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The Special Court of First Instance for Corruption and Organized Crime has found former judge Ilir Bashaj guilty, ultimately sentencing him to 3 years and 4 months in prison.
The former judge was also banned from holding public office for 5 years. The trial against the former judge was a summary procedure, which ultimately resulted in a 1/3 reduction in his sentence.
According to SPAK, Ilir Pashaj, during the period he exercised his duties as a judge at the Elbasan Judicial District Court, has irregularly benefited from movable and immovable assets, which are the product of the criminal offense of corruption, a criminal offense that has been proven to have been consumed in at least one case and specifically in the case related to judicial decision no. 343, dated 29.7.2009, of the Elbasan Judicial District Court, with the object of "Issuing the execution order for executive titles, decisions no. 255, and no. 256, dated 29.6.2009, and no. 244, dated 26.6.2009, of the Regional Office for the Restitution and Compensation of Property".
Due to his function as a judge in the Elbasan Judicial District Court, citizen Ilir Pashaj is a declaring subject, based on law no. 9049 dated 10.04.2003 “On the declaration and control of assets, financial obligations of elected officials, and certain public servants”. The defendant Ilir Pashaj, due to his function as a judge, has not reflected in the periodic declarations of 2015, 2016, and after leaving office, a vehicle with license plate AA……JM, thus hiding this movable asset.
Also, this defendant has not reflected in these declarations the immovable property acquired in the name of his father-in-law Sh. B.. Judge Ilir Pashaj, although he is aware of the legal obligation to declare all movable and immovable property, has intentionally hidden them by registering them in the name of other persons related to him, thus consuming elements of the criminal offense provided for by Article 257/a/2 of the Criminal Code.
The defendant Ilir Pashaj took care to disguise the irregular benefits obtained due to his duty as a judge in the name of others (his father-in-law and brother-in-law), hiding the true owner and source of these assets, thus consuming elements of the criminal offense provided for in Article 287 of the Criminal Code. This citizen, by transferring the property that is the object of irregular benefit to his relatives, in order to cover the illegal origin of these assets, has consumed the elements of laundering the proceeds of the criminal offense provided for in Article 287/1 letter "a" of the Criminal Code.
During the preliminary investigations of this proceeding, at the request of the Special Prosecution, the Special Court of First Instance for Corruption and Organized Crime, with decision no. 92, dated 07.02.2024, has imposed a preventive seizure on the immovable property of the apartment type, with a surface area of 105.2 m2, located in Elbasan (owned by citizen Sh. B. but which is suspected to belong to the defendant Ilir Pashaj and which constitutes the proceeds of the criminal offense). This decision was executed by the Elbasan Local Police Directorate.
Also, with the decision dated 25.03.2022, the prosecutor ordered the seizure as material evidence of the vehicle with license plate AA…..JM, registered in the name of the defendant's brother-in-law Ilir Pashaj, but which turns out to be his property. This decision was executed by the judicial police.
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