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Journalist publishes names of Veliaj's associates: Their businesses have been checked

Politiko 2024-12-12 21:14:21

Journalist publishes names of Veliaj's associates: Their businesses have

Journalist Klodiana Lala has revealed new details from the wealth investigation ordered against Mayor Erion Veliaj, his family members and several other people in his inner circle.

Invited to MCN TV, Lala said that investigations are being conducted for the criminal offense of corruption and that SPAK suspects that unfair benefits were obtained and received through a complex scheme and that they were attempted to be circulated through banking channels.

Lala mentioned Veliaj's close circle, including his friend Elman Abule, whose company was raided. Lala also stated that raids were also conducted on Driand Zeneli and Adela Kondakçiu.

"I have learned from reliable sources that several premises or personal searches of other persons have also been searched, this concerns citizen Elman Abule, considered according to SPAK, a trusted person of Erion Veliaj. Elman Abule is also under investigation by the Tirana Prosecutor's Office. A personal search was conducted on citizen Marisa Nito, who is Elman Abule's wife and has social ties to Mrs. Ajola Xoxe. The company Rametal, which has citizen Elman Abule as administrator, was searched. There is a personal search for citizen Driand Zeneli and for citizen Adela Kondakçiu. These are all the personal searches or searches of apartments and premises that were ordered by the Special Court on December 5, based on the request of two prosecutors, Olsi Dado and Altin Dumani. The decision was signed by Atalanta Zeqiraj, who is a special judge.

What suspicions does the prosecution have? SPAK suspects that Mr. Veliaj, through his family members or trusted persons, committed the criminal offense of corruption, benefited and received unfair benefits, through banking transactions, from individuals or other companies, through a scheme that SPAK considers complex, then these unfair benefits were attempted to circulate through banking channels, in order to hide their true origin. For this reason, personal checks or checks of apartments and companies have been ordered. Meanwhile, in parallel, the prosecution has suspicions that for these transactions and for this suspected corrupt activity, fictitious contracts have also been signed, which are alleged to have been discovered during the checks in the companies I mentioned.

SPAK also claims that all these individuals connected to Erion Veliaj have direct interests with the local government and the Municipality of Tirana. So SPAK claims to have set up a complex scheme, where through dubious contracts, fictitious invoices and bank transactions, it has been achieved or attempted to hide money that, according to SPAK, derives from criminal corruption activity. Then other details, from seized documents, this is an ongoing investigation and we have to wait and see where it will go. These are the first suspicions. It is an investigation that started from corruption, but has entered the assets of Erion Veliaj's family members and Erion Veliaj himself. Then the data obtained through official channels will be cross-referenced and SPAK will have a conclusion, on the amount, the persons involved, the activity carried out and so on , "said Lala.