
The Prosecutor's Office at the First Instance Court of General Jurisdiction, Tirana, has completed the investigations and sent for trial four people accused of kidnapping for financial gain.
Defendants Sulejman Sina, Idajet Mashollari, Klinton Sina and Nikoleta Begolli will face charges for the criminal offense of " Kidnapping or holding a person hostage ."
Prosecutor's Office Announcement:
The Prosecutor's Office at the Court of First Instance of General Jurisdiction, Tirana, completed the investigations and sent to trial four citizens Sulejman Sina, Idajet Mashollari, Klinton Sina and Nikoleta Begolli , for the criminal offense of 'Kidnapping or holding a person hostage' provided for by article 109/25 of the Criminal Code.
The investigations into criminal proceedings no. 2978, registered on 30.04.2025, began after the complaint of citizen AV, who reported that her brother, citizen EV, had called his wife and asked her to pay 2 million lek as soon as possible because his life was in danger and only then could he return home.
From the investigations, it emerged that citizens SS, NB, IM and KS planned the kidnapping of citizen EA and carried it out with the aim of acquiring property.
The investigations proved that near the Tirana Pedagogical School, at the moment when citizen EV was with citizen NB, they approached a black Golf-type vehicle and forcibly put her in the vehicle, where they also placed a hood over her head, and took her to another, distant location.
After taking him to an old apartment, they tied his hands and demanded the sum of 2 million lek, claiming that citizen E. A had harassed citizen NB (the cohabitant of citizen SS).
The three suspects then communicated by phone with the injured party/victim's wife, citizen MA, who sent the suspects the amount of money.
These four people threatened citizen EA, telling him that if the payment was not made, they would send him photos of him and citizen NB, his wife, to destroy his family and then kill him.
At the conclusion of the investigations, the Prosecutor's Office at the Court of First Instance of General Jurisdiction, Tirana, proved that citizens SS, NB, IM and KS have committed the criminal offense of 'Kidnapping or holding a person hostage' provided for by Article 109/25 of the Criminal Code, which provides that; kidnapping or holding a person hostage with the aim of acquiring property or any other type of benefit, to prepare the creation of mitigating conditions for the commission of a crime, to assist in the concealment or removal of the perpetrators or collaborators in the commission of a crime, to avoid punishment, to force the fulfillment of certain requests or conditions, for political purposes or any other purpose, is punishable by imprisonment from ten to twenty years.