Kukës Prosecutor Edmond Kariqi has been left under the security measure “prison arrest”. This is a decision of the Special Court against the prosecutor accused of the criminal offense “Passive corruption of judges, prosecutors and other justice officials”, committed in collaboration.
The other three arrested persons, Isuf Gega, Emirjan Beu and Dritan Dedja, were also left in prison.
According to the indictment, Kariqi is suspected of seeking and receiving irregular monetary benefits, in order to favor several persons under investigation.
It is learned that the prosecutor has been intercepted where he took 2 thousand Euros bribe to facilitate the security measure of an arrested person. The investigation was conducted with special methods, such as wiretapping and field surveillance.