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On October 22, 2021, by Decision of the Council of Ministers, Ceno Klosi would be appointed General Director of Taxes, in an open conflict of interest with the task, a conflict which is ongoing.
In the previous episode, "Vetting" would reveal, through official documents, the financial transactions of Klos's company in London offshore, "First Bar Limitid". But after the discovery of the conflict of interest and the falsification of the self-declaration form by Klos, new facts are revealed from England that burden the head of Taxes.
"Vetting" has obtained from confidential sources information which reveals that Klosi is one of the three owners of a prestigious hotel in London.
"The UK business in which Klos owns 33% of the shares, First Bar Limited, holds the leasehold right for a pub in Surrey - the Foresters Arms in Hampton Wick, which it bought on 31 May 2019 for 108 thousand pound" - said a source for Vetting.
Liz'hold (Leasehold) is a form of renting land or property, where one party buys the right to occupy land or a building for a certain period of time.
From the data on the official website of this real estate, it is revealed that this hotel with restaurant and pub was established in 1861. Even after the change of management at "The Foresters Arms", the decoration has been partially changed, where the company has made new investments .
Official documents reveal further details of the hotel's transactions, which Vetting has obtained from HM Land Registry, which is part of the Department for Leveling, Housing and Communities, which reports to the Secretary of State in United Kingdom.
In the document dated March 20, 2022, the company "First Bar Limitid" is confirmed as the owner of this hotel - pub, with the initial address of the company. There is also evidence of the purchase amount of the contract, which confirms the transaction worth 108 thousand pounds.
Lawyer Redi Ramaj says about the vetting that: "The case when we are dealing with economic activity, that is, restaurants, hotels and other direct actions, I think they are related to increasing the wealth of an official and they must definitely be declared. At the moment there are also businesses registered with NIPT, then it is an indisputable category that has to do with the self-declaration form."
The non-declaration of this asset specifically made Ceno Klos subject to Law No. 9049, dated 10.4.2003 "On the Declaration and Control of Assets", where senior officials must declare in any case the assets they own.
According to law no. 9049, "Article 4, point a:
The entities defined in Article 3 of this law are obliged to declare to the High Inspectorate for the Declaration and Control of Assets and Conflict of Interest by March 31 of each year, the state until December 31 of the previous year of private interests, the sources of creation of of them, as well as financial obligations as follows:
a) immovable assets and real rights over them;
At no time was this asset disclosed by Ceno Klosi in the initial statement to the ILDKPKI, adding to the number of violations committed by the head of Taxes.
But how did Klos's problems with companies in London's offshores begin?
In January 2019, Ceno Klosi would become one of the partners of the company "First Bar Limitid" based in London, together with Redin Dokaj and Ritvan Dhamo.
Klos owned 33% of the shares, as he currently does, but his problems with this company would begin when he took over as head of AKUM.
In the form submitted to the High Inspectorate for the Declaration and Control of Assets and Conflict of Interest, Klosi would not declare that he had obtained a loan on May 5, 2020 through the company "First Bar Limited" from British banks.
From the official documents, he has not declared the company's Common Fund worth 33 thousand pounds for 2020 and worth 121 thousand pounds for 2021. Also the company had bank accounts worth 18 thousand pounds in 2020, which are 4 -doubled to 72 thousand pounds in 2021.
But this is the least of the problems because things got complicated when the banker from Fieri decided to move to the head of the Tax Administration. It remains a mystery how Klosi agreed to take a position, which by hiding the company would put him in front of violations of the Criminal Code.
"Vetting" has discovered that Klosi did not give up the shares of the company and the self-declaration of the wealth form.
Even more unclear is the fact why Ceno Klosi did not resign from the shares of the company in London, where even to this day he is a shareholder in violation of the Law on the Prevention of Conflict of Interest in the Exercise of Public Functions. According to Article 22 of this law, Ceno Klos is prohibited from owning shares or shares in the capital, as well as any other type of benefit, which does not derive from passive ownership, from commercial companies./ Vetting
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