"Ahmetaj" file/ Former prosecutor for Top Channel investigations: You gave strong evidence to SPAK
2023-07-13 23:33:37AktualitetSHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Eugen Beci
The former Prosecutor of Serious Crimes, Eugen Beci, has appreciated the work done by the journalists of Top Channel through the investigations on the incinerators case, for which the former deputy is accused of being involved. Prime Minister Arben Ahmetaj.
"The fact that it was torn apart was a kind of fear to face, because in every act in that file there would be the name of a senior minister, it also showed the way SPAK and in general the justice body in this case was trying to gauge public opinion. Several people were arrested, and if the pressure of public opinion would increase, we would have another separate file.
Public pressure, if we talk about the case of Top Channel, increased through the media. Because the will of public opinion (in the media) appeared there. Even for the media in general, the pressure began in all forms. However, we must say one thing out loud; Top Media has given a lot of news, a lot of information, a lot of clues regarding the situation of the former deputy. the prime minister. And no one can deny that. Even SPAK itself has requested cooperation with Top Media for obtaining the first information when the investigation into Ahmetaj's case began.
However, the fragmentation of the case brought nothing more than a delay in the investigation and a total lack of coordination of the investigation group's actions. It is better to have a single investigative team that will evaluate the evidence, the method and the strategy of the investigation than fragmented into different investigative teams that one does not know what the other is doing. And in general this then brings the result that was given in one of the first sessions of the incinerators, where the court said; the criminal fact presented by the prosecution is unclear", said Beci.
The former prosecutor has pointed out the importance of Top Channel and the media in general in the in-depth investigation of the Ahmetaj file. According to Beci, the fourth power "fought" hard in the face of "white-collar" pressure and gave SPAK indisputable evidence about the abuses of the incinerators.
"Regarding corruption related to organized crime, which is organically linked, I think that not only corruption requires organized crime, but according to studies, organized crime definitely requires high officials, officials who will help it in his field effort. Regarding SPAK, I have the impression that all the things you listed are slightly affected.
It seems that there was a difficulty in obtaining evidence regarding the incinerator file, due to the very fact of the characters that appeared there. But this difficulty of obtaining evidence from SPAK was opposed by the media, you in particular, and then other media that forcefully presented SPAK with evidence that forced the Special Prosecutor's Office to withdraw. There were several pieces of evidence that were initially presented by the media, we have reports from journalists, we have articles, we have endless chronicles, which SPAK referred to in its investigations to continue deepening the case.
But, this file, in addition to the delay and the difficulty of securing evidence in terms of the pressures that may have come due to professional immunity, due to the importance of the characters who are connected to this issue, something must be taken into account; SPAK prosecutors are faced with a pressure that even a simple phone check, a simple home check, or a simple document check would definitely find the deputy. the senior minister. In this way, even if the pressure is not applied, it will come automatically in Albania, starting from the history of 32 years of impunity of high officials.
In addition, the file of incinerators in the context of the progress and dynamics of the investigation, where in such cases a comprehensive investigation was necessary, had problems that started at the beginning of the investigation and the recording of the criminal proceedings. It was broken up, parceled out, an incinerator here, an incinerator there. One character here, one there ," said Beci.
The statements of the former Serious Crimes prosecutor were confirmed by Top Channel journalist Anila Hoxha. For "Top Story", Hoxha revealed that after Ahmetaj's public denunciation on the investigative show "Inside Story", BKH officers landed on Top Channel and received important documents in the service of the case.
"In September 2022, the prosecutors singled out Ahmetaj's case due to delays in the expert report on Zoto's computer, which is the storehouse of large traces, where the entire black box of Ahmetaj's contacts with businessmen from before 2013 was found. incinerators. The public denunciation of Top Media's "Inside Story", a scrupulous investigation was carried out by journalists, who traced Ahmetaj's assets, about the villa in Hamallaj, and the next day the team of BKH officers arrived at Top Channel, who received documents of important and in the villa in Hamallaj a "Blackberry" phone was found which was turned off. They restore every possible communication of this phone" , said Hoxha.
