SPAK cracks down on corruption in the justice system/ 6 defendants for illegal influence and abuse of office

2025-10-28 14:52:00, Aktualitet CNA

SPAK cracks down on corruption in the justice system/ 6 defendants for illegal

The Special Prosecution Office against Corruption and Organized Crime (hereinafter the Special Prosecution Office) has completed the investigations and has sent to the Special Court of First Instance for Corruption and Organized Crime in Tirana the request for adjudication of criminal proceedings no. 177/1 of 2025, against the citizens:

Musa Gjikola

Klodjan Muca

Sokol Masha

Erjon Dani

Emiliano (alias Milan) Roçi

Wilson Rochi

The defendants are accused of consuming the elements of the following criminal offenses:

“Exercising unlawful influence over persons exercising public functions”, committed in collaboration, provided for by Article 245/1 and Article 25 of the Criminal Code (as amended by Law No. 144/2013),

as well as for the defendant Erjon Dani, “Abuse of office”, provided for by Article 248 of the Criminal Code.

The investigations conducted revealed that during 2020, the defendants were involved in three separate episodes, where they requested and received monetary amounts ranging from 4,000 to 7,500 euros, claiming that they had the ability to exert illegal influence over justice officials, with the aim of influencing personal security measures and favoring the sentencing of some of the arrested.

It has also been proven that the defendant Erjon Dani, at the time of the events, acting as Deputy Chief of Police and Chief of Crimes at Police Station No. 3 in Tirana, abused his position by distributing data obtained from the TIMS system to third parties.

The investigations have documented that the defendants collaborated and coordinated actions through communications on the encrypted platform "Sky ECC", which were administered by French justice authorities within the framework of international mutual legal assistance.

This criminal proceeding is separate from criminal proceeding no. 177 of 2023, for which investigations continue against several other persons under investigation, suspected of the criminal offenses of "drug trafficking", "aiding illegal border crossing" and "structured criminal group", provided for by articles 283/a, 298, 333/a, 334/1 and 28/4 of the Criminal Code.

The Special Prosecution Office expresses its gratitude to the French, Dutch and Belgian authorities, as well as Eurojust and Europol, for the cooperation and assistance provided during this investigation.