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The Basic Court in Pristina has sentenced former Minister of Trade and Industry, Endrit Shala, to 2 years in prison for conflict of interest. The trial panel dismissed the charge of abuse of office but found him guilty of conflict of interest.
According to media in Kosovo, Shala favored his cronies, enabling them to make an illegal profit worth over 700 thousand euros.
According to the court, Shala favored his cronies, Valdet Teneqja, by giving his company the right to conduct inspections of the quality of petroleum products in Kosovo.
The prosecution claims that this decision brought the company financial benefits of more than 732 thousand euros. For this reason, the court found Shala guilty of conflict of interest.
"…has signed, respectively approved the appointment decision 01.Ref.nr.36, dated 30.05.2019, by which the Economic Operator (EO) with the trade name: N.Sh. 'Euro Inspekt' and the business name: Valdet S Teneqja BI with NUI: 810117194 and inspection NUI: 001, has been appointed as an inspection body for the assessment of the conformity of liquid petroleum fuels in Kosovo, which company is owned by the person Valdet Teneqja, with whom the defendant has a family relationship, as he is a stepfather, with which action he has enabled him and the business owned by him, to realize a financial interest, respectively a material benefit as a result of this illegal decision, in the amount of 732,642,283 euros", the indictment states.
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