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The Criminal Court is expected to decide today whether the "Veliaj" case will go to trial.

2026-02-09 10:08:31Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Erion Veliaj

The GJKKO is expected to announce the decision today, whether or not the file of Tirana Mayor Erion Veliaj will go to trial. In the preliminary session on February 2, Judge Etleva Deda closed the judicial review of the file and set the date of February 9 for the announcement of the decision today at 12:00.

The previous preliminary hearing was held amidst debates, after Mayor Veliaj and his lawyer, Valentina Teodorescu, requested an adjournment, arguing that they had not yet been familiarized with the entire investigative file. However, Judge Deda dismissed the mayor's request, while the latter requested her exclusion with the argument that she was denying him the right to effective defense and then left the hearing.

Judge Deda continued the session, describing the defense phase as exhausted. Meanwhile, on Friday, Veliaj's request to disqualify Judge Deda was rejected, and it will be the latter who is expected to announce the decision today on whether or not to proceed with the Veliaj case for trial.

The Mayor of Tirana has been in prison custody since February 10, 2025. His wife, Ajola Xoxa, has also been sent for trial, as well as 28 other individuals and companies, part of the file known as "Veliaj".

SPAK has listed 13 charges against Veliaj, such as passive corruption, money laundering, failure to declare assets, abuse of office, and bringing items into prison.

The majority of the charges are of passive corruption committed in 9 cases, in relation to several companies that SPAK says received irregular benefits in the form of monetary sums and real estate, which in turn received construction permits and public funds from the Municipality of Tirana. His wife, Ajola Xoxa, is also accused by SPAK of passive corruption in 9 cases in relation to commercial entities and non-profit organizations, the same as Erion Veliaj.

Xoxa is also accused of money laundering, undeclared assets and concealment of income. The businessmen are accused of active corruption of high-ranking state officials or local elected officials, concealment of income and money laundering. Former MP Klotilda Bushka is accused of actions that hinder the discovery of the truth, while Fatjon Baci is the Durrës prison guard who gave Erjon Veliaj the phone during his transfer from the cell to the court, on two occasions.


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