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Die Task Force Staatsanwaltschaft von Ina Rama ermittelt nun auch in den Mafiösen Finanzen der Ex-Ministers Fatmir Mediu in Albanien

 Teure Luxus Autos und illegal gebaute Appartments sind das Eintritts Geschenck krimineller Minister und Beamter im Balkan und natürlich hat auch der gefeuerte Minister Fatmir Mediu merkwürdigen Immobilien Gesitz, wie auch der abgesetzte General Staatsanwalt Theodor Sollaku in Golem.

Albania Prosecutors Probe Ex-Minister’s Wealth

Fatmir Mediu

Fatmir Mediu


07 July 2008 Tirana _ Albanian prosecutors have launched a fresh probe into the declared wealth of former Defence Minister Fatmir Mediu, following a Balkan Insight investigation.

Citing details from the investigation conducted by the BIRN team in Tirana, Albanian media reported on Sunday that the general prosecutor’s office was probing Mediu’s finances and that charges that he failed to fully declare his assets could follow.

Balkan Insight showed that the former Defence Minister’s expenditures are significantly greater than can be explained by his declared assets and income.
Read more: http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/main/investigations/11172/

Mediu, the leader of the Republican Party, the second largest party in a coalition of five that control Albania’s government, resigned in March from his cabinet post following an explosion at an army depot that killed 26 people, injured more than 300 and left more than 3,000 homeless.

He is under investigation by Albania’s prosecutor general for alleged abuse of power while in office. He is suspected of being part of the unlawful mismanagement leading to the deadly army depot explosion ten kilometres outside Tirana. Mediu has not yet been charged.

Central to the assets probe are loans secured by Mediu while he was employed as Defence Minister, a post he took up in 2005.

Though as a minister Mediu received a monthly pre-tax income of around €1,900 – more than six times the average income in Albania – his typical monthly expenditures exceeded twice that amount, according to records obtained by Balkan Insight.

Loans dramatically exceeding the borrowers’ evident ability to pay, are a primary method of concealing illegal revenue in the country, says the head of Albania’s Anti-money-laundering agency.

Mediu denies any irregularities in his finances. He told Balkan Insight he planned to cover the difference between the size of the loans and his personal income by spending savings derived from the sale of an apartment.

Mediu has to pay approximately €325,000 in loans while his savings from the sale of a former apartment were only €60,000.

A source at the general prosecutor’s office confirmed to Balkan Insight that Mediu’s finances were being probed but a decision to file charges has not been taken.

http://balkaninsight.com/en/main/news/11627/

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1 Antwort auf “Die Task Force Staatsanwaltschaft von Ina Rama ermittelt nun auch in den Mafiösen Finanzen der Ex-Ministers Fatmir Mediu in Albanien”

  1. CrniLabudovi sagt:
    7.7.2008 bei 18:32

    Albania ‘Arms Trafficker’ to Plead Guilty

    07 July 2008 Tirana _ The head of Miami-based company AEY, suspected of a murky arms deals with Albanian officials to ship Chinese-made ammunition to the Afghan army is expected to plead guilty.

    “The 22-year-old arms dealer will plead guilty to charges that he defrauded the U.S. government by shipping Chinese-made ammunition to Afghanistan and then trying to hide its country of origin from military officials,” the Associated Press reports.

    Four officials from AYE, a US-based arms firm accused of shady deals with Albanian officials in supplying the Afghan army, have been arrested on fraud charges.

    Efraim Diveroli, AYE’s chief, David Packouz, Alexander Podrizki and Ralph Merrill were indicted by a federal grand jury in Miami on wide-ranging fraud charges in connection to supplying ammunition to the Afghan army, announced R. Alexander Acosta, the US Attorney for the Southern District of Florida

    “The indictment alleges that the defendants submitted documents to the Army falsely attesting that the ammunition they provided was manufactured in Albania, when, in fact, the ammunition came from China,” said Acosta in a statement.

    “To effectuate the scheme, defendants Diveroli, Packouz and Podrizki directed others to assist in the packaging of ammunition to be delivered to Afghanistan and provided instructions to remove Chinese markings from containers to conceal that the ammunition was manufactured in China,” the statement adds.

    Indicted under 71 counts, if convicted the defendants could get 500 year jail terms if found guilty of all charges.

    Albanian leaders are suspected of profiting from the murky arms deal with AYE whose contract with the US Army has been suspended.

    The row erupted after the New York Times published an article on March 28 accusing Albanian officials of murky deals with the Miami-based Pentagon contractor. The company, had its contract with the US military revoked amid claims by the paper it was supplying decades-old ammunition to the Afghan army.

    It is alleged Tirana and AEY used a third company, Cyprus-based Evdin Ltd., a company subcontracted by Albania’s trading giant, MEICO, to coordinate the deal between the Albanian military and AEY.

    The New York Times alleges the Head of MEICO, Ylli Pinari, doubled the real price of the munitions and pocketed the difference which was shared among Albanian politicians.

    “Such accusations should be used for toilet paper,” Prime Minister Sali Berisha argued when questioned about the paper’s allegation in parliament.

    Albania’s general prosecutor Ina Rama has opened an investigation into the arms trafficking case.

    http://balkaninsight.com/en/main/news/11626/

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