Albania Court Suspends Spy Chief, Orders House Arrest in Graft Probe
SPAK says the suspension and house arrest are part of a broader probe into corruption at the National Agency for Information Society, which handled 19 contracts worth 5.9 billion lek.
- On Tuesday, anti-corruption prosecutors placed Vlora Hyseni, head of Albania's State Intelligence Service , under house arrest for allegedly revealing state secrets and assisting an offender.
- Investigations center on the National Agency for Information Society , where SPAK alleges officials pre-selected tender winners and diverted about 59 million euros in procedures to organized crime groups.
- Former Chief of Police Ilir Proda was questioned by SPAK, while authorities arrested AKSHI director Mirlinda Karcanaj's deputy, Hava Delibashi, and businessman Ermal Beqiraj, who remains under arrest in France.
- Opposition MPs urged President Bajram Begaj to convene the State Security Council, while Socialist MP Blendi Cuci stated, "Nothing is true until proven by the courts."
- Hyseni, formerly of the Kosovo Intelligence Agency , has led SHISH since 2023 following a controversial appointment; analyst Mentor Kikia wrote, "In this country, the problem is that even the end has no end.
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Vlora Hyseni has been suspended from her duties and is suspected of having disclosed confidential information and of having contributed to the protection of suspects.
In the latest development of a corruption case shaking the Albanian Government, intelligence chief Flora Hessini surrendered herself at the border with Kosovo, against suspicion of leaking classified information about digital service management investigations.
The head of Albanian intelligence services, Vlora Hyseni, surrendered to the authorities on Tuesday, after the Anti-Corruption Park issued an arrest warrant on his behalf, notes AFP. Article Coldea's friend while advising Edy Rama, Vlora Hyseni, the director of the SRI's counterpart service in Albania, was first dismissed in Romania TV.
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Hindustan TimesAlbania security chief surrenders after arrest warrant
Albania's state intelligence chief turned herself in on Tuesday after the country's corruption prosecutors issued an arrest warrant for her in a graft probe also involving a senior police figure. The Special Prosecution Office against Corruption and Organised Crime (SPAK) said in a statement earlier Tuesday that it had ordered the suspension of the State Intelligence Service director Vlora Hyseni and that she be placed under house arrest on susp…
SPAK investigation focuses on Albanian intelligence chief under house arrest. Albanian police have arrested the head of the country’s intelligence service (SHISH), Vlora Hyseni, who allegedly leaked confidential information from an investigation to a businessman in order for him to avoid arrest. She returned from Azerbaijan and was handed over to authorities Vlora Hyseni was in Baku, Azerbaijan, where she was participating in an international f…
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Naslovi.netThe Director of the Albanian Intelligence Service (ŠIŠ), Vljora Hiseni, who was dismissed by Prime Minister Edi Rama from Washington, was arrested at the Vrbnica border crossing and escorted by the police to Tirana. She was given two measures - "house arrest" and "suspension from duty".
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