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Former Minister of the Interior, Saimir Tahiri appears at SPAK

Politiko 2024-11-01 09:39:22

Former Minister of the Interior, Saimir Tahiri appears at SPAK

The former Minister of the Interior, Saimir Tahiri, has appeared at the Special Prosecutor's Office.

It is learned that the former Minister of the Interior has been called to testify in connection with the "January 21" file.

We recall that on February 4, 2022, the Court of Appeal Against Organized Crime and Corruption (GJKKO) after a hearing, sentenced Tahir to five years in prison for "abuse of duty".

Because Tahiri accepted the summary judgment, the sentence was reduced to three years and four months in prison.

Tahiri was sentenced only for "abuse of duty" by "saving" other charges filed by the Prosecutor's Office such as: "Corruption of high officials", "Trafficking of narcotics carried out in cooperation" and "Participation in a structured criminal group".

He served his sentence of 16 months in Lushnja prison in Kosovo.

The former interior minister was put under investigation in 2017, under suspicions that he had ties to a criminal group led by the Habilaj brothers, with whom Tahiri is related. They are accused of drug trafficking and this group is also being investigated in Italy.

At that time, in the indictment, the Prosecutor's Office mentioned four episodes of drug trafficking to Italy, where, according to the investigators, the former minister was also involved. A sentence of 12 years in prison was requested for this charge. Due to the lack of evidence, the Court sentenced him only for "abuse of duty".

The prosecution contested the decision in the Court of Appeal, which decided to return the case to the first instance.

The battle continues in the Supreme Court, where the former minister claims innocence, while the Prosecution demands that Tahiri be punished not only for abuse of office, but for favoring drug trafficking to Italy, as part of a criminal group led by the Habilaj brothers.

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