Arrestimi i kryeprokurorit të Vlorës/ SPAK-u, njoftim zyrtar

2024-07-30 14:36:00, Aktualitet CNA

SPAK

SPAK has issued an official announcement regarding the arrest of the head of the Vlora Prosecutor's Office, Aurel Zarka.

From the investigations, it was found that Aurel Zarka, in cooperation with AV, R.Ç., ED and AZ, have accepted irregular benefits to exert influence on justice officials, as well as have requested irregular benefits to carry out actions related to their function and duty.

Zarka is charged with the criminal offences: "Exercising illegal influence on persons exercising public functions", "Active corruption of judges, prosecutors and other officials of justice" and "Passive corruption of judges, prosecutors and other officials of public bodies". justice".

So far, only Zarka has been arrested, while investigations continue for the execution of security measures for the other persons under investigation.

Notice of the Prosecution:

The Special Prosecutor's Office against Corruption and Organized Crime, on the basis of the verifications carried out mainly, has registered criminal proceedings no. 26, dated 07.02.2024, for the criminal offenses "Exercising illegal influence on persons exercising public functions", "Corruption active corruption of judges, prosecutors and other justice officials", "Passive corruption of judges, prosecutors and other justice officials", "Disclosure of secret acts or data" and "Trafficking in narcotics", provided by articles 245/1, 319, 319/ç, 295/a paragraph (3) and 283/a of the Criminal Code.

In connection with this criminal proceeding, for a period of several months, the necessary investigative actions were carried out, including obtaining information from foreign law enforcement agencies, obtaining evidence from the judicial authorities of other countries, searching, discovering and managing the documentation of necessary, as well as the detailed analysis of the data and documentation that has been administered.

From the sources of evidence collected during the preliminary investigations of this criminal proceeding, reasonable suspicions have been created that the persons under investigation AV, R.Ç., ED and AZ, in cooperation and in some cases, have offered and promised irregular benefits to exerted influence on officials of justice, have accepted promises and received irregular benefits to influence officials of justice, have offered irregular benefits to officials of justice, as well as requested irregular benefits to perform actions related to the function and their duty, according to the respective episodes and charges for each of them.

Specifically, actions of exercising illegal influence, active corruption of justice officials and passive corruption of justice officials were carried out in connection with the following criminal cases:

Criminal proceedings no. 130, of 2018, of the Prosecution at the Court of First Instance for Serious Crimes, in charge of the citizens Alfred Vladi, Elvis Vladi and Alban Mollaymeri, accused of the criminal offenses "Cleaning the products of the criminal offense or criminal activity", carried out in collaboration in the form of a "structured criminal group", provided by articles 287/1, 333/a/1 e (2) and 334/1 of the Criminal Code;
Criminal procedure no. 71, of 2020, of the Prosecutor's Office at the Court of First Instance of Tirana, in charge of the citizens Alfred Vladi, Elvis Vladi and Alban Mollaymeri, accused of the criminal offense "Failure to declare money and valuables at the border" , carried out in cooperation, provided by articles 179/a and 25 of the Criminal Code, including the judicial session of the re-evaluation/replacement of security measures dated 17.01.2020 held at the Court of First Instance in Tirana, the stage of preliminary investigations, the stage of appointing the judge of the preliminary session and the conduct of the preliminary session in the Court of First Instance in Tirana;
The execution of several requests for legal aid sent by the Belgian justice authorities, specifically by the judge of preliminary investigations at the Court of First Instance in Brussels, Belgium, to the criminal proceedings in charge of the citizens Alfred Vladi, Elvis Vladi, etc., executed by The Prosecutor's Office at the Court of First Instance for Serious Crimes, as well as from the Special Prosecutor's Office;
Property proceeding no. 1, dated 20.12.2019, of the Special Prosecutor's Office against Corruption and Organized Crime, developed on the basis of law no. 10192 dated 03.12.2009 "On the prevention and suppression of organized crime, trafficking, corruption and crimes others through preventive measures against wealth", for the wealth owned by citizens Alfred Vladi, Elvis Vladi and Alban Mollaymeri;
Property proceeding no. 24, dated 19.02.2020, of the Special Prosecutor's Office against Corruption and Organized Crime, developed on the basis of Normative Act No. 1, dated 31.01.2020, for the assets owned by citizen Suel Cela alias Marius Lulaj;
The criminal case in charge of citizen Xh. M., accused of the criminal offense "Theft" remaining in the attempt, provided by articles 134/1 and 22 of the Criminal Code, tried in the Court of First Instance of Tirana;
Non-initiation of criminal proceedings for criminal reference no. 669, dated 26.03.2020, sent by the Himarë Police Station, to the Prosecutor's Office at the Court of First Instance of Vlorë;
The criminal case in charge of citizens Altin Veizaj etc., accused of the criminal offense "Cultivation of narcotics", carried out in cooperation, provided by article 284/2 of the Criminal Code, judged in the Court of First Instance Vlora.
At the request of the Special Prosecutor's Office, the Special Court of First Instance for Corruption and Organized Crime, with decision no. 28, dated 28.07.2024, has decided:

The assignment to the person under investigation R.Ç., (in the capacity of a lawyer), of the security measure "arrest in prison" provided by article 238 of the Criminal Code, suspected of criminal offenses: (i) "Active corruption of to the judge, the prosecutor and other officials of justice", carried out twice, once carried out in cooperation, provided by article 319 and 25 of the Criminal Code; (ii) "Exercising illegal influence on persons exercising public functions", committed five times, committed in cooperation four times, provided for by articles 245/1, paragraph (1) and 25 of the Criminal Code (before amendments by law no. 43/2021).
Assigning to the person under AV investigation the security measure "arrest in prison" provided by article 238 of the Penal Code, suspected of criminal offenses: (i) "Exercising illegal influence on persons exercising public functions". carried out in collaboration, carried out four times, provided for by articles 245/1, paragraph (1) and 25 of the Criminal Code (before amendments by law no. 43/2021); (ii) "Active corruption of the judge, prosecutor and other justice officials", carried out in cooperation, provided for by article 319 and 25 of the Criminal Code.
Assigning to the person under investigation AZ (in the capacity of the prosecutor) the security measure "arrest in prison" provided by article 238 of the Penal Code, suspected of criminal offenses: (i) "Exercising illegal influence on persons who exercise public functions", carried out three times, carried out in cooperation twice, provided by articles 245/1, paragraph (2) and 25 of the Criminal Code (before amendments by law no. 43/2021); (ii) "Active corruption of the judge, prosecutor and other justice officials", carried out in cooperation, provided by article 319 and 25 of the Criminal Code; (iii) "Passive corruption of judges, prosecutors and other officials of justice bodies", provided by article 319/ç of the Criminal Code.
Assigning to persons under ED investigation, (in the capacity of a judicial police officer at the time of the commission of criminal offenses), the security measure "arrest in prison" provided by Article 238 of the Penal Code, suspected of criminal offenses : (i) "Passive corruption of judges, prosecutors and other officials of justice bodies", committed twice, provided by Article 319/ç of the Criminal Code; (ii) "Exercising illegal influence on persons exercising public functions", committed four times, committed in cooperation twice, provided by articles 245/1, paragraph (2) and 25 of the Criminal Code (before amendments to the law no. 43/2021); (iii) "Disclosure of acts or secret data", provided by article 295/a paragraph (3) of the Criminal Code.
The judicial police services at the State Police Directorate on 29.07.2024 executed the security measure "arrest in prison" for the person under investigation AZ. The search for the execution of security measures for the other persons under investigation continues.

Preliminary investigations related to this criminal proceeding have not yet been completed, investigations continue for other criminal facts or for other persons who may be included in the scope of the investigations of this criminal proceeding.

We take the opportunity to thank for their help and cooperation with the Special Prosecutor's Office during the investigations of this criminal proceeding, Europol, Eurojust, the French authorities of justice, the Belgian authorities of justice, as well as the Directorate of the State Police in the phase of the execution of the measures of insurance. /CNA