The Special Prosecution Office against Corruption and Organized Crime has imposed another measure against the mayor of Tirana, Erion Veliaj, and his wife, Ajola Xoxa.
In an official announcement, SPAK announced on Thursday afternoon that it has registered a criminal proceeding against Tirana Mayor Erion Veliaj and Ajola Xoxes, after concluding that there is concrete evidence that raises reasonable suspicions about undeclared assets linked to the couple, near the "Kodra e Diellit" residence, where they currently live.
For this reason, the Special Court has imposed the asset security measure "preventive sequestration". above the apartment and additional Therregistered with the ASHK in the name of the commercial entity "AK" shpk;
This development comes within the framework of broader investigations into high-level corruption and money laundering.
Full notice
The Special Prosecution Office against Corruption and Organized Crime has registered criminal proceedings No. 27 of 2024, which concerns the criminal offenses of "Passive corruption of high state officials or local elected officials","Active corruption of high-ranking state officials or local elected officials","Cleaning the proceeds of a criminal offense or criminal activity","Refusal to declare, non-declaration, concealment or false declaration of assets, private interests of elected persons and public servants or of any other person who has the legal obligation to declare", "False statements before the judicial police officer”And“Actions that prevent the discovery of the truth", provided for by articles 260, 245, 287/2, 257/a/2, 305/be and 301 of the Criminal Code.
After conducting investigative actions within the framework of this criminal proceeding, the Special Prosecution Office has reached the conclusion that there is concrete data that leads to reasonable suspicion that the citizens under investigation EV and AX have also consumed the elements of the criminal offense of "Refusal to declare, non-declaration, concealment or false declaration of assets, private interests of elected persons and public servants or of any other person who has the legal obligation to declare", provided for by article 257/a/2 of the Criminal Code.
Përkëtë cause, më thatë 20.05.2025 names of theëtheir citizens areë registered në notification registerë criminal offenses, attributing the offense toëin criminal cited më up.
Në Further, upon the request of the Special Prosecutor's Office dated 20.05.2025, the Special Court of First Instance for Corruption and Organized Crime, with decision No. 342 Act dated 22.05.2025, has decided:
Property no. and additional with property number, registered with the ASHK in the name of the commercial entity "AK" shpk;
From the concrete data collected up to this stage of the preliminary investigation, there is a reasonable suspicion based on evidence that the citizens under investigation EV and AX have factual property interests in two properties (one of which is additional property), which are adjacent to the apartment which is located in Headquarters, (Kodra e Diellit residence), where these citizens currently live.
(BalkanWeb)
