MP Arben Ahmetaj Under Investigation for Four Criminal Offenses

MP of the Socialist Party, Arben Ahmetaj, is officially under investigation by the Special Prosecutor's Office. 

Ahmetaj is being investigated for 4 criminal offenses such as abuse of office, passive corruption, concealment of assets and cleaning of the proceeds of crime, which belongs to the incinerator of Elbasan. 

Two proceedings have been registered against Ahmetaj, one with number 30 dated February 24, 2023 after the report of the journalist Adriatik Doçi and another proceeding earlier on September 19, 2022, where the Special Prosecutor's Office had registered criminal proceedings 277/1, fraction of the Incinerator file of Elbasani.

Both of these proceedings against Arben Ahmetjat have been joined and are being investigated as one, by order of the prosecutor of the case. Precisely within the framework of these investigations, checks were carried out on March 8 in the apartment of Arben Ahmetaj's cohabitant or in their villa in Hamallaj. 

Arben Ahmetaj, in the role of Minister of Finance, is suspected of favoring Klodian Zoto's company in order to benefit from the Elbasan Incinerator concession.