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The former secretary of the Ministry of Health, Joana Duro, is sentenced to prison

Politiko 2023-11-13 16:30:42

The former secretary of the Ministry of Health, Joana Duro, is sentenced to

The Special Court has announced the decision for the former secretary of the Ministry of Health, Joana Duro.

The black squads sentenced him to 4 years in prison, from which 1/3 of the sentence was reduced and he was finally sentenced to 2 years and 8 months.

Duro was also sentenced to an additional penalty of not holding any public office for 5 years.

For the high-level specialist, Laura Shteto, SPAK requested 1 year and 6 months of imprisonment.

For Vladimir Topi, the administrator of the "Dricons" company, 2 years of imprisonment was requested.

As for the engineer, Silvi Shehi, the special body requested 1 year and 6 months of imprisonment.

All three defendants are accused of active corruption.

Joana Duro, who had been holding this post for a year, was tracked down by SPAK after being paid 330,000 lek for favoritism in a tender where eight companies were competing.

The amount, according to the official version of the Special Prosecutor's Office, was paid to the general secretary by Laureta Shteto, a high-level specialist of the Integrated Public Services Agency.

After their arrest, SPAK also arrested the administrator and the engineer of the company "Dricons" who had paid 330,000 lek in bribes in order to benefit illegally from the tender held at the Ministry of Health and Social Protection, with the object "Lot 1". "Supervision for the reconstruction of some Health Centers in Tirana and Durrës".

Duro and Shteto have denied the accusations against them, while according to SPAK, from the audio interceptions about the bribe received by the high official, there are data for suspicions of abuse of state funds, where employees with state functions determined the winners of tenders against monetary benefits .

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