{"id":34623,"date":"2022-04-19T20:00:30","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T18:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=34623"},"modified":"2022-04-19T20:46:53","modified_gmt":"2022-04-19T18:46:53","slug":"spak-surveilled-1500-people-in-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/spak-surveilled-1500-people-in-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"SPAK surveilled 1,500 people in 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last year, SPAK surveilled 1,500 people allegedly involved in various criminal offenses.<\/p>\n<p>The phone conversations from over 2,000 phone numbers passed through the filters of eavesdropping officers, leading to the arrest of 179 individuals.<\/p>\n<p>Over 900 individuals were put under police surveillance on suspicion that they were part of organized criminal groups, while another 850 were for corruption.<\/p>\n<p>The wiretaps were used in 129 investigations conducted by the Special Prosecution.<\/p>\n<p>SPAK does not need authorization from the prosecution to use electronic eavesdropping&#8217; devices on suspects, as it has its own surveillance office since 2021.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, SPAK closed in on 226 out of 675 investigations, but only 20% made it to court.<\/p>\n<p>The others were either dismissed, suspended, or transferred to the district prosecutor&#8217;s offices as they were not within the SPAK\u2019s jurisdiction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year, SPAK surveilled 1,500 people allegedly involved in various criminal offenses. 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