Vote buying/ Special anti-corruption unit SPAK arrests 22 election officials
28/07/2020 15:07
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Durrës Police, supported by the Tirana Police Directorate, made several arrests during the night, executing 22 warrants issued by anti-corruption body SPAK, in relation with vote buying and electoral manipulations.
It is about the infamous ‘339 file’ of wiretaps, related to theft of votes, the cocaine laboratory in Has in northern Albania, and a series of other issues.
The action wewasre carried out during the night in Tirana and Durres. Among the arrest warrants were several election commissioners.
The following lists, provided by Top Channel, reveals their names and political affiliations. Most of them belong to PD and LSI. Respectively 14 commissioners belong to PD, LSI and PR, while 7 to SP.
Nevertheless not all orders are for detention as among them there are those for house arrest and obligation to appear.
Currently about 40 people are already in court for this case in question. Investigations for this file started in 2016, while in the fall of 2018 the operation “Vol-Vo 4” was finalized, where 27 people were arrested and 44 arrest warrants were issued.
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