INTERVIEW / AKKP DIRECTOR SONILA QATO: HOW WE WILL ACT WITH THE OWNERS The Director of the Property Return and Compensation Agency: We have identified 21 thousand hectares that will be included in the compensation fund. Most owners have been refused return. (In photo:) AKKP’s Gen
Prosecutor’s Office Bank of Albania, Bitraj, seizure over transfers abroad On page 6
HEAD OF THE STOCK CASH DESK: I DID IT ALONE On page 7
THE HEAD OF THE CASH DESK: I ACTED ALONE On page 7
THE PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE Bank of Albania, Bitraj, seizure over transfers abroad On page 6
INTERVIEW/ HEAD OF AKKP, SONILA QATO: HOW WE WILL ACT WITH THE OWNERS Director of Restitution and Compensation of Property: We have identified 21 thousand hectares that will be included in the compensation fund. Most owners have been denied restitution. (In the photo:) The Genera
Audit Report The surprise is that this year the amount of lek increased by as much as was stolen by Bitraj. The audit found no anomalies ► PAGES 10-11
COMPENSATION The theft from the Bank of Albania, the court: Bitraj and Bruzia return the 713 million you stole PAGE 13
The statement given at the prosecutor’s office is made public. The casino owners in Laç are questioned ▶ F11
EXCLUSIVE / A1 REPORT THE IMAGES OF THE THEFT 110 TIMES IN FRONT OF THE CAMERAS TO ROB THE TREASURE Here is how Bitraj took out 5 million new lekë each time from the safe. Fullani had placed an electrician and a plumber on the commission that counted the money PAGES 2-3
THE BSH FILE: HOW THE SAFES WERE BOUGHT AFTER THE THEFT The July 30 request and the emails for urgent purchases after Ardian Bitraj’s surrender are revealed. Phone boxes and printer ink were found in place of the money. THE BSH FILE HOW THE SAFES WERE BOUGHT AFTER THE THEFT The J
THE TESTIMONY REVEALED ► PAGE 11 Ardian Bitraj: With one hand I stole 100 million lek The full document is revealed. Treasury officer: I knew how many lek I had stolen. I left the bags of money at three betting shops
FILE/ THE PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE: IRREGULARITIES, ÇOLLAKU DID NOT ISSUE THE SUB-LEGAL ACTS //“BANK WITHOUT A SAFE” The Prosecutor’s Office: The fault lies with the head of the Treasury The irony of the scandal: Ardian Bitraj had a personal safe in his office, but the BoA did not buy
Bitraj, his nephew and Mimoza Bruzia are the only ones in court for the theft ► PAGE 4
BANK OF ALBANIA CASE FILE Inventory in the middle of the night to uncover the Treasury money Immediately after Bitraj’s testimony, Elisabeta Gjoni orders the money inventory to be carried out PAGE 8 Facsimile of the inventory reports carried out in July 2014
By DRITAN HILA Desperately Fullani
BOA REPORT / THE BANK “VERIFIES” ITSELF: 713 MILLION LEK MISSING 80 PAGES IN THE PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE Inventory at the BoA confirms Bitraj Three employees of the Bank of Albania, equipped with a security certificate, swore an oath at the prosecutor’s office before carrying out the
INTERVIEW/ “The prosecutors know the reason. I feel sorry for boss Fullani” Mystery, Bitraj: Why did I steal from the Cash Desk? I had a very strong reason, I can’t speak any longer (In the photo:) The man accused of the theft at the Bank of Albania, Ardian Bitraj. The former gov
Inventory at the Bank of Albania confirms Bitraj BSH REPORT / THE BANK “VERIFIES” ITSELF: 713 MILLION LEK ARE MISSING The three employees of the Bank of Albania equipped with security certificates swore in at the prosecutor’s office before checking the stolen vaults of the State
INTERVIEW/ “The prosecutors know the reason. I feel sorry for boss Fullani” Mystery, Bitraj: Why did I steal from the Stock Cash Desk? I had a strong reason, I can’t speak any longer (In the photo:) The accused in the theft at the Bank of Albania, Ardian Bitraj. The former Govern