
It is reported that the current and former administrator of the Ostren administrative unit, Bulqizë Municipality, have been criminally prosecuted for abuse of office and falsification of documents.
According to the police report, they forged civil status documents in order to provide various people with certificates stating that they were residents of the Ostren administrative unit and then sent these documents to Bulgaria in order to provide them with Bulgarian passports.
Meanwhile, yesterday, the Eagle forces landed at the Bulqiza Municipality building, where they are suspected of searching for documents that serve the investigation into this matter.
Police announcement:
The police operation codenamed "IDENTITY", which has been ongoing for about a month, with special investigative methods, has been successfully completed. A 49-year-old man from Bulgaria has been arrested after attempting to cross the border with 21 suspected forged documents for 21 different citizens, with the aim of providing them with Bulgarian passports.
The current and former administrator of the Ostren administrative unit, Bulqizë Municipality, are being prosecuted for abuse of office and falsification of documents.
The Economic and Financial Crime Investigation Specialists at the Dibër Local Police Directorate, based on information obtained that some citizens were falsifying civil status documents in order to provide various persons with certificates as if they were residents of the Ostren administrative unit and then sending these documents to Bulgaria, in order to provide them with Bulgarian passports, have launched proactive investigations, followed by special investigative methods, for about 1 month, to crack down on this group.
As a result of the investigations carried out, the structures of the Dibër Border Police Department, in cooperation with the Dibër Border Police Commissariat, under the direction of the Dibër Prosecutor's Office, successfully finalized the police operation codenamed "Identity", where, as a result, at the exit of the Bllate BCP, citizen ET, 49 years old, resident of Sofia, Bulgaria, was detained.
During the physical search carried out by the Border Police services, 21 suspected forged documents for 21 different citizens were found in the vehicle driven by this citizen, with the aim of providing them with Bulgarian passports. The materials were also referred to the Prosecutor's Office, where criminal proceedings were initiated against the citizens:
These two citizens, while performing their duties, are suspected of having committed acts contrary to the law, by issuing and falsifying civil status documents for various persons, with the aim of obtaining Bulgarian passports.
Investigations are ongoing for the full legal documentation of this case, as well as for the identification and legal accountability of other persons implicated in this illegal activity.
The procedural materials were passed to the Prosecutor's Office at the First Instance Court of General Jurisdiction in Dibër, for further action.