{"id":28641,"date":"2022-01-05T11:18:48","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T10:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=28641"},"modified":"2022-01-05T11:21:46","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T10:21:46","slug":"former-internal-affairs-minister-saimir-tahiris-hearing-gets-postponed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/former-internal-affairs-minister-saimir-tahiris-hearing-gets-postponed\/","title":{"rendered":"Hearing of former interior minister, Saimir Tahiri gets postponed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The hearing session for the former minister of internal affairs, Saimir Tahiri, has been postponed to a later date. Judge Florjan Kalaja, who was appointed to oversee his case as part of the judicial tribunal, has asked for more time so that he can get acquainted with all the acts.<\/p>\n<p>Kalaja was assigned as a judge in Tahiri\u2019s case following Daniela Shirka\u2019s resignation ahead of the former minister\u2019s hearing.<\/p>\n<p>The Prosecution began investigations against Tahiri after the publication of several phone records in an Italian probe involving the \u2018Habilaj\u2019 mafia group.<\/p>\n<p>The former minister was accused of \u2018narcotics trafficking in collaboration with a structured criminal group\u2019, but these charges were dropped in court.<\/p>\n<p>At the Special Appeals Court for Corruption and Organized Crime, former minister, Saimir Tahiri is asking to be completely acquitted while the Prosecution is still claiming that he needs to be convicted for drug trafficking.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/09\/28\/tahiri-trial-high-court-takes-case-to-special-court-of-appeals\/\">Tahiri trial, High Court takes case to Special Court of Appeals<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><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 class=\"title-post\"><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<\/ul>\n<div>\n<div class=\"spot-im-replies-count\" data-post-id=\"eneu21200\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The hearing session for the former minister of internal affairs, Saimir Tahiri, has been postponed to a later date. 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