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Albania’s Special Anti-Corruption Prosecution (SPAK) has completed its investigation and formally sent Tirana Mayor Erion Veliaj to trial on Wednesday. Veliaj faces 13 charges, including passive corruption, money laundering, failure...

The head of Albania’s Special Prosecution Office (SPAK), Altin Dumani, concluded a visit to the United States, where he held meetings in Washington on September 2–3 with officials from the...

The Special Prosecution (SPAK) has sent former president Ilir Meta and MP Monika Kryemadhi to trial, announcing three charges against them: corruption, money laundering, and failure to declare assets. Why...

Through his lawyers, Tirana Mayor Erion Veliaj filed a motion dated 13 August asking Albania’s Special Court (GJKKO) to declare the investigation against him invalid. Veliaj, who has been in...

Europol says the drug-trafficking group unmasked last week—credited by SPAK with moving 28 tons of cocaine from Latin America to Europe—demonstrates the “strong connections” Albanian actors maintain with other criminal...

Albania’s Special Prosecution against Corruption and Organized Crime (SPAK) struck another alleged international drug-trafficking group, seeking 16 suspects under Special Court warrants. The operation spanned Tirana, Durrës, Elbasan and Lushnjë....

The Albanian Tax Administration has launched a nationwide operation targeting owners of luxury vehicles purchased in 2023 and 2024 who lack declared income. The action follows a data-sharing agreement between...

A total of 52 arrest warrants have been issued by Albanian and Italian authorities as part of a joint investigation aimed at dismantling a large-scale international drug trafficking network operating...