FLASH
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The story of an 80-year-old mother from Dhërmi, who wandered for 8 years in search of property looted by the mafia and the Vlora justice system
In a corner of her modest house in Dhërmi, sitting next to a photograph of her late husband, lives Mrs. Androniqi Koka, 80, forgotten by the state. Her eyes are clouded by age, but the pain of injustice has not faded. She cries not only for her husband, Marko Koka, who passed away with a broken heart, but for an injustice that has haunted her family for more than a decade.
Marko Koka was an indigenous man of Dhërmi, born and raised in those lands that generations had inherited with toil and sweat. A calm, hardworking and honest man, who never asked for anything that did not belong to him.
But when he first stepped foot through state offices to claim his family's property in the city of Vlora, which was plundered by the powerful in the system, he did not know that he was entering a dead end.
Since 2018, the Koka family has been wandering the doors of the prosecutor's office and the courts of Vlora, searching for what belongs to them by law, by documents, and by blood.
But instead of justice, they encountered a strong wall, called "captured justice," a system where the strongest and richest protect each other, while honest citizens are legally violated.
Their property, registered with regular documents since the 1990s, has been illegally acquired by individuals linked to the "property mafia" in the city of Vlora, a structured network that closely cooperates with individuals within the prosecution, the court, and the cadastre office.
The Koka family rented the property to a citizen in good faith, as they had a sexual relationship, never imagining that they would become the victim of a pure robbery scheme with the blessing of the state. The tenant, in collaboration with a structured network of individuals within state institutions including cadastral officials, lawyers, notaries and people in power, legalized the property as if it were his own.
Within a short time, the rented property was turned into property registered in the name of the robber, while the Koka family, with regular documents, was left out.
Since 2018, they have been knocking on the doors of justice from the prosecutor's office to the courts without being able to find a solution. Marko Koka, the head of the family, passed away with the pain of injustice and today, his 80-year-old wife, Mrs. Androniqi, wanders in search of justice, while the thief enjoys the property, protected by the silence and deep corruption that has gripped the justice system in Vlora.
Some institutions within the justice system are demanding that the media and lawyers remain silent and not criticize judges and prosecutors, arguing that this "poisons" public opinion and weakens trust in justice.
Will anyone ever ask Mrs. Androniqi who has poisoned her the most during this entire painful time? It is not only the gang of thieves that took her property, but the gang of justice that has poisoned her the most, the one that instead of being the protector of the law, has turned into the biggest robber.
The prosecution and the court remained silent in the face of injustice, endlessly delayed the case, and often defended the crime. This silence and true disregard for the suffering of the Koka family took not only the property, but also the life of Marko, the husband and head of the family, and the hope of Mrs. Androniqi, an 80-year-old mother who is still seeking justice.
This is a wound not only for them, but for our entire society, because it destroys faith in justice and leaves every citizen feeling defenseless in the face of power-related crime. In this painful silence, their voice must be heard, because justice that does not protect the defenseless is not justice at all.
Mrs. Androniqi is not asking for alms today. She is asking for justice. She is asking for someone to hear her voice, for someone to not allow her husband's story to end in shame and silence.
Will anyone listen to the voice of this 80-year-old mother? Will any institution act to investigate this blatant injustice? Or will we continue to remain silent, until they steal from us all?
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