Oil, Interior Ministry under investigation
30/11/2011 19:45
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The scandal for the fuels sold to the Albanian market from 2009 to 2010
is extending. Authorities of the Interior Ministry and the Public
Procurement Agency are under investigation by the Task Force over power
abuse suspicions, after verifying three oil tenders that were held in
2009.
Sources said for Top Channel that the files belonging to 2009 have been separated from the “Vergine Oil” voluminous file. The tender was won by the Euroil Company and its President, Hajri Elezaj, won the right to supply it to all state institutions, from the Prime Ministry, Ministries, Secret Service and other agencies.
Sources say that the tender involves hundreds of tons of fuels and there are suspicions for multiple infringements.
Tirana Prosecutors gave no names for the employees that are under investigation for the moment, due to the secrecy, but they declared that the investigations are being made in two institutions, the Interior Ministry and the Public Procurement Agency.
Prosecution closes investigations for “Vergine” oil
Besides the abovementioned file, the Task Force Unit has closed the 1 year long investigation for the Vergine Oil scandal.
The information was confirmed by secure sources for Top Channel, which say that there are 16 defendants that will appear at Tirana’s Court.
One of these defendants is Euroil Jsc, over fraud and falsification charges. The President of this company, Hajri Elezi, besides the three accusations also has a fourth one, which is that of escaping from the house arrest.
Among the main defendants there is Iliaz Fisheku, adminsitrator of Fisheku Jsc, accused by the prosecution over fraud. The head of the Maritime Anti-smuggling Unit in Vlore, Arian Daci, is accused of power abuse and falsification of documents.
Dashamir Kasa is accused of power abuse, and the four drivers who were arrested and then released, will be charged for failing to report a crime. The same charges will be on Nikollaq Llozli and Fatmir Kaja.
THe investigations for the Vergine Oil started on October 2010 and the 13 main suspects were arrested on March 2010. All of them were released, mostly for health reasons.
The Vergine Oil export scheme allowed 20.000 tons of oil to be exported fictively, with containers that went to Durres. In documents it was written as if the load had passed the Vlore Port and was exported with the Ritas and Calitea ships, when it was in fact sold in the inner market, by defrauding the Albanian citizens.
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