationwide followed by the Prosecution of Durrës and Elbasan”, he said

Speaking about the ratio of criminal offenses, Cela said that crimes account for 78.24% of penal offenses. Based on the structure of the Criminal Code, in the offense group the theft of property constitutes the highest number of proceedings registered by the prosecution with 31.2% of the total number of criminal offenses, but records a decrease of 10% compared to a year ago.

“Criminal offenses against public order and security constitute 26.46% of the total number and mark a decrease of about 4.8% compared to 2019, while criminal offenses in breach of the legal regime of the land constitute about 6.28% with a decrease of about 8.38% in the previous year. Criminal offenses against children, families account for about 4.9% of the total number of criminal offenses and mark an increase of 9.91% compared to 2019. During 2020, the first instance prosecutions filed charges in court on behalf of the state for 10 thousand criminal proceedings with 11530 defendants, ” he said. /j.p/sm/

Çela has asked the High Inspector of Justice to start the procedure for investigation of individual violations committed in the exercise of duty by prosecutors Belina Zeneli and Xhoana Mehmetaj.

Prosecutor General Olsian Çela based on the law “On the organization and functioning of the Prosecution in the Republic of Albania”, on 21.05.2021 has asked the High Inspector of Justice to initiate the inspection procedure for investigating the individual violations committed in the exercise of duty for the prosecutor Belina Zeneli and the prosecutor Xhoana Mehmetaj in the Prosecution at the First Instance Court of Dibra after ascertaining actions which may constitute a serious procedural delay, as well as violation of the legal provisions set out in the Criminal Procedure Code.

Çela also requested an investigation into the chief prosecutor, Rifat Kojku.
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