Inspection at Task Force Unit

Unofficial sources declared for Top Channel that the verifications of this unit, which will then be focused on Tirana’s Prosecution aim to inspect the trial delays, the causes of this delay and the level of the officials investigated by the Task Force Unit.

Since the creation of this unit, initially in the capital and then in Gjirokaster, Vlore, Durres, Fier, Korce and Shkoder, it was said that this unit would criminally persecute all corruption cases committed by officials of all levels, exluding officials with immunity, which will go to the General Prosecution.

The crimes that will be investigated by this unit are active and passive corruption, money laundering, tax evasion and customs violations. Currently, the Task Force Unit at the Tirana Prosecution  is the only one that is investigating important cases, such as the verification of the Skenderbej Square reconstruction project, the hydropower plant concessions, the mining concessions, the scrap metal scandal and the CEZ Company. All these cases have not been sent to court due to the many inevsetigation actions that are being taken, and paperwork spread in several ministries.

In some cases, the prosecutors of this unit declare that the institutions delay the response through documentation, causing delays. The cause of these sudden inspections is still unknown, but it comes right after the Ministry criticized some prosecutors for the investigation deadlines. In the relation, the Ministry underlined that the decisions for prolonging the investigations are compiled formally by prosecutors, damaging this way the penal process.

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