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| Edvin Prifti in a local TV show in Tirana |
The name of Prifti and Frangu came to light after several months of investigations and wiretaps that were being carried out in the Court of Kruja, an operation that was finalized today with the arrest of Judge Enkeljeda Hoxha and eight other people.
The Secretary of the Court of Kruja, Manuela Mallakuçi, was under surveillance after she was involved in the release of the convict Saimir Petani. In one of the many conversations she had, Mallakuçi has been wiretaped while talking to Prifti to perform an extra heart intervention on her mother.
After the raid of the apartment of Judge Enkelejda Hoxha, SPAK has raided the apartment and office of the doctor Edvin Prifti, seizing 250 thousand euros and 16 leks. The doctor had transformed his apartment and office as a bank, much to the surprise of the SPAK prosecutors and the Judicial Police Officers who seized the amount of money.
While the special Prosecution known as SPAK has arrested today the judge Enkelejda Hoxha with 9 other people as they planned to release the convicted murderer Saimir Petani. Lawyer Aldo Tabaku was part of the scheme together with the court secretary, Manuela Mallakuçi and the forensic expert, Shkëlqim Korbi. Judge Enkelejda Hoxha is accused by SPAK of receiving amounts from 6 thousand to 12 thousand euros in exchange for the release of convicts for murder. Cardiologist Edvin Prifti was also discovered in the scheme after he took a bribe to operate at the University Hospital Center of Tirana, the mother of the court secretary.
We recall that corruption is at alarming levels in almost every sphere of Albanian society, while efforts have been made and are being made on anti-corruption reforms.