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At least 14 officials of the Metrology Directory were taken under police
custody after an order released by the Task Force Unit.
The officials were under surveillance for three months, and investigations showed that they have taken money in exchange of allowing business subjects to sell their products without undergoing inspections as the law provides.
Tirana Police have not made any announcement, because the operation is undergoing and they are looking for other people. Unofficial sources say that nine of the people were taken by police with an arrest order, while the others are just for being interrogated.
Among the arrested is the vice Director General of this service, the Director of Metrology, the Director of Tirana’s Branch of Metrology, and other inspectors.
Police took under custody more than 10% of the total employees of the General Directory of Metrology, which insinuates that the corruption has started from the higher ranks to the basic inspectors.
The recorded phone conversations have verified that the directors gave orders to their dependents for making inspections and release the results without making the necessary measures. Police did not tell if the business subjects will also be prosecuted for offering money to avoid technical inspection.
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