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The vetting session at the KPA for the former chief prosecutor of Vlora, Aurel Zarka, is postponed

2025-11-13 19:55:53Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Aurel Zarka

The Special Chamber of Appeal, KPA, decided to postpone the vetting session of the former head of the Vlora Prosecution, Aurel Zarka, based on a request from the international observer, Francesco Ciardi, for the administration of acts related to the criminal case filed against him by SPAK, for corruption and illegal influence in the “Toyota Auris” case. At the beginning of the session on Thursday, Ciardi brought to attention the fact that the criminal process against this subject of re-evaluation continues in the Special Structure and requested the postponement of the session to enable the receipt in the form required by law of the acts related to the notification of the accusation by SPAK against Zarka; the decision of the Special Court of First Instance as well as that of the Appeal.

The representative of the head of SPAK, prosecutor Adnan Xholi, agreed with the request for the administration of the acts. Meanwhile, Zarka's legal representative, lawyer Julian Mërtiri, pointed out that he had requested that the case be suspended until a final decision was issued. He noted that the Special Appeal a day earlier decided to overturn the first instance decision by returning the case for trial, and therefore there is no sentence for the subject. Regarding the request of the international observer, Mërtiri said that he left it to the assessment of the trial panel.

After retiring to the deliberation room, the College decided to accept the request of the observer of the International Monitoring Operation and adjourned the session to January 29 of the following year, at 10:00.

Zarka was confirmed in office by the Independent Qualification Commission on June 28 last year, after a brief hearing in which no problems were noted that could affect him. But a month later, on July 30, he was arrested by the Special Prosecution Office for illegal influence in eight criminal cases being investigated in four different prosecutors' offices, which are mainly related to organized crime activities such as money laundering or drug cultivation. The main interest was related to the criminal case known publicly as the “Toyota Auris”, which was registered after the blocking in the port of Durres in June 2018 of 3.4 million euros in cash, hidden in two used cars imported from Belgium.

After the confirmation decision by the KPK was made public, ONM reacted and requested an appeal of the case, referring mainly to the findings related to the charges raised by SPAK. The Public Commissioner followed the same logic in the appeal submitted to the College, noting that reasonable suspicions have been created from the criminal investigation that the persons under investigation, including Zarka, in collaboration and in some cases, have offered and promised irregular benefits to exert influence over justice officials.


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