{"id":28103,"date":"2021-12-23T19:03:34","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T18:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=28103"},"modified":"2021-12-23T19:04:21","modified_gmt":"2021-12-23T18:04:21","slug":"vat-fraud-and-money-laundering-prosecution-seeks-20-years-prison-sentence-for-francesco-becchetti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/vat-fraud-and-money-laundering-prosecution-seeks-20-years-prison-sentence-for-francesco-becchetti\/","title":{"rendered":"VAT fraud and money laundering, Prosecution seeks 20-years prison sentence for Francesco Becchetti"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Tirana Prosecution Office wants to sentence Italian businessman Francesco Becchetti to 20 years behind bars.<\/p>\n<p>Beccheti is accused for money laundering, document fraud and creating fraudulent schemes.<\/p>\n<p>Some months ago, Albania lost a lawsuit against the Italian former media owner after the latter sought compensation for shutting down his television channel in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The appeal of the Albanian state was overruled, leaving in force a judgment of the Arbitrage Court from 2019 requiring that Albania pay \u20ac110 million after deeming that the reason why Agon Channel was shut down was \u201cpolitically motivated\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Democratic Party sought a few months to launch an investigation on the Albanian authorities who are responsible for the lawsuit, which was overturned by the majority citing confidentiality.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/10\/25\/dp-submits-request-to-constitutional-over-becchetti-commission\/\">DP submits request to Constitutional over Becchetti Commission<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/10\/11\/sp-to-vote-against-the-inquiry-commission-on-becchetti-trial\/\">SP to vote against the Inquiry Commission on \u2018Becchetti\u2019 trial<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Tirana Prosecution Office wants to sentence Italian businessman Francesco Becchetti to 20 years behind bars. 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