The court seizes Valer Xheka’s bank assets He “gave” the union’s property to his father-in-law Prosecutor’s Office: Kleanthi Zoto and his daughter are also under investigation. Here is the scheme used to illegally pocket the rent from the former “11 Shkurti” printing house By KLODIANA LALA The wife and father-in-law of Valer Xheka, former head of the Union of Independent Trade Unions of Albania, will be investigated by the Specialized Task-Force Unit on charges of laundering the proceeds of a criminal offense. The news is confirmed by official prosecution sources, according to which Aleksandra Xheka and Kleanthi Zoto (former lecturer at the Higher Party School) are suspected, in cooperation with Valer Xheka, of having obtained millions from the rent of a Union property, which they privatized illegally. “GSH” has managed to obtain a decision of the Tirana court, which, on the basis of the prosecution’s request, ordered seizure of the properties and assets of Valer Xheka and his family members. In addition to the former printing house “11 Shkurti,” the court has also signed off on the freezing of all Xheka’s bank accounts, the amount of which runs into thousands of euros. Below we reveal.... Continues on page 9

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