Global Courant 2023-05-25 20:47:24
On 24.05.2023, the Special Prosecutor’s Office against Corruption and Organized Crime received information that a person presented as an inspector at the Health Inspectorate, was going to inspect various subjects, merchants in the city of Tirana, on whom he was pressuring them to they did not have the appropriate license for the continuation of the activity, and that the fine in these cases was up to 1,000,000 (one million) ALL, as well as with the closure of the business until the liquidation of this administrative measure.
According to the preliminary information, it turns out that this inspector told commercial entities that such a problem could be solved against irregular profit, only after receiving from him half the amount of the fine that is imposed in such cases, and more specifically the monetary amount of 500,000 (five hundred thousand) ALL, but a part of this monetary amount had to be paid within 24 hours; otherwise, the administrative procedures of applying the fine and closing the activity would continue until the liquidation of the administrative measure.
As mentioned above, on 24.05.2023, the Special Prosecutor’s Office mainly registered the criminal proceedings with No. 126/2023 for the consumption of the elements of the criminal offense “Passive corruption of persons exercising public functions”, provided for by Article 259/2 of Criminal Code.
The investigations for this criminal proceeding were carried out in cooperation with the structures of the National Bureau of Investigation (BKH) and the State Police.
In the framework of the investigative actions carried out for the interests of this criminal proceeding, on 25.05.2023, the arrest in flagrante delicto of the citizen MM, with the duty of Inspector at the State Health Inspectorate, was finalized, and the monetary sum of 200,000 (two hundred thousand) was seized from him. lek, obtained illegally.
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