
The 114-page decision of the Court of Appeals Judge Engert Pëllumbi, issued on March 13, reveals a real scandal.
Although Tirana Mayor Erion Veliaj was arrested in his office on February 10, the profits from the corruption scheme do not stop.
The court expresses concern that the mechanism they have devised seems difficult to stop. It even underlines that there is a reasonable suspicion that the benefits of the Municipality of Tirana, obtained directly or indirectly, for himself but also for his close family members, for carrying out actions related to his function, have continued without stopping.
Veliaj and Xoxa are accused by the Special Prosecution Office of creating a corrupt scheme between his wife's companies and NGOs and a group of businessmen around him with a transaction value of more than 1 million euros.
“ …The court takes into consideration the mechanism that the persons under investigation have devised, put into operation and implemented for a long time, it seems difficult to stop even by themselves. So, the longer these citizens continue to remain free, the greater the risk that they will commit serious crimes, of the same type as the one for which they are being prosecuted.
During this phase of the preliminary investigation, but also recently, there is a reasonable suspicion that the irregular benefits of the head of the Municipality of Tirana, obtained directly or indirectly, for himself but also for his close family members, for carrying out actions related to his function, have continued without stopping.
In this sense, from the investigation up to this stage it is established that the actions pertaining to the laundering of the proceeds of the criminal offense that are related to Article 260 of the Criminal Code, by the person under investigation Erion Veliaj, due to the mechanism set up over these years, carried out in collaboration and more than once with his wife Ajola Xoxa, have continued also because such a scheme, due to the complexity it presents, is objectively difficult to cease to exist as long as commercial entities continue to receive funding or other benefits from the Municipality of Tirana, for which in one form or another they must be "grateful" to the head of this institution, the decision states.
Pra, mënyra si është vepruar për kryerjen e veprave penale, mjetet e përdorura, vijimësia në kryerjen e shkeljeve ligjore edhe pas marrjes dijeni për to, bashkëpunimi dhe kryerja më shumë se një herë si rrethanë cilësuese përsa i përket veprës penale të parashikuar nga neni 287/2 i Kodit Penal, shpërfillja nga titullari i të Bashkisë Tiranë ndaj fondeve publike të cilat për shkak të veprimeve të tij kanë përfunduar në llogaritë bankare të bashkëshortes së tij dhe organizatave e shoqërive që ajo efektivisht kontrollon, dhe rrjedhimisht në pasurimin personal të tij, vlerat e larta monetare të cilat dyshohet se janë përfituar nga bashkëshortët Veliaj Xoxa, sugjeron edhe më tepër se personat nën hetim rrezikojnë realisht për të kryer krime njësoj të rënda me ato për të cilat tashmë procedohen.
Në rastin konkret, Gjykata mban parasysh faktin se personi nën hetim Erion Veliaj vijon që të ushtrojë funksione publike dhe ekziston rreziku që të abuzojë me detyrën. Ndërkohë përsa i përket personit nën hetim Elman Abule, nga hetimi deri në këtë fazë ka rezultuar se veprimet e kundërligjshme të tij, të cilat lidhen me pastrimin e produkteve të veprës penale, kanë zgjatur në kohë dhe kanë sjellë si pasojë “justifikimin” e shumave të konsiderueshme monetare të cilat më pas kanë hyrë si përfitim pasuror në bashkësinë ligjore të shtetasve Veliaj-Xoxa".

Po kështu në vendim gjyqtari Engert Pëllumbi nënvizon se, bashkëpunimi i personave nën hetim Erion Veliaj, Ajola Xoxa dhe Elman Abule ka tiparet e një bashkëpunimi të posaçëm, atij të grupit të strukturuar kriminal, i normuar nga neni 28/4 i Kodit Penal, duke ia kaluar ‘topin’ SPAK për të ngritur një akuzë të tillë.
"… Erion Veliaj, duke prodhuar fatura fiktive për shoqëritë e kontrolluara nga bashkëshortja e këtij të fundit, personi nën hetim Ajola Xoxa, me qëllim fshehjen e burimit të vërtetë të kësaj shume. Gjithashtu, shtetasit nën hetim Erion Veliaj dhe Ajola Xoxa, përmes shoqërive "Partners Laë" sh.p.k., "Arts Lab" sh.p.k., "Ava Studio" sh.p.k., "Nan Gallery" sh.p.k., si dhe OJF-ve "Byl- A", "Harabel", "Eventus" dhe "Muza", të cilat kontrollohen tërësisht nga kjo e fundit, kanë gjeneruar të ardhura të cilat kapin shifrën e rreth 110,000,000 (njëqind e dhjetë milion) lekë. Këto shifra tregojnë për një rrezikshmëri të theksuar të shfaqjes së veprës penale në rastin në shqyrtim.
In this context, the court notes that the cooperation of the persons under investigation Erion Veliaj, Ajola Xoxa and Elman Abule has the characteristics of a special cooperation, that of a structured criminal group, regulated by Article 28/4 of the Criminal Code, given that the criteria of plurality of persons (three persons), the commission of criminal activity for the purpose of material gain (laundering the proceeds of the criminal offense of corruption) and the non-creation of the group by chance (the commission of criminal activity repeatedly and over a long period of time) are met, despite the fact that such a form of cooperation has not yet been attributed to these persons under investigation and, consequently, will not be taken into consideration at this time by the court in determining the type of security measure, since otherwise the principle of non-aggravation of the defendant's position (non reformatio in peius) would be violated.
The court finds that with regard to the person under investigation Erion Veliaj, all three special conditions sanctioned in Article 228, point 3, of the Code of Criminal Procedure, for the determination of extreme security measures, exist: the risk of evidence poisoning, the risk of flight, and the risk of committing criminal offenses of the same type as the one being prosecuted.
Meanwhile, Rama has taken over the leadership of the Tirana municipality since Veliaj's arrest. And unfortunately the corrupt scheme continues..../ Syri.net
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