Dossier - The Arsidi Trial Statement by Vilson Ahmeti a few days before his arrest, on 13 February 1993 Clarification from the Presidency regarding the medal Arsidi gave to Mr. Berisha Gramoz Pashko, also in February of that year, on Albania’s foreign debt. Letter from Amato to Pashko in December 1992 Arsidi—swindler or victim of the Albanians Dossier - The Arsidi Trial The scandal that rocked a state Statement by Vilson Ahmeti a few days before his arrest, on 13 February 1993 Clarification from the Presidency regarding the medal Arsidi gave to Mr. Berisha Gramoz Pashko, also in February of that year, on Albania’s foreign debt. Letter from Amato to Pashko in December 1992 Arsidi—swindler or victim of the Albanians The moment Arsidi gives the medal to Berisha pages 3–4

PS leader Fatos Nano left Tirana Prison yesterday morning. Without an escort or special police detail, Nano set off for Tepelena at around 9 a.m. Summoned by the judges to testify in the Arsidi case—he came to the capital last Friday—after completing his testimony, the Socialist leader asked the presiding judge to “take measures to return me to my home for this ten-year term”; the request was not taken into consideration. After a three-day stay in Unit 313, his prison vehicle, accompanied by two other vehicles belonging to the Brisku forces, set off for Tepelena Prison. Z.D.

—He had been hiding in the basement of his house Another escaped prisoner has had no luck. He is 27-year-old Tomorr Haxhia, who was caught late at night on 17 January in the basement of his house, near Lapraka. Meanwhile, also last night, another escapee slipped through the police’s hands; he had been sheltered at his aunt’s house here in Tirana. Traces led the police of Precinct No. 3 to Tomorr Haxhia’s home, not far from Lapraka, where he was found hiding after a thorough search of the house’s basement. Haxhia, who had been sentenced twice by the court, over the past two days has [illegible text?]... According to the authorities at Tirana Prison, Tomor Haxhia had been sentenced for the second time for the intentional murder of a woman using automatic gunfire, and had received a 22-year prison sentence. With his arrest, the number of escapees captured by the Albanian law-enforcement agencies has reached four. It seems that, following systematic police searches and the imposition of strict measures throughout the country, rewards for anyone who helps secure an arrest have also multiplied. But the police efforts have not been without setbacks. Last night, when T. Haxhia was arrested, the police returned empty-handed from the apartment of the aunt of one of the wanted men. Citizen Ismet Daja, fined ady-[?] ...also known to the police as Xhuljani), sentenced for “robbery in complicity,” had left his aunt’s home near NSHT-Tulla No. 1 just moments before the police arrived. A search of the home uncovered several personal belongings of his as evidence that he had been staying there, which he had not managed to remove. What is striking is that in both cases no action was taken against those hiding the escapees, nor were they detained. “It is essential to take such measures against those who shelter escaped prisoners,” appealed a senior official of the Police Directorate. Z.D.

They had helped 20 prisoners escape They will have to pay the first price for the major escape of 15 January: 11 officers from Unit 313 and one from Unit 88, against whom the Tirana Military Prosecutor’s Office ordered detention yesterday. The first price they will have to pay for the major escape of 15 January will be paid by 11 officers from Unit 313 and one from Unit 88, against whom the Tirana Military Prosecutor’s Office ordered detention yesterday. In the early afternoon yesterday, following lengthy consultations at the Military Prosecutor’s Office among the group of military investigators who will handle the case, 12 of the 13 detained officers were notified that they were being placed under arrest. The investigation into the escape of 20 prisoners from Tirana Prison on the night of 15 January had, by the evening of 17 January, become focused on the 16 [unclear in source]. Yesterday, at 3 p.m., the 12 officers were also served with arrest warrants, linking their fate inextricably to the escape of the 20 prisoners. Among those arrested are a police officer and a non-commissioned officer who were on duty on the night of 15 January. The charge currently brought against them—“breach of guard-service regulations”—is nevertheless not as grave as the escape of the 20 prisoners. So far, however, suspicion has not fallen on the prison authorities, although administrative measures against them may be taken. This information was provided by officers from Unit 313, one officer from Unit 88, as well as four escapees caught by the police. Thus, after a meeting lasting several hours with the large group of investigators who will investigate this case—the investigation has been entrusted to a special team of six investigators, whose person in charge is P. Pusha—the Tirana Military Prosecutor’s Office decided yesterday at midday to place 12 officers under arrest. The only one to regain his freedom after spending 24 hours in the holding cells was one of the special-forces officers from Unit 88, who was released [?]

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