The Special Prosecutor's Office against Corruption and Organized Crime, following the investigations it is conducting for criminal proceedings no. 190, of 2023, related to the criminal offenses "Passive corruption of high state officials", committed in collaboration, provided for by article 260 and 25 of the Criminal Code, "Active corruption of high state officials", "Refusal to declare, non-declaration , concealment or false declaration of assets, private interests of elected persons and public servants or any other person who has the legal obligation to declare", provided by article 257/a/2 of the Criminal Code, "Fraud", committed in collaboration , with serious consequences, provided by articles 143//2/3 of the Criminal Code, as well as "Violation of the equality of participants in public tenders or auctions", carried out in cooperation, provided by articles 258/2 and 25 of the Criminal Code, has requested from the Special Court of First Instance for Corruption and Organized Crime the determination of the measure of property security and preventive seizure on the assets belonging to the persons under investigation, which constitute the product of the criminal offense/ or in their equivalent value.
The Special Court of First Instance for Corruption and Organized Crime, with decision no. 430, dated 15.07.2024, amended with decision no. 34, dated 09.08.2024, of the Court of Appeal for Corruption and Organized Crime, has placed a preventive seizure on several bank accounts, sums of money, and others, as follows:
1. 14 323 125 (fourteen thousand three hundred twenty three thousand one hundred twenty five) Lek;
2. 15,542 (fifteen thousand five hundred and forty-two) Euros;
3. 42 318 (forty two thousand three hundred and eighteen) USD;
These sums of money have been seized in current accounts, term deposits, cash and belong to the persons under investigation GH, EM; IB, EK, BZ, BL; and commercial companies of the persons under investigation;
4. Preventive seizure of over 19.4% of the shares of the trading company "Albanian Food and Hospitality Services" sh.pk.
5. Preventive seizure of three registered vehicles owned by persons under investigation EK and EM
The investigators of the National Bureau of Investigation, together with the officers of the General Directorate of the State Police and the Agency for the Administration of Seized and Confiscated Assets are carrying out the necessary actions for the execution of these decisions.
Preliminary investigations related to this criminal proceeding have not yet been completed, they continue for other involved persons or for other criminal facts.