SPAK files new charges against Meta, other lobbying scandals in the US revealed
SPAK has added to the "arsenal" of suspicions raised against the former President of the Republic, Ilir Meta, after receiving a letter of request from the United States of America.
Following the material administered in October last year, the Special Structure claims to have discovered a new amount of almost 280 thousand US dollars, illegally obtained and related to the former President under indictment for 3 criminal offenses.
The figure was asserted as an argument not to release Meta from prison, in the court session of January 5 at the Special Court, in which Meta failed to change the security measure. Referring to the court decision, obtained by A2 CNN , SPAK prosecutors have claimed that a sum of money gained from lobbying has recently been ascertained.
This is a consulting contract with the GSIS company, which is added to the initial amount for which the charges were filed. According to SPAK, the new amount has been added to the amount of approximately 246 thousand dollars for which Meta was accused in a suspected corruption relationship.
" Added to this is the amount of $279,783 from lobbying, which is not only an illegal benefit, but also the method of transfer constitutes a considerable figure, in terms of the aspect of laundering criminal proceeds for the defendant Ilir Metaj ," SPAK's claim was quoted in the court's decision.
In a reaction made a few days ago regarding the lobbying, Meta said that there was no evidence that he had violated Albanian or American law, nor that he had any knowledge that anyone else was violating the law on behalf of the SMI. According to Meta, the letters sent were not intended to reveal the truth, but to obscure and hide the truths.
Ky qen eshte perfshire ne miliarda e krime njererzore jo ca verr verr verr 100 mijeshe. Moj USA vetem me Shqiptaret mos u tall se ta kuptojne fjalen pa e nxjerre nga gojae .