WEEKLY NEWSLETTER 28 APRIL 2014 LEGAL INITIATIVE Harshening senteces for explosives related offences RECORDED DURING THIS WEEK: The Parliamentary committee on Legal Issues, Public Administration and Human Rights approved in principle the draft law on some amendments to the Criminal Code. The amendments aim at addressing in particular the theft of electric energy, CRIMINAL OFFENCES toughening the punishments on explosives related offences, violation of road 635 traffic rules. “We have put forth some amendments to the Criminal Code of the Republic of Albania considering the indispensability of strengthening the fight ARRESTED against criminality. We think that fight against criminality does not imply, as PERPETRATORS wrongly lead to be believed collectively, solely the work done by the State Police, 174 its key element is punishment”, said Minister Tahiri. DETAINED PERPETRATORS 7 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE Miniser Tahiri: HOMICIDES Committed to reform 4 Detected 3 the system Victims 4 The Minister of Internal Affairs, Saimir Tahiri invited the opposition to avoid the SERIOUS INJURIES debate without facts and give up ungrounded accusations and instead provide 4 facts for each accusation it brings up. “The current majority and the government is open to consider any of your accusations grounded on concrete facts, just as we NON-SERIOUS INJURIES are committed to fight corruption with deeds. We have chosen to fight against 30 corruption not only by means of penalties, but by modernizing the system in order to give the citizens the safety of the services offered by the government and the state without the need to give money to certain persons, without having to be the SEIZED DRUGS sons or daughters of certain people, without the need to have a ‘friend’”, said Mariujuana 15.8 kg minister Tahiri in the weekly parliamentary session. Heroine 27.8 gr Cannabis plants 70 TIRANË - HOMICIDE ROAD ACCIDENTS RENEA and Tirana Happened 34 police arrest in record Deceased 6 Seriously injured 11 time the suspected Non-seriously injured 32 Suspected perpetrators of a serious crime which took place in the capital are SEIZED WANTED PERSONS apprehended within a few hours. The 5 persons suspected to have been the authors and accomplices in the murder which happened in the "Zonja Curre" International 4 street in Tirana close to “Ali Demi” field have been arrested in an apartment in National 42 Durrës. This operation was conducted by the RENEA forces and the Tirana police, thanks to an information collected in an operational way at the Durrës police. They were getting ready to leave Albania but the timely intervention of the police impeded them for executing their plan of escaping justice. It is suspected that the Weekly statistics are operational 38 years old male Aurel Zenka, the owner of a bar in the former “Blloku” area, has data been shot dead after trying to get between his two friends arguing on a loan. ANTI CORRUPTION Border police officer bribed by trafficker for crossing, arrested PROSTITUTION A police officer has been arrested by the Internal Control Service (ICS) structures, on grounds of assistance for trafficking abroad a female for prostitution. The Hotel premises arrested police employee holds the position of Assistant Controller at the Durres blocked, 3 border crossing point, Chief inspector Artan Telha. This police officer has assisted against money, Klodjan Novaku to cross the border from Albania to Italy together arrested with A.Sh. The police has also arrested Klodjan Halit Novaku for the criminal offense of “attempted trafficking of adults” and “unauthorized bearing of arms”. A prostitution base in the The investigations on this case started following the reporting of R.Sh., the father capital has been of the female citizen A.Sh., who reported to the police that his daughter has been dismantled. The police fraudulently taken by Klodjan Novaku in order to be trafficked for prostitution. arrested three persons, while two other are being investigated on a free state for exploitation of DIBËR prostitution. The arrested persons are: Agron Koçi, Weapons arsenal 40 years old, previously seized – expertise if sentenced for keeping narcotic substances, used in criminal activity Liljana Aliko, 24 years old, born and resident in Delvina and Oltion An weapons and military ammunitions arsenal was seized by the police in Dibra in Mehmeti, years old born a domicile and their “owner” has been arrested. During the early morning hours of in Skrapar and resident last Thursday, the structures of the Dibra Police Directorate successfully in Durrës. completed the coded operation ”GULINOVI”. As a result, an arsenal of weapons and military ammunitions was seized and Shaban Murati was arrested. In the Hekuran.B, 56 years old domicile of the 63 years old male, the police found and seized 3 63-model guns, 1 the owner of the “Kalaja” automatic gun, 1 heavy machine gun, 1 pistol, 20 gradates, 2800 bullets, 3 police hotel, the hotel which radios and 50 detonators. The seized weapons were sent to the forensics institute has been used for in Tirana and are being examined to find out whether they have been used for any prostitution and the criminal activities. manger of this hotel Nazmije.V, 47 years old, are being investigated in a free state. The unit INTERPOL TIRANA against illegal trafficking 2 persons senteced by has blocked the “Kalaja” hotel which it is the Italian justice, suspected to have been used for prostitution for a arrested pending long time. extradition After receiving reliable In the “Don-Bosko” street in Tirana, the Operational and Search force section has information and arrested the wanted person Viktor Prek Shkoza, 23 years old, born and living in investigating for about Lezha. This citizen has been sentented with 8 years of imprisonment for the one month with special criminal offence of "attempted trafficking of narcotics in collusion” as per articles investigation techniques, 283/a/2,22,25 of the Criminal Code. At the moment of the arrest, Viktor Shkoza the Tirana police had with him a cartridged makrov type pistol. The sector against narcotics and checked the premises of illegal trafficking arrested the internationally wanted person Emiljan Sofo Burba, this hotel to find out that 42 years old. The Appeals Court of Torino in Italy with its decision dated young girls were being 15.04.2014, has sentenced this person with 21 years of imprisonment for the used for prostitution.. criminal offence of "drugs trafficking”. www.punetebrendshme.gov.al .