{"id":32906,"date":"2022-03-14T14:44:16","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T13:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=32906"},"modified":"2022-03-14T14:44:41","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T13:44:41","slug":"high-court-rules-to-keep-rezard-tacis-driver-and-brother-in-law-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/high-court-rules-to-keep-rezard-tacis-driver-and-brother-in-law-in-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"High Court rules to keep Rezard Taci\u2019s driver and brother-in-law in prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>High Court has refused Artur Balla and Bledar Lilo\u2019s recourse \u2013 both of whom were accused of money laundering by SPAK.<\/p>\n<p>The driver and brother-in-law of major oil businessman Rezard Taci, will continue to remain in prison.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, an international arrest warrant has been released against Taci, who is wanted on the same charges.<\/p>\n<p>Lilo and Balla have pleaded innocent on all counts. During recourse, Lilo claimed that he knew nothing about his boss\u2019s business practices as he only served as a personal driver.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Taci\u2019s brother-in-law has asked for a more lenient security measure but was met with the court\u2019s rejection on both of his appeals.<\/p>\n<p>In November 2021, SPAK arrested Lilo and Balla and released an official arrest warrant against businessman Rezard Taci, currently an international fugitive.<\/p>\n<p>SPAK has specified that the two suspects were arrested due to their involvement in money-laundering practices. Both Lilo and Balla would do this by conducting financial transactions through a second-tier bank in Albania and other foreign institutions, mainly in Switzerland.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/11\/16\/plenary-session-suspended-after-near-physical-altercation-between-salianji-and-brace\/\">Plenary session suspended after near physical altercation between Salianji and Brace<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2020\/12\/01\/former-justice-minister-manjani-normative-acts-ruined-constitutional-hierarchy\/\">Former Justice Minister Manjani: Normative acts ruined constitutional hierarchy<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/programs\/raw-politics\/2021\/07\/09\/spartak-ngjela-political-parties-have-been-seized-by-corruption\/\">Spartak Ngjela: Political parties have been seized by corruption<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>High Court has refused Artur Balla and Bledar Lilo\u2019s recourse \u2013 both of whom were accused of money laundering by SPAK. The driver and brother-in-law of major oil businessman Rezard Taci, will continue to remain in prison. Meanwhile, an international arrest warrant has been released against Taci, who is wanted on the same charges. Lilo [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":32907,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>High Court rules to keep Rezard Taci\u2019s driver and brother-in-law in prison - 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\/high-court-rules-to-keep-rezard-tacis-driver-and-brother-in-law-in-prison\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"High Court rules to keep Rezard Taci\u2019s driver and brother-in-law in prison - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"High Court has refused Artur Balla and Bledar Lilo\u2019s recourse \u2013 both of whom were accused of money laundering by SPAK. 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