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The State Police has reacted to the arrests at IMT Tirana, where employees of this institution were involved in corruption cases by taking money from premises to prevent them from demolishing tents without permission.
According to the police, IMT employee Geraldo Fuçia was arrested, while inspector Klajdi Zhilla has been declared wanted.
Criminal proceedings have also been initiated against citizens E. Ç., 48 years old, resident of Tirana, employee of IMT, Tirana Municipality; AE, 26 years old, resident of Tirana, manager of a bar in Tirana.
During the action, the police seized 3,000 euros from the inspectors.
From the investigations conducted, it is suspected that these citizens, during inspections in (local) entities, to identify and vacate public spaces occupied in violation of the law, have asked the owners of the entities not to remove the tents/canopies that occupied the public spaces around the entities.
Scheme:
The case occurred in the Kombinat area, where four IMT inspectors found a tent built without a permit next to a building. After finding and notifying the demolition of the building, one of the inspectors returned and demanded 1,000 euros from the owner in exchange for not demolishing the tent.
The owner immediately notified the police, who organized a controlled operation to document the corruption. The blue uniforms handed over the money to the owner with a registered serial number, which was then given to IMT employees.
According to the investigation, two of the suspects, Geraldo Fuçia and Klajdi Zhilla, later met at a bar, where they attempted to hide the money. Initially, during the search, the police found a phone and another amount of money that did not match the serial number. After verifying the security cameras, it was determined that the money had been handed over to the bartender outside the bar.
Currently, only Geraldo Fuqia has been arrested, while Klajdi Zhilla is wanted. The two IMT employees are suspected of the criminal offense of passive corruption. The other two, Edmond Çela and Niko Zmalaj, have been released because they did not appear to have received money according to the video footage.
"The police operation codenamed "Public Space" is being finalized, as a result of investigations conducted using proactive methods, by State Police structures, under the direction of SPAK.
The Corruption Investigation Sector in the Directorate for the Investigation of Economic and Financial Crimes, in cooperation with the Directorate of the Special Operational Force, in the Department for Criminal Police, in the State Police, as a result of investigations conducted with proactive methods, under the direction of the Special Prosecution Office against Corruption and Organized Crime, within the framework of a registered proceeding for the criminal offenses "Active corruption of persons exercising public functions" and "Abuse of office", carried out in cooperation, finalized the operation coded "Public Space".
As part of this operation:
-citizen GF, 33 years old, employee of IMT, Tirana Municipality, was arrested in flagrante delicto;
-criminal proceedings were initiated against citizens E. Ç., 48 years old, resident of Tirana, employee of IMT, Tirana Municipality; AE, 26 years old, resident of Tirana, manager of a bar in Tirana;
- citizen K. Zh., 35 years old, resident of Tirana, inspector of IMT, Tirana municipality, was declared wanted.
From the investigations conducted, it is suspected that these citizens, during inspections in (local) entities, to identify and vacate public spaces occupied in violation of the law, have asked the owners of the entities not to remove the tents/canopies that occupied the public spaces around the entities.
During the operation, 3,000 euros and 27,000 lekë, which are suspected of having been benefited from active corruption by IMT employees, an "Audi A6" vehicle, and 4 cell phones were seized as material evidence.
"Work is underway to capture citizen K. Zh. and to fully document this illegal activity. The procedural materials were referred to the Special Prosecutor's Office against Corruption and Organized Crime, for further action," the police announced.
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