Police, blitz at gambling machine saloons

14/10/2013 00:00

The Albanian State Police has undertaken a nationwide operation in all gambling machine shops.

Official police sources say that 6000 agents have been involved in this operation, supported by effectives of the Special State Police Forces.

Source specify that the operation started upon information of illegal activities of the subjects in question.

Earlier the month, during a control at the Gambling Supervision Unit, the Ministry of finances identified tax evasion from these subjects, causing a 256 million ALL damage to the state.

The burden has been accumulating each year, while the subjects’ activities resulted active and without any obstacle.

Police also found that the Gambling Supervision Unit had allowed some businesses to operate illegally by not confiscating the unlicensed machines.

Based on these penal acts, the Ministry of Finances reported the former general director, Besnik Cobaj, and the Director of Operational Directory, Nikolin Gjeka, over power abuse.

Two employees received administrative measures by being dismissed, while two others have received warnings.

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