
In the Special Court Against Corruption and Organized Crime, the trial against the 6 accused for the murder of Santiago Malko will soon begin. SPAK had closed the investigations for the group considered as 'Klani Duka' since July 2021, but the trial against them was suspended because they are all on the run and no one has been arrested.
In the Court's decision, which states that Leonard Duka , Erlis Duka , Oltian Loga , Aleksandër Maxhaku , Fatmir Hyseni (Musai), Dritan Agaj (all absent and not caught by the police) are all accused of crimes such as "Structured Group Criminal", "Commitment of criminal offenses by a structured criminal group", " Premeditated murder ", " Illegal possession and production of weapons, explosive weapons and ammunition ", all in connection with the event that occurred on August 27, 2019 when on the Street " Xhanfize Keko " in Tirana, policeman Santiago Malko was shot dead.
Who is Santiago Malco?
He was part of Ervis Martinaj's gang, otherwise known as the gambling boss. Malko also owned several sports betting outlets.
The young man was involved in the event of October 4, 2018, where Fabian Gaxha was killed in the former Block after a gunfight.
Also, the murdered ex-policeman was involved in a fight with the two Lashi brothers in 2016 over a debt of 1,000 euros.