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The session at the GJKKO has been postponed for Ilir Beqaj and 5 others who are accused of abusing EU funds, while the former minister was in charge of SASPAC.
Today's session to verify the conditions of the measure started at 09:30 at the Special Court for Corruption and Organized Crime, but was postponed after the lawyers asked for time to familiarize themselves with the file.
Former minister Beqaj is expected to meet the security measure on Saturday at 12:30, requested by SPAK, with the suspicion of corruption.
Ilir Beqaj, former Minister of Health and former General Director of SASPAC was arrested for abusing European Union funds.
Beqaj was arrested the day before by order of SPAK, on the charge of abusing SASPAC funds. According to the prosecution, former minister Beqaj, at the time he held the position of director of the state agency of strategic programs known as SASPAK, set up a truly corrupt scheme with the aim of benefiting from sums of money by organizing fictitious tenders.
In addition to Beqaj, two of his associates, Ermal Kërtulaj and Alfred Naikolla, have also been put in handcuffs. The court has set the measure of house arrest for Gazmend Haxhina and Elton Marini, while Bledar Leka and Bjona Zijaj will be investigated in a free state. Against the former minister Beqaj and other persons SPAK has raised several charges, starting with that of corruption, concealment or non-declaration of wealth, violation of equality in tenders and fraud. Beqaj, during the time he was leading the agency, organized at least eight tenders for services within the framework of two events organized in 2023, but in reality they were not subjected to a regular procurement procedure, but the winner was agreed and determined long before to carry out the procurement procedure, which was carried out fictitiously, for the purpose of documentation and payment.
In a case of service for a conference, prosecuted for 125 thousand euros, it turned out that the winning company only offered dinner worth 4 million allek. This dinner was offered at the Gzona restaurant that was managed in the shadow by the former minister. In some cases, the procured services were provided by the persons under investigation and then invoices were issued to other fictitious entities. The investigation also showed that through the "Gzona" restaurant run in a hidden manner by Beqaj, private entities have given money in the form of purchases considered as bribes by the Prosecutor's Office. SPAK says that it has documented that Ilir Beqaj has hidden the ownership of this restaurant, a car and the values invested in the restaurant, in the amount of about 56 thousand euros.
According to SPAK, the restaurant "Gzona" inside the Castle of Tirana, although it has a different name for its administrator, is the hidden property of Beqaj. Earlier, Ilir Beqaj and his wife Adriana Beqaj were shareholders in this business. But according to SPAK Beqaj left this business 'de jure' as he actually continued to have control through Ermal Kurtulaj. Also, according to the announcement made public by SPAK, the former Minister of Health Ilir Beqaj has made a false declaration of assets regarding the ownership of the Gzona Restaurant as well as a vehicle registered in the Kurtulaj estate, which is actually the property of the former the minister.
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