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Albanian’s Idiot Mafia: Acquittal highlights Albania’s ‘culture of impunity’

Corruption | 20.01.2012

Acquittal highlights Albania’s ‘culture of impunity’

Ilir Meta

The charges against Meta didn’t stick

 

A landmark bribery case against one of Albania’s highest ranking politicians has ended in acquittal, a year after anti-corruption protests swept the nation. Observers call it a missed opportunity.

 

Former Deputy Prime Minister Ilir Meta lost his post last year after a video showing him manipulating a public tender was released to the public. The footage, in which he appeared to attempt to benefit from the contracting process for a planned hydroelectric power station, sparked nationwide outrage.

This week, one year on, Meta was cleared of bribery and abuse of power. Observers call it a disappointing, if not unexpected, verdict.

“The Albanians see their government as a pathological patronage system,” Balkan expert and journalist Norbert Mappes-Niediek told Deutsche Welle. “They no longer have confidence that it really acts according to comprehensible laws.”

Mappes-Niediek said that the ruling would be viewed as a scandal in Albania, and he fears it could trigger public outrage. Last January, four people died in anti-corruption protests which had been sparked by the Meta video.

Forced out

Meta, 43, is regarded as an enigmatic player in Albania’s political scene. In the late 1990’s, at just 30 years old, he became Prime Minister and later served, at various junctures, as foreign minister, deputy prime minister and economics minister.

Ilir Meta and German Foreign Minister Guido WesterwelleMeta (l.) has served in several roles including foreign ministerHe is the head of the Socialist Movement for Integration (LSI), a breakaway group from the Socialist Party, which Meta has led to become the third largest political force in the country. The LSI is now part of the current government coalition led by the Democratic Party.

After the release of the incriminating video, which had been filmed in secret by of one of his closest confidantes, a growing tide of public pressure built up against Meta. He resigned from his government positions in response, but maintained his innocence and remained party chairman of the LSI.

In May 2011, criminal charges were brought. The prosecutors demanded two years’ imprisonment and a fine. After the court declared him innocent this week, Meta called a news conference to hail his acquittal as a “victory of law over corruption and organized crime.”

Trial irregularities

Meta’s win in court highlights the fact that the neurtality of the country’s judiciary deserves to be questioned.

“What was at issue in the trial was whether a secretly recorded video could be admitted as evidence,” said Mappes-Niediek, the Balkan expert.

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DW: Wenn Volks Terroristen die “Kultur der Straflosigkeit” in Albanien zelebrieren

Ilir Meta is a Long time partner of the german mafia organisation Lobby Organisation DAW , for over 10 years!

Senior Albanian security official charged with murder in killing of protesters

 

January 23
TIRANA, Albania — A senior Albanian security official was charged with murder on Monday and placed under house arrest regarding the deaths of four opposition supporters who where shot during an anti-government demonstration a year ago.

The action was taken against Ndrea Prendi, head of a state security service for government institutions and officials, after reviewing the results of an inquiry assisted by the FBI, said Prosecutor General Ina Rama. Two other officials — Prendi’s driver, Margarit Kume, and an IT technician for the prime minister, Armando Kasaj — were arrested and charged with concealing evidence in the murder case, Rama said.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/

January 23, 2012
Albania: Security Official Charged With Killing Protesters

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

 

A senior Albanian security official was charged with murder on Monday and placed under house arrest regarding the deaths of four opposition supporters who where shot during an antigovernment demonstration a year ago. The charge against Ndrea Prendi, head of a state security service for government institutions and officials, was filed after the review of an inquiry assisted by the FBI, said Ina Rama, the prosecutor general. Two other officials — Mr. Prendi’s driver, Margarit Kume, and an IT technician for the prime minister, Armando Kasaj — were also arrested and charged with concealing evidence in the case, Mr. Rama said. Last year, six other lower-ranking security officers were charged with murder in the case and remain under investigation. The four protesters were killed in January 2011 during a rally against what the opposition said was corruption and vote rigging by the conservative government….

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/24l

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