Asset declaration, over 2200 fines for senior officials - In 10 years, 594 declaring entities end up in the Prosecutor's Office
Senior public officials continue to have problems and inaccuracies in declaring their assets.
In fulfilling the objectives of its activity, related to the exercise of full control and administrative investigation to verify the accuracy and veracity of data on assets, income and liabilities declared by officials and persons related to them, as well as the ascertainment of cases of conflict of interest, the High Inspectorate for Asset Declaration, during the past year, has approved and passed into full control, a total of 817 declaring entities, both due to function and based on information received from legal sources.
Specifically, the High Inspectorate, during the reporting period, has had as its object the verification of declarations of private interests for subjects in positions such as deputies, mayors, legal advisors, board members, heads of public institutions, prosecutors/judges, as well as mid-level and senior civil servants managing the public administration.
Referring to the annual report of this institution, for the reporting period, there are a total of 101 administrative "fine" measures, following inaccuracies found in the declarations made.
Meanwhile, for the period 2014 - 2024, a total of 2,231 administrative "fine" measures were applied, a significant portion of which were executed voluntarily or left in force by the Administrative Court.
On the other hand, the High Inspectorate, during the period 2014 - 2024, has referred to the Prosecution Institution, the structures of the General Directorate of Taxes/Tax Investigation, the Financial Intelligence Agency, as well as the State Police, 594 subjects, which included high-level management officials, such as members of the Albanian Parliament, mayors, judges, prosecutors, general directors, etc.
Last year, a total of 23 criminal referrals and other referrals were filed, of which one case was referred to the Special Structure against Corruption and Organized Crime (SPAK).
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