At the request of SPAK, a person was put in handcuffs today in Kavaja, accused of having promised and offered other people sums of money in order to participate in the elections and to determine the way of voting.
For Klodian Kapedanin, the Special Court imposed the measure of arrest and imprisonment, accused of the criminal offense "Active corruption in elections". SPAK does not reveal for whom he was buying votes, but says that preliminary investigations into this criminal case are ongoing.
Full notice of SPAK
The Special Prosecutor's Office against Corruption and Organized Crime has conducted investigations in relation to criminal proceedings no. 88 of 2023, which deals with the criminal offense "Active corruption in elections", provided for by Article 328 of the Criminal Code.
From the investigative actions carried out in connection with this criminal proceeding, suspicions have been created that the citizen Klodian Kapedani, residing in Kavajë, on 14.05.2023, the date on which the general local elections for the election of local government bodies were held, was has promised and offered monetary sums to other persons in order to participate in the voting, to ensure the participation of other persons in the voting, as well as to determine the voting method.
In the framework of the preliminary investigations of this criminal proceeding, at the request of the Special Prosecutor's Office against Corruption and Organized Crime in Tirana, with decision no. 58, dated 09.06.2023 of the Special Court of First Instance for Corruption and Organized Crime in Tirana, is located:
- Determination of the security measure "Arrest in prison" provided by article 238 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for the person under investigation Klodian Kapedani, suspected of committing the criminal offense "Active corruption in elections", provided for by article 328 of the Criminal Code .
The judicial police services of the Tirana Local Police Directorate executed on 09.06.2023 the measure of personal security imposed on the person under investigation above.
The preliminary investigations for this criminal proceeding are ongoing and have not yet been completed.