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The prosecution has presented to the court data on suspected financial movements, sources of income and assets that, according to it, do not match official declarations, raising suspicions of money laundering and concealment of assets.
The Special Court is expected to decide next week whether or not to proceed with the trial of former President Ilir Meta, his ex-wife and other defendants. After several months of delays and clashes in the hearing, today Ilir Meta's lawyer, Kujtim Cakrani, closed his submissions and the next hearing was set for March 5, where Judge Irena Gjoka is expected to decide whether or not the case will proceed to trial.
It is learned that Monika Kryemadhi has requested a break in the investigation. After the closing of the session, she spoke to the media, where she attempted to exonerate herself. Kryemadhi stated that in the 240 pages of indictment, most of them are focused on her, and only 35 pages are about her ex-husband Ilir Meta.
" Out of the 240 pages of charges that have been presented, 35 are for CEZ-DIA and Ilir Meta, and the rest is detailed and focused on me ," said Kryemadhi.
Meta's lawyer, Kujtim Cakrani, also provided details. He said that they have requested that the investigations into the CEZ-DIA file be discontinued, while regarding the accusation that Meta and Kryemadhi influenced the mining law, he has requested that Prime Minister Rama be questioned.
" Regarding the ÇEZ-DIA issue, we have requested the dismissal of the case because the fact does not exist. So the fact for which Mr. Meta is accused, it is not proven that Mr. Meta committed it. First, and we have requested the dismissal. Regarding lobbying, the issue of lobbying, we have requested the return of the acts for re-investigation, because the main persons were not questioned and are mentioned there 330 times, Mr. Shatku, Ardian Shatku, was not summoned either by phone to come and testify here before the prosecution, but also by registered letter in the United States of America, as is the procedure for all persons whom SPAK cannot manage to question in advance. And we have also requested that the issue of the mining law where Mrs. Kryemadhi and Mr. Meta are accused as collaborators in the mining law, we have requested that the case be returned and all 73 deputies be questioned, that Prime Minister Rama be questioned who has defended this law before the Albanian Parliament and "I told you, listen to me carefully ," Caklrani said.
On February 5, it was the Special Prosecution Office against Corruption and Organized Crime that closed the submissions in the preliminary trial against former President Ilir Meta and four other defendants.
The prosecutor in the case, Sotir Kllapi, asked the preliminary court to proceed with the criminal case for trial on the merits, assessing that the legal conditions have been met for the continuation of the process against the five defendants, who face serious charges of corruption and money laundering.
According to SPAK, the investigation is based on a considerable volume of documentary evidence, including letters of inquiry from the United States of America, related to the issue of lobbying, as well as detailed analyses of financial transactions and economic balance sheets of the persons under investigation.
The prosecution has presented to the court data on suspected financial movements, sources of income and assets that, according to it, do not match official declarations, raising suspicions of money laundering and concealment of assets.
Meta's ex-wife, Monika Kryemadhi, her mother Fatime Kryemadhi, as well as Pirro Xhixho and Ema Çoku, have also been named defendants in this criminal proceeding. The investigation began in 2019 and expanded in subsequent years based on several criminal reports, which were merged into a single proceeding in 2024.
According to the indictment, Ilir Meta is suspected of passive corruption of high-ranking state officials in three different episodes, two of them in collaboration, as well as money laundering and undeclared assets. Monika Kryemadhi is accused of passive corruption in two cases, money laundering and concealment of assets.
Pirro Xhixho faces charges of passive corruption committed in collaboration, while Fatime Kryemadhi and Ema Çoku are accused of money laundering.
SPAK claims that the investigations have uncovered a financial benefit scheme, where Meta and Kryemadhi, using their political power and influence, have favored certain businesses in exchange for monetary benefits. According to the Prosecution, the documented episodes show ongoing collaboration between the five defendants in corruption and money laundering cases.
To build the file, SPAK has collaborated with law enforcement and financial authorities in several countries, including the United States of America, Austria, Italy, San Marino and Cyprus.
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