The two OSHEE employees who were filmed taking bribes, have been arrested by the Tirana police. They are accused of the criminal offense “Passive corruption of persons exercising public functions”.
“Regarding the case broadcast last night, on the investigative show ‘Fiks Fare’, which was about 2 employees of OSHEE, who took different amounts of money from a citizen, with the aim of reimbursing the electricity and changing the charging for its subject (bakery), we inform you that: Specialists of the Section for the Investigation of Economic and Financial Crimes, after the publication of the footage, organized the work under the direction of the Special Prosecution Against Corruption and Organized Crime, for the capture and bringing to the fore the legal responsibility of the citizens who appear in the video.
Following the actions, the specialists of the Section for the Investigation of Economic and Financial Crimes of the DVP Tirana arrested the citizens: A. P., 54 years old and R. K., 63 years old, both residents of Tirana, for the criminal offense “Passive corruption of persons exercising public functions”. “, says the police announcement.
As material evidence, 500,000 ALL and 3 mobile phones were seized, while the procedural materials were handed over to the Special Prosecution Against Corruption and Organized Crime for further action, the same sources add.
Earlier, OSHEE announced the initiation of a proceeding against two employees.
