The State Police has provided details regarding the arrest in France of Ermal Beqiri, who was wanted by the Special Prosecution Office (SPAK) following an affair involving AKSHI.
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In an official statement published late on July 28, the police explained that 44-year-old Ermal Beqiri was initially stopped by France’s Air and Space Force, which then referred the case to the French Gendarmerie.
He is currently being held in pretrial detention, while today (July 29) he is expected to appear before the Amiens Criminal Court, where the international warrant issued against him will be officially communicated to him as part of the procedures for his extradition to Albania.
The Special Court of First Instance against Corruption and Organized Crime has imposed the personal security measure of “imprisonment” on this citizen for the criminal offenses of “Unlawful deprivation of liberty,” “Unlawful competition through violence,” committed in the special form of cooperation as a structured criminal group, “Violation of the equality of participants in tenders or public auctions,” “Structured criminal group,” “Commission of criminal offenses by a criminal organization and a structured criminal group,” as well as “Laundering of the proceeds of a criminal offense.”
Statement:
Following the close cooperation between Interpol Tirana and Interpol Lyon, France, and after the exchange of information between the two structures, the French authorities confirmed the arrest, in the city of Amiens, France, of Ermal Beqiri, 44, who was internationally wanted at the request of the Special Prosecution Office against Corruption and Organized Crime (SPAK).
The Special Court of First Instance against Corruption and Organized Crime has imposed the personal security measure of “imprisonment” on this citizen for the criminal offenses of “Unlawful deprivation of liberty,” “Unlawful competition through violence,” committed in the special form of cooperation as a structured criminal group, “Violation of the equality of participants in tenders or public auctions,” “Structured criminal group,” “Commission of criminal offenses by a criminal organization and a structured criminal group,” as well as “Laundering of the proceeds of a criminal offense.”
Ermal Beqiri was initially stopped by France’s Air and Space Force, which then referred the case to the French Gendarmerie.
He is currently being held in pretrial detention. The following day, he is expected to appear before the Amiens Criminal Court, where the international warrant issued against him will be officially communicated to him as part of the procedures for his extradition to Albania.
Arrest
Businessman Ermal Beqiri, who was internationally wanted by SPAK, was arrested by the French authorities following an aviation incident near a nuclear power plant.
Beqiri, against whom the measure of “imprisonment” was imposed in absentia, is accused of benefiting from public tenders, and procedures for his extradition to Albania are now expected to begin. According to the French media, Beqiri was detained following an aviation incident near the Penly nuclear power plant in Seine-Maritime. The small civilian aircraft he was piloting flew over the plant’s protected area, prompting the French authorities to escort it with an Air Force aircraft to Albert Airport. After landing, the pilot was detained by police. French media reported that Ermal B. had previously been known to the French and Albanian justice systems over matters related to financial fraud, organized fraud and illegal cyber activities.
During the search, police found three “AirTag” tracking devices hidden in his clothing, while investigators are verifying the circumstances of the incident and whether he may have acted under the influence of another person. Beqiri claimed that he had made a mistake regarding the flight altitude and that he was speaking on the phone with his mother when he flew over the plant. He was fined 7,000 euros for violating the restricted airspace and handed over to the authorities for further proceedings, including extradition to Albania.
The Special Court against Corruption and Organized Crime (GJKKO) had previously imposed the security measure of “imprisonment” in absentia on Beqiri, at the request of the Special Prosecution Office (SPAK). Beqiri owns the company “Soft & Solution” and is accused of obtaining tenders worth more than 1.1 million euros after the right-hand man of Ergys Agasi threatened a company involved in one of the numerous bidding contests.
