
The Special Prosecution Office against Corruption and Organized Crime filed a request for trial against 11 defendants, including commercial entities, at the Special Court of First Instance.
SPAK has brought the file for former Health Minister Ilir Beqaj to the GJKKO for trial, regarding what is known as the SASPAC case, an institution he headed and which had to do with international funds allocated to Albania.
SPAK has filed 6 charges against Beqaj, starting with corruption and ending with fraud and collusion.
SPAK, in an official announcement, announces that at the conclusion of the investigations for criminal proceedings no. 190, year 2023, the Special Prosecution Office against Corruption and Organized Crime filed a request for trial against 11 defendants, including commercial entities, at the Special Court of First Instance.
The defendants in the SASPAC case are:
Ilir Beqaj – accused of committing criminal offenses; “Passive corruption of high-ranking state officials” committed in collaboration (2 times) provided for by articles 260 and 25 of the Criminal Code; “Violation of equality of participants in tenders or public auctions”, committed in collaboration provided for by articles 258/2 and 25 of the Criminal Code, committed 8 times; “Forgery of documents”, by a person who has a duty, committed in collaboration provided for by articles 186/3 and 25 of the Criminal Code, committed 9 times; “Fraud” committed in collaboration with serious consequences, provided for by articles 143/3 and 25 of the Criminal Code, committed 2 times; "Fraud" committed in collaboration", committed 3 times, provided for by articles 143/2 of the Criminal Code; "Refusal to declare, failure to declare, concealment or false declaration of assets, private interests of elected persons and public servants or of any other person who has a legal obligation to declare", provided for by article 257/a/2 of the Criminal Code, committed 3 times.
Ermal Kurtulaj – accused of committing the criminal offenses “Passive corruption of high-ranking state officials”, committed in collaboration, (2 times) provided for by articles 260 and 25 of the Criminal Code; “Violation of equality of participants in tenders or public auctions”, committed in collaboration, provided for by articles 258/2 and 25 of the Criminal Code, (8 times); “Forgery of documents”, by a person in charge, committed in collaboration, provided for by articles 186/3 and 25 of the Criminal Procedure Code, committed 9 times; “Fraud”, committed in collaboration, with serious consequences, provided for by articles 143/3 and 25 of the Criminal Code, (2 times); “Fraud”, committed in collaboration (3 times), provided for by articles 143/2 of the Criminal Code.
Gazmend Haxhia – accused of committing the criminal offenses; “Fraud with serious consequences”, committed in collaboration, provided for by Article 143/3 of the Criminal Code and “Forgery of documents”, committed in collaboration, provided for by Article 186/2 of the Criminal Code.
The legal entity “Landways International” sh.pk – Accused of committing criminal offenses; “Fraud with serious consequences”, committed in collaboration, provided for by Article 143/3 of the Criminal Code, “Forgery of documents”, committed in collaboration, provided for by Article 186/2 of the Criminal Code, and “Active corruption of high-ranking state officials or local elected officials”, provided for by Article 245 of the Criminal Code.
Alfred Nikolla – accused of committing criminal offenses; “Fraud with serious consequences”, committed in collaboration, provided for by Article 143/3 of the Criminal Code, “Forgery of documents”, committed in collaboration, provided for by Article 186/2 of the Criminal Code, as well as “Active corruption of high-ranking state officials or local elected officials”, provided for by Article 245 of the Criminal Code.
Elton Marini – accused of committing the criminal offenses of “Fraud with serious consequences”, committed in collaboration provided for by Article 143/3 of the Criminal Code and “Fraud” committed in collaboration provided for by Article 143/2 of the Criminal Code, as well as “Forgery of documents”, committed in collaboration and more than once provided for by Article 186/2 of the Criminal Code.
Legal entity commercial company “Nine Service Int” sh.pk – Accused of criminal offenses; “Fraud” with serious consequences, committed in collaboration, provided for by Article 143/3 of the Criminal Code and “Fraud”, committed in collaboration, provided for by Article 143/2 of the Criminal Code, as well as “Forgery of documents”, committed in collaboration and more than once, provided for by Article 186/2 of the Criminal Code.
Bjona Ziaj – Accused of committing the criminal offenses; “Fraud”, committed in collaboration provided for by Article 143/2 of the Criminal Code and “Forgery of documents”, committed in collaboration provided for by Article 186/2 of the Criminal Code.
Bledar Leka – accused of committing the criminal offenses; “Fraud”, committed in collaboration, provided for by Article 143/2 of the Criminal Code and “Forgery of documents”, committed in collaboration, provided for by Article 186/2 of the Criminal Code.
Marinela Jazoj – Accused of committing the criminal offense; “Active corruption of high-ranking state officials or local elected officials”, provided for by Article 245 of the Criminal Code.
Mira Topçiu – Accused of committing the criminal offense of “Forgery of documents”, committed in collaboration more than once (8 times), provided for by Article 186/2 of the Criminal Code.
Në dosjen e SPAK renditen edhe faktet penale. Kështu SPAK bën të ditur se përgjatë hetimeve të kryera, provohet se i pandehuri, Ilir Beqaj, të ketë pasur njohje me të pandehurin, Ermal Kurtulaj, të paktën që prej vitit 2012, kohë kur i pandehuri ka qenë ortak pranë shoqërisë “Intech” sh.p.k.
I pandehuri Ermal Kurtulaj rezulton të ketë punuar në vitin 2017 pranë FSDKSH-së, më pas në disa projekte të ndryshme dhe që prej datës 01.06.2022 ka punuar si koordinator i zyrës “Facility Point”, për programin “EUSAIR”, në SASPAC, i emëruar nga vetë i pandehuri Ilir Beqaj sipas urdhrit nr. 80, të datës 26.05.2022.
Gjatë ushtrimit të detyrës si Drejtor i Përgjithshëm i SASPAC-ut, i pandehuri Ilir Beqaj duke vepruar si urdhërues në bashkëpunim me të pandehurin, Ermal Kurtulaj, i cili ka vepruar si zbatues, përgjatë viteve 2022-2023 kanë kryer procedura prokurimi fiktive në kundërshtim me rregullat “PRAG”, të përcaktuara në Rregullat e Zbatimit të Rregullores Financiare, të aplikueshme për të gjitha kontratat e ndihmës së jashtme të BE-së, të financuara nga Buxheti i Përgjithshëm i BE-së, Fondi i 10-të Europian i Zhvillimit (EDF) dhe të detyrueshme për t’u zbatuar sipas nenit 5 gërma “c” të ligjit nr. 37/2015 “Për Ratifikimin e Marrëveshjes Kuadër Ndërmjet Republikës së Shqipërisë, Përfaqësuar nga Këshilli i Ministrave i Republikës së Shqipërisë dhe Komisionit Europian për Rregullat e Zbatimit të Mbështetjes Financiare të BE-së për Shqipërinë, në kuadër të Instrumentit për Asistencën e Paraanëtarësimit (IPA II)” dhe ligjit me nr. 21/2018 “Për ratifikimin e marrëveshjes së financimit mes Republikës së Shqipërisë, Republikës së Italisë dhe Komisionit Europian, për Programin Interreg V-B Adriatiko-Jonian (Adrion) 2014-2020 ”.
Të gjitha shërbimet e prokuruara në kuadër të eventeve “Mbi organizimin e Konferencës FESTA (E ardhmja e Turizmit të qëndrueshëm mjedisor në Shqipëri” dhe “Konferenca e Energjitikës” si dhe “Bashkëpunimi në Rajonin e e Adriatikut dhe Jonit”, organizuar ne vitin 2023 nuk i janë nënshtruar një procedure prokurimi të rregullt, por fituesi është dakordësuar dhe përcaktuar shumë më përpara se të realizohet procedura e prokurimit, e kryer në mënyrë fiktive më pas për efekt dokumentacioni.
Këto tendera janë zhvilluar me procedurë negocimi konkurruese, të cilat janë urdhëruar për t’u kryer nga i pandehuri, Ilir Beqaj në cilësinë e Drejtorit të Përgjithshëm, i cili ka nënshkruar mbi dakordësinë për të kryer shërbimin e caktuar; ftesat që iu janë dërguar subjekteve për të paraqitur oferta sipas llojit të prokurimit, urdhri për ngritjen e komisionit për të kryer vlerësimin e ofertave; shkresa dërguar fituesit pas vlerësimit, si edhe lidhja e kontratës, urdhrat e pagesave- veprime këto të kryera kohë më pas, nga lidhja dhe zbatimi i kontratës.
Some of the services appear to have been fictitiously procured, as the commercial companies did not provide services, but rather defrauded in collaboration with the defendants Ilir Beqaj and Ermal Kurtulaj, for the purpose of material gain, and in at least two cases it is proven that the latter received irregular benefits from the defendants who represented these commercial companies.
The defendant Ilir Beqaj has made a false declaration on his assets from 2020 onwards, after he has hidden property interests in 50% of the shares in the commercial company "Albanian Food and Hospitality Services" shpk, with NIPT L91329021O and has not declared the expenses incurred for investments in this commercial company; has hidden ownership and has not declared expenses related to an apartment located in the city of Vlora; and has hidden the ownership of a vehicle.
As part of the investigations, a preventive seizure was imposed on the real estate (apartment), located in Lungomare, Vlora, and several bank accounts, and others were seized by the defendants, as follows:
14 323 125 (fourteen million three hundred twenty-three thousand one hundred twenty-five) lekë;
15,542 (fifteen thousand five hundred forty-two) euros;
42 318 (forty-two thousand three hundred and eighteen) USD;
19.4% of the shares of the trading company "Albanian Food and Hospitality Services" sh.pk
Three vehicles registered to the defendants
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