240 Albanian police officers referred to the prosecution for crimes, drugs or corruption in 2024

02/07/2024 16:21

The inspector and commissioner of the police district nr. 5. in Kamza, Tirana was arrested yesterday after being involved in a traffic accident in the highway Torovic – Balladre, and resulting to drive under the influence of alcohol.

Since the beginning of the year 38 oficers of the state security agencies were arrested, detained or were administered security measures for their violations.

It turns out that in 55% of the cases reviewed by the internal control officials, they were for corruption and abuse of office.

Top Channel learns that 151 referrals have been made to the prosecutor’s office for 240 employees of various structures such as the state police, the republican guard and firemen.

Among those arrested this year is the Director of the Department of Information Technology in the General Directorate of the State Police, Ervin Muça, who was detained in April this year as a suspect for the criminal offense of “Unauthorized computer access” “.

Another investigation led to the arrest of 8 police officers at the Rina airport, as they received money to pass people who were denied entry to the Schengen zone, or minors without a parent’s power of attorney.

Another case of violations was in Fier, where a police officer in Patos was arrested as he had adapted his bar to sell drugs, while in police station No. 4 in Tirana a few weeks ago, 2 policemen were arrested for cultivating cannabis.

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