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2024-12-12 22:10:00, Aktualitet CNA

Lala reveals details from the investigations into Veliaj/ Suspicions of complex

Journalist Klodiana Lala

Journalist Klodiana Lala has revealed the origins of SPAK's investigations against the mayor of Tirana, Erion Veliaj.

Lala said in MCN that everything started with corruption and then the investigation deepened into the assets of Veliaj's family members and relatives.

"The Special Prosecutor's Office has opened a criminal investigation for the criminal offense of corruption of high state officials or local elected officials, proceeding number 27, year 2024, thus began the history of the investigation for the mayor of Tirana, Veliaj and his family members. Then, from this investigation, the property investigation was also derived, for the persons related to it", she said.

The journalist stated that SPAK has suspicions that Veliaj and his family members have set up a complex scheme, where through dubious contracts, fictitious invoices and bank transactions, the hiding of money has been achieved or attempted.

The Mayor of Tirana, Erion Veliaj

She emphasized that this is also the reason why checks were carried out by the BKH.

"What doubts does the prosecution have? SPAK suspects that Mr. Veliaj, through his family members or trusted persons, have committed the criminal offense of corruption, benefited and received unfair benefits, through banking transactions, individuals or other companies, through a scheme that SPAK considers complex, more after these unfair benefits, they have tried to circulate in banking, in order to hide their true origin.

For this reason, personal inspections or inspections of homes and companies have also been ordered. Meanwhile, at the same time, the prosecution has doubts that for these transactions and for this suspected corrupt activity, fictitious contracts were also signed, which are claimed to have been discovered during the checks in the companies I mentioned.

SPAK

SPAK also claims that all these individuals connected to Erion Veliaj have direct interests with the local government and the Municipality of Tirana. So SPAK claims to have set up a complex scheme, where through dubious contracts, fictitious invoices and bank transactions, it has been achieved or attempted to hide money that, according to SPAK, derives from the criminal activity of corruption.

Then other details, from seized documents, this is an ongoing investigation and we have to wait and see where it will go. Those are the first doubts. It is an investigation that started from corruption, but it entered the wealth of Erion Veliaj's family members and Erion Veliaj himself. After that, the data obtained in the official way will be cross-referenced and SPAK will have a conclusion about the amount, the persons involved, the activity carried out and so on", underlined Klodiana Lala./ CNA