The appeal overturned the first instance decision under suspicions that Aurel Zarka acted as a criminal group, the former chief prosecutor of Vlora exercises recourse in the High Court, requesting the Appeal decision to be overturned.
As the Court of Appeals decided to return Aurel Zarka's file for retrial under suspicions that he acted as a criminal group, the latter reacted immediately by filing an appeal with the Supreme Court.
Sokol Binaj has been appointed rapporteur, who is expected to set the date for the session.
According to the Special Appeal, the evidence and circumstances clearly show that not only Zarka, but also the three other defendants in the case collaborated as a structured criminal group, contrary to the assessment of the prosecutors in the case, as well as the First Instance judges, who described it as simple collaboration in aggravating circumstances.
According to SPAK, the prosecutor and other individuals are accused of having exercised unlawful influence in eight criminal cases that were being investigated in four different prosecutors' offices and that are mainly related to organized crime activities such as money laundering or drug cultivation.
One of the criminal cases, known as the "Toyota Auris", was registered after the seizure at the port of Durres, in June 2018, of 3.4 million euros in 'cash' hidden in two used cars imported from Belgium.
The first instance court sentenced the former prosecutor to 2.8 years in prison on summary trial for exercising unlawful influence and corruption.