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| Arben Ndoka in his office |
Over 300 thousand square meters of land on the coast of Lezha and some apartments were seized on Thursday by the Prosecution - which stated that their value goes to 40 million euros, in the framework of the investigations against former deputy Arben Ndoka.
The resigned Socialist Party MP Arben Ndoka.The Serious Crimes Prosecution seized on Thursday some properties of the former Socialist MP Arben Ndoka, which according to Prosecution are worth of 40 million euros. According to the press release distributed by the General Prosecutor's Office, about 300 thousand square meters of land on the coast of Shëngjin (Lezha) and some apartments were seized in the proceeding with No. 399/2016.
"The land area is located in the well-known places of Mount of Rrenz in Shengjin, Rana e Hedhun and Lagja e Lezhës," the prosecution announces. The sequestration orders were signed by the Judge of the Serious Crimes Court, Bib Ndreca.
Arben Ndoka, a former Socialist Party deputy for the Lezha area, was arrested on October 21, 2018, at the same time with the former General Director of Prisons, Arben Çuko, after capturing them in the interception of the Avdulaj-based group in Shijak. He was then put in house arrest by the Court of Appeals.
Ndoka is charged with criminal offenses "Falsification of documents", falsification of stamps, stamps or forms "," Abuse of land", within a criminal group, involved in alienation of land." The Prosecution of Serious Crimes has found that the criminal group has abused with state lands in the Lezha and Kurbin areas.
Ndoka became a deputy of the Albanian Parliament from the Socialist Party in Lezha District in 2014 after the resignation of two Socialist MPs one after the other in the period from the establishment of the new Assembly in September 2013 to January 2014. During 2014 and 2015, Ndoka was attacked by the opposition for his criminal past. He was convicted in Italy for trafficking in human beings and had benefited from the Albanian courts, which made it possible to release him within three years out of seven that was the initial condemnation.
Ndoka resigned in September 2015 and stated that she was a victim of the circumstances and innocent relating to the charge of trafficking in human beings.