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SPAK has seized the assets of the former Minister of Health Ilir Beqaj.
The Special Prosecutor's Office against Corruption and Organized Crime (SPAK) has seized the bank accounts and assets of the former Minister of Health Ilir Beqaj and some individuals suspected of being collaborators in the abuse of EU funds in the SASPAC file.
The money was seized from the bank accounts of the former minister Beqaj, Ermal Kurtulaj, Bjona Zijaj, Bledar Lekë, Gazmend Haxhija.
Also, SPAK has also seized 19.4% of the shares of the restaurant 'Gzona' in the Castle of Tirana, through which it is suspected that Beqaj and his associates made fictitious invoices to extort EU funds from SASPAC.
Three cars owned by the persons under investigation, Ermal Kurtulaj and Elton Marini, were also seized.
SASPAC file
Against Beqaj, SPAK has filed charges of 'Passive corruption of high state officials', 'Refusal to declare, non-declaration, concealment or false declaration of assets, private interests of elected persons and public servants or any other person who has a legal obligation for declaration" "Fraud" as well as "Violation of the equality of participants in public tenders or auctions".
SPAK reports that it has found evidence that Ilir Beqaj as head of SASPAC, in collaboration with Kurtulaj, ordered fictitious prosecution procedures, worth hundreds of thousands of euros, to various companies for incomplete services and the ultimate beneficiary was the former minister himself through the Gzona Restaurant in Tirana, which is owned by him.
SPAK announcement
The Special Prosecutor's Office against Corruption and Organized Crime, following the investigations it is conducting for criminal proceedings no. 190, of 2023, related to the criminal offenses "Passive corruption of high state officials", committed in collaboration, provided for by article 260 and 25 of the Criminal Code, "Active corruption of high state officials", "Refusal to declare, non-declaration , concealment or false declaration of assets, private interests of elected persons and public servants or any other person who has the legal obligation to declare", provided by article 257/a/2 of the Criminal Code, "Fraud", committed in collaboration , with serious consequences, provided by articles 143//2/3 of the Criminal Code, as well as "Violation of the equality of participants in public tenders or auctions", carried out in cooperation, provided by articles 258/2 and 25 of the Criminal Code, has requested from the Special Court of First Instance for Corruption and Organized Crime the determination of the measure of property security and preventive seizure on the assets belonging to the persons under investigation, which constitute the product of the criminal offense/ or in their equivalent value.
The Special Court of First Instance for Corruption and Organized Crime, with decision no. 430, dated 15.07.2024, amended with decision no. 34, dated 09.08.2024, of the Court of Appeal for Corruption and Organized Crime, has placed a preventive seizure on several bank accounts, sums of money, and others, as follows:
1. 14 323 125 (fourteen thousand three hundred twenty three thousand one hundred twenty five) Lek;
2. 15,542 (fifteen thousand five hundred and forty-two) Euros;
3. 42 318 (forty two thousand three hundred and eighteen) USD;
These sums of money have been seized in current accounts, term deposits, cash and belong to the persons under investigation GH, EM; IB, EK, BZ, BL; and commercial companies of the persons under investigation;
4. Preventive seizure of over 19.4% of the shares of the trading company "Albanian Food and Hospitality Services" sh.pk.
5. Preventive seizure of three registered vehicles owned by persons under investigation EK and EM
The investigators of the National Bureau of Investigation, together with the officers of the General Directorate of the State Police and the Agency for the Administration of Seized and Confiscated Assets are carrying out the necessary actions for the execution of these decisions.
Preliminary investigations related to this criminal proceeding have not yet been completed, they continue for other involved persons or for other criminal facts.
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