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Preçi will serve 2 years and 4 months in prison, due to the summary trial...
The Criminal Court of Kosovo has sentenced the former head of the Narcotics Sector, Gazmir Preçi, to 3 years and 6 months in prison, accused of committing the criminal offense of “Passive corruption of persons exercising public functions.” However, Preçi will serve 2 years and 4 months in prison, due to the summary trial.
"The guilty plea of the defendant Gazmir Preçi, for committing the criminal offense "Passive corruption of persons exercising public functions", provided for by Article 259, paragraph 2 of the Criminal Code and his sentence to 3 years and 6 months of imprisonment.
In application of Article 406 of the Criminal Procedure Code, the sentence is reduced by 1/3, definitively sentencing the defendant Gazmir Preçi to 2 years and 4 months of imprisonment" , the GJKKO announcement states.
It is also worth noting that the former anti-drug chief has been stripped of the right to hold public office for at least the next 5 years.
"In application of Article 35 of the Criminal Code, the right to exercise public functions for the defendant Gazmir Preçi is revoked for 5 (five) years ," the announcement further states.
We recall that Gazmir Preçi was handcuffed on the evening of August 15, 2024, in the area of the former "Kinostudio" in Tirana, because, according to the Police Supervision Agency (AMP), he had asked a businessman for 20 thousand euros in order not to close his activity. A few days before the handcuffing, Gazmir Preçi showed up at a nightclub, near the Dajlan Bridge, where he met the owner and told him that there were some girls working unregistered.
Then the anti-trafficking chief sent a letter to the businessman demanding 20 thousand euros so that no action would be taken. The owner of the nightclub, in these conditions, addressed the AMP directorate by making a complaint, while the latter referred the case to SPAK. AMP and BKH agents took an amount of 10 thousand euros with registered serial numbers and gave it to the owner who had been blackmailed into giving up his property.
The latter communicated with Gazmir Preçi, telling him that he did not need a realtor, but would hand over the money to him himself. While they had arranged a meeting in the Kinostudio area in Tirana, the owner of the nightclub was equipped with cameras and buggers. Meanwhile, AMP agents were stationed in the premises where they were to meet. As soon as they met, the owner of the bar gave Gazmir Preçi the money and then AMP agents intervened and arrested him in flagrante delicto.
The head of the anti-trafficking and drug sector in the Durrës police, Chief Commissioner Gazmir Preçi, who was arrested after investigations conducted by SPAK and AMP, was not facing serious charges for the first time.
In 2021, when this police officer held the position of Chief of Crimes in Mallakastra, he was detained along with 4 other police officers from Fier, after they were suspected of being involved in cannabis cultivation. The case was closed and Gazmir Preçi was appointed as Chief of the Narcotics Sector in Durrës.
GJKKO Announcement:
1. The Special Prosecution Office against Corruption and Organized Crime has submitted to the Court the request with the subject: "Sending for trial criminal proceedings no. 170, of 2024, of the Special Prosecution Office against Corruption and Organized Crime, against the defendant Gazmir Preçi, accused of committing the criminal offense "Passive corruption of persons exercising public functions", provided for by Article 259 paragraph 2 of the Criminal Code".
2. The trial of this case was conducted under the rules of summary trial. At the end of the trial, the Special Court of First Instance for Corruption and Organized Crime, with a panel composed of judges Etleva Deda, Irena Gjoka and Flojera Davidhi, with decision No. 50, dated 14.07.2025, decided:
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The guilty plea of the defendant Gazmir Preçi, for committing the criminal offense "Passive corruption of persons exercising public functions", provided for by Article 259, paragraph 2 of the Criminal Code and his sentence to 3 years and 6 months of imprisonment.
In application of Article 406 of the Criminal Procedure Code, the sentence is reduced by 1/3, definitively sentencing the defendant Gazmir Preçi to 2 years and 4 months of imprisonment.
In application of Article 35 of the Criminal Code, the right to exercise public functions for the defendant Gazmir Preçi is revoked for 5 (five) years.
Based on Article 33 of the Criminal Code and Article 15 of Law No. 81/2020 "On the Rights and Treatment of Prisoners and Detainees", the serving of the sentence for the defendant Gazmir Preçi will begin from the day of his arrest in flagrante delicto, date 15.08.2024, and will be carried out in one of the Institutions for adult and ordinary security prisoners.
2. Regarding the material evidence pursuant to Article 36 of the Criminal Code and Article 190 of the Code of Criminal Procedure,
a DVD accompanying the summary report of the covert surveillance, dated 16.08.2024; a CD accompanying the report on the transcription of audio conversations; 2 CDs containing the film footage seized at the commercial entity "Auto 555" and the supermarket "Aldi", as well as 8 DVDs containing the film footage seized at the Durrës DVP, shall remain part of the judicial file.
2 telephones of citizen Gazmir Preçi, a gray "Iphone 15" phone with a transparent cover with the SIM number of the telephone operator "Vodafone", locked with a code and a black "Iphone 11" phone, with an orange cover with a square-shaped logo, with the SIM card number **** of the telephone operator "Vodafone", locked with a code, to be returned to citizen Gazmir Preçi, in accordance with article 190/1 letter "ç" of the Criminal Procedure Code.
3. The procedural expenses incurred during the preliminary investigation phase in the amount of 2207.11 lek, of the preliminary hearing and during the trial, according to the minutes attached to this decision, shall be charged to the defendant.
4. An appeal is allowed against this decision within the legal deadline, to the Special Court of Appeal for Corruption and Organized Crime.
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