
The Tirana Prosecution Office has structured a group of prosecutors to investigate the Vlora airport case. The investigation has been registered for 3 individuals: businessman Behgjet Pacolli with his brother Emin Pacolli, as well as citizen Nelson Çela, administrator of the parent company in Switzerland Mabco Construction SA Citizen Nelson Çela was summoned this morning to the Tirana Prosecution Office; he gave a deposition, while immediately afterwards he also signed his resignation as administrator of the company owned by Pacolli. All three of them are officially under investigation for fraud with serious consequences, computer fraud, and forgery of documents and acts.
The criminal proceedings against Mr. Pacolli and two others bear no. 64/06 and began in September, after a valuable informant was put into action by partner intelligence services; a member of the investigative structure is believed to have received "clearance" from the FBI, "Hashtag" reports.
This story, seemingly a corruption scandal, carries an even stronger concern than corruption, as there are indications that Pacolli is making deals far away to use the Vlora airport as collateral. His actions have left their mark as far away as Astana, Kazakhstan.
The concern is that the corrupt acrobatics of Tirana officials have taken the game much further than corruption: Vlora Airport is a strategic logistical capacity in the Mediterranean, while the way Pacolli has acted has raised concerns that he may be creating a corridor for Russian strategic interests in Albania , continues Hashtag.al
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