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The Special Prosecution Office has approved, after about 500 days, the request for Erion Veliaj's international lawyers to hold a meeting with the mayor of Tirana.
According to information, the decision was made a few days ago. However, it does not appear that there has been a change in the circumstances that previously served as the basis for rejecting repeated requests for international protection.
Veliaj's lawyers had requested authorization to meet with him several times, arguing that they intended to document violations that, according to them, were committed during the handling of the investigative case against the mayor. Their goal was to use this documentation in a process before the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.
So far, SPAK has not given a public explanation as to what led to its change of position and approval of the meeting between international lawyers and Erion Veliaj.
The Special Prosecution Office against Corruption and Organized Crime has completed its investigations and in September sent the Mayor of Tirana, Erjon Veliaj, arrested on February 8, 2025, for trial. Likewise, his wife Ajola Xoxa, as well as 28 other individuals and companies, part of the "Veliaj" file, have also been sent for trial.
SPAK has listed 13 charges against Veliaj, such as passive corruption, money laundering, failure to declare assets, abuse of office, and bringing items into prison.
The majority of the accusations are of passive corruption committed in 9 cases, in relation to several companies that SPAK says received irregular benefits in the form of monetary sums and real estate, which in turn received construction permits and benefited from public funds from the Municipality of Tirana.
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