"SPAK investigates media oligarchs who have resorts in the south", journalist: They become real estate agents and benefit from public tenders

2023-12-18 19:48:18Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

"SPAK investigates media oligarchs who have resorts in the south",

Investigative journalist Adriatik Doçi, invited to the show "Top Story" on Top Channel, said that the tension in the parliament is a reflection and concern of the files in the Special Prosecutor's Office.

He said that SPAK has launched investigations into some media oligarchs who are closely connected with political interests and are building resorts in the south of Albania.

The Special Anticorruption Prosecutor's Office has followed a kind of strategy, according to the journalist, who emphasized that in the first years it attacked criminal groups throughout Albania, then opened the files of politicians and the third files that are being opened are those of some media oligarchs.

Doçi said that these businessmen are being investigated by SPAK, after the opening of the main files for the investigation of former ministers.

Duma: Have there been economic seizures, do his files go beyond politics? In economic assets beyond politics?

Doçi: I believe that the commotion and smoke in the parliament is a reflection of the hot files that are currently in the hands of SPAK. SPAK has followed a kind of trend, strategy, following the Romanian strategy, initially they hit the criminal groups in the whole of Albania in the first two years, we also had asset seizures of millions of euros, I am going to return the assets, despite the fact that they are not assets of corruption, drug trafficking or other crimes. After the strikes of the criminal groups, SPAK opened the files of politicians and the political dome, never in the history of Albania have there been more politicians, officials and former officials than today under investigation, former ministers, half of the government cabinet, former - the prime minister, the president. I see the turmoil in parliament as a reflection and concern of the SPAK files. The commissions of inquiry have been there, there have been endless commissions of inquiry, I can point out that a commission of inquiry was also set up for an ear pull.

Duma: Who are the files that are not known and you have info and not yet the general public?

Doçi: An order is being followed, organized crime has been hit, the corruption of the political dome is being hit, the third files that are being opened are of some media oligarchs, i.e. some bosses media that are closely connected with political interests and are building resorts in the south of Albania, are receiving tenders, controlling a list of companies, are being investigated for corruption and money laundering. After politics, the so-called media and non-media oligarchs closely related to politicians and former ministers are being hit, some of them have also appeared in the file of a former minister, such as former minister Arben Ahmetaj, names of businessmen, oligarchs of closely connected with the media and the national media.

Duma: Are they being investigated?

Doçi: They are being investigated by SPAK, after the opening of the main files for the investigation of former ministers, i.e. corruption files, SPAK is going through a phase of third that are different businessmen. It is about some businessmen who control the national media in Albania, who have extended their activity in construction, in certain institutions, who control companies and who act as realtors to get tenders, concessions, public properties, construction permits with towers.

Duma: How much do Albanians benefit from a justice that punishes?

Doçi: A comparison is made with the Serious Crimes Prosecution, Albania has been criticized regarding the implementation of the anti-mafia law, the seizure of assets is related to the implementation of the anti-mafia law, there have been a failure of the anti-mafia law from 2009, when this law was passed, until the last years, until 2022, the last year we have an increase, I don't have an exact figure, we have a multiplication of seized crime and corruption cases from SPAK that have passed to a special directorate that deals with the management of these assets.


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