{"id":21154,"date":"2021-09-28T10:14:56","date_gmt":"2021-09-28T08:14:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=21154"},"modified":"2021-09-28T12:15:23","modified_gmt":"2021-09-28T10:15:23","slug":"tahiri-trial-hearing-to-be-brought-before-the-high-court-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/tahiri-trial-hearing-to-be-brought-before-the-high-court-today\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Tahiri\u2019 trial brought before the High Court for re-examination, SPAK seeks retrial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The re-examination of the case against former interior minister, Saimir Tahiri, has wrapped up at the High Court, with SPAK seeking to uphold the verdict made by the First Instance Court.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Tahiri\u2019s defense attorney has asked that this decision be overturned asking for the case to be brought before a different judicial body in the Court of Appeals.<\/p>\n<p>Tahiri has been accused of drug trafficking and being an accessory to a crime in collaboration with the \u2018Habilaj\u2019 clan.<\/p>\n<p>In the first instance court, Tahiri was charged with a 3-year probation sentence on charges of abuse of power, prompting the Special Court of Appeals to overturn this verdict and release an order to retry Tahiri and bring him before a different judicial body.<\/p>\n<p>Tahiri in turn, appealed this verdict taking the case before the High Court, which will decide on the continuity of one of the most infamous cases concerning Albanian public officials in recent years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"vc_row_inner tdi_170_1aa zmadhim-teksti vc_row vc_inner wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_inner tdi_178_31b  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-inner-column td-pb-span9\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_180_212 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_1 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_180_212\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/08\/05\/appeal-court-leaves-former-deputy-interior-minister-to-house-arrest\/\">Appeal court leaves former deputy interior minister to house arrest<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/08\/02\/spak-appeals-courts-decision-rejecting-new-probe-against-former-minister\/\">SPAK appeals court\u2019s decision rejecting new probe against former minister<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/07\/28\/special-court-to-rule-whether-to-release-lushnje-mayor-on-bail-while-pending-trial\/\">Former mayor to remain in prison while awaiting trial, appeal court decides<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_row_inner tdi_182_458  vc_row vc_inner wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_inner tdi_184_d2e  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-inner-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper td_block_wrap td_block_wrap tdb_single_current_post tdi_185_9d2  td-pb-border-top td_block_template_1\">\n<div class=\"td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The re-examination of the case against former interior minister, Saimir Tahiri, has wrapped up at the High Court, with SPAK seeking to uphold the verdict made by the First Instance Court. Meanwhile, Tahiri\u2019s defense attorney has asked that this decision be overturned asking for the case to be brought before a different judicial body in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":21156,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[150,151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\u2018Tahiri\u2019 trial brought before the High Court for re-examination, SPAK seeks retrial - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/tahiri-trial-hearing-to-be-brought-before-the-high-court-today\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u2018Tahiri\u2019 trial brought before the High Court for re-examination, SPAK seeks retrial - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The re-examination of the case against former interior minister, Saimir Tahiri, has wrapped up at the High Court, with SPAK seeking to uphold the verdict made by the First Instance Court. Meanwhile, Tahiri\u2019s defense attorney has asked that this decision be overturned asking for the case to be brought before a different judicial body in [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/tahiri-trial-hearing-to-be-brought-before-the-high-court-today\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/euronews.al\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-09-28T08:14:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-09-28T10:15:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/d02a57d7141b0efbbbb601e38338f85a.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"899\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"506\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Nen Si\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@euronewsalbania\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@euronewsalbania\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Nen Si\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/tahiri-trial-hearing-to-be-brought-before-the-high-court-today\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/tahiri-trial-hearing-to-be-brought-before-the-high-court-today\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Nen Si\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/444d280f35e047949b7f0bc08093608f\"},\"headline\":\"\u2018Tahiri\u2019 trial brought before the High Court for re-examination, SPAK seeks retrial\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-09-28T08:14:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-09-28T10:15:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/tahiri-trial-hearing-to-be-brought-before-the-high-court-today\/\"},\"wordCount\":206,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/tahiri-trial-hearing-to-be-brought-before-the-high-court-today\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/d02a57d7141b0efbbbb601e38338f85a.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Kryesor 1\",\"Kryesoret\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Albania\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/tahiri-trial-hearing-to-be-brought-before-the-high-court-today\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/tahiri-trial-hearing-to-be-brought-before-the-high-court-today\/\",\"name\":\"\u2018Tahiri\u2019 trial brought before the High Court for re-examination, SPAK seeks retrial - Euronews Albania\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/tahiri-trial-hearing-to-be-brought-before-the-high-court-today\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/tahiri-trial-hearing-to-be-brought-before-the-high-court-today\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/d02a57d7141b0efbbbb601e38338f85a.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-09-28T08:14:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-09-28T10:15:23+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/tahiri-trial-hearing-to-be-brought-before-the-high-court-today\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/tahiri-trial-hearing-to-be-brought-before-the-high-court-today\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/tahiri-trial-hearing-to-be-brought-before-the-high-court-today\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/d02a57d7141b0efbbbb601e38338f85a.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/d02a57d7141b0efbbbb601e38338f85a.jpg\",\"width\":899,\"height\":506,\"caption\":\"Former Albanian Minister of Interior, Saimir Tahiri\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/tahiri-trial-hearing-to-be-brought-before-the-high-court-today\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"\u2018Tahiri\u2019 trial brought before the High Court for re-examination, SPAK seeks retrial\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Euronews Albania\",\"description\":\"Top stories in Albania, Kosovo and the Balkans\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Euronews Albania\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/logo-mobile-euronews-albania-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/logo-mobile-euronews-albania-1.png\",\"width\":280,\"height\":33,\"caption\":\"Euronews Albania\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/euronews.al\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/euronewsalbania\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/444d280f35e047949b7f0bc08093608f\",\"name\":\"Nen Si\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/author\/nensi\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"\u2018Tahiri\u2019 trial brought before the High Court for re-examination, SPAK seeks retrial - Euronews Albania","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/tahiri-trial-hearing-to-be-brought-before-the-high-court-today\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"\u2018Tahiri\u2019 trial brought before the High Court for re-examination, SPAK seeks retrial - Euronews Albania","og_description":"The re-examination of the case against former interior minister, Saimir Tahiri, has wrapped up at the High Court, with SPAK seeking to uphold the verdict made by the First Instance Court. Meanwhile, Tahiri\u2019s defense attorney has asked that this decision be overturned asking for the case to be brought before a different judicial body in [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/tahiri-trial-hearing-to-be-brought-before-the-high-court-today\/","og_site_name":"Euronews Albania","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/euronews.al\/","article_published_time":"2021-09-28T08:14:56+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-09-28T10:15:23+00:00","og_image":[{"width":899,"height":506,"url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/d02a57d7141b0efbbbb601e38338f85a.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Nen Si","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@euronewsalbania","twitter_site":"@euronewsalbania","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Nen Si","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/tahiri-trial-hearing-to-be-brought-before-the-high-court-today\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/tahiri-trial-hearing-to-be-brought-before-the-high-court-today\/"},"author":{"name":"Nen Si","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/444d280f35e047949b7f0bc08093608f"},"headline":"\u2018Tahiri\u2019 trial brought before the High Court for re-examination, SPAK seeks retrial","datePublished":"2021-09-28T08:14:56+00:00","dateModified":"2021-09-28T10:15:23+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/tahiri-trial-hearing-to-be-brought-before-the-high-court-today\/"},"wordCount":206,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/tahiri-trial-hearing-to-be-brought-before-the-high-court-today\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/d02a57d7141b0efbbbb601e38338f85a.jpg","keywords":["Kryesor 1","Kryesoret"],"articleSection":["Albania"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/tahiri-trial-hearing-to-be-brought-before-the-high-court-today\/","url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/tahiri-trial-hearing-to-be-brought-before-the-high-court-today\/","name":"\u2018Tahiri\u2019 trial brought before the High Court for re-examination, SPAK seeks retrial - Euronews Albania","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/tahiri-trial-hearing-to-be-brought-before-the-high-court-today\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/tahiri-trial-hearing-to-be-brought-before-the-high-court-today\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/d02a57d7141b0efbbbb601e38338f85a.jpg","datePublished":"2021-09-28T08:14:56+00:00","dateModified":"2021-09-28T10:15:23+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/tahiri-trial-hearing-to-be-brought-before-the-high-court-today\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/tahiri-trial-hearing-to-be-brought-before-the-high-court-today\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/tahiri-trial-hearing-to-be-brought-before-the-high-court-today\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/d02a57d7141b0efbbbb601e38338f85a.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/d02a57d7141b0efbbbb601e38338f85a.jpg","width":899,"height":506,"caption":"Former Albanian Minister of Interior, Saimir Tahiri"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/tahiri-trial-hearing-to-be-brought-before-the-high-court-today\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"\u2018Tahiri\u2019 trial brought before the High Court for re-examination, SPAK seeks retrial"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/","name":"Euronews Albania","description":"Top stories in Albania, Kosovo and the Balkans","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#organization","name":"Euronews Albania","url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/logo-mobile-euronews-albania-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/logo-mobile-euronews-albania-1.png","width":280,"height":33,"caption":"Euronews Albania"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/euronews.al\/","https:\/\/x.com\/euronewsalbania"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/444d280f35e047949b7f0bc08093608f","name":"Nen Si","sameAs":["http:\/\/euronews.al\/en"],"url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/author\/nensi\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21154"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21154\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}