The Basic Court in Prishtinë has announced a guilty verdict against the four accused in the case of “Land 2” Mehmet Pristina, Dukagjin Emërllahu, Avni Maxhun and Nexharije Hoti. The accused were sentenced to a total of 32 years of imprisonment and 230 thousand euros in fines for the criminal offense of “Organized Crime”. Beqiri, reports “The Oath of Justice”.

Mehmet Prishtina was sentenced to 10 years in prison and a 100 thousand euro fine for the criminal offense of “Organized Crime”.

Dukagjin Emërllahu and Nexharije Hoti were sentenced. with 8 years of imprisonment for the same criminal offense. Emërllahu was also sentenced to an 80 thousand euro fine, while Hoti was sentenced to a 20 thousand euro fine.

Meanwhile, Avni Maxhuni was sentenced to 6 years in prison and a 30 thousand euro fine.

The court acquitted the accused of the charges of the criminal offense of “Money Laundering”.

Therefore, the court has ordered the confiscation of 45 cadastral parcels, as well as the financial assets found in bank accounts in the name of the accused Mehmet Prishtina and Dukagjin Emërllahu.

The announcement of the verdict was It was originally scheduled for July 28, 2026, but it was postponed to July 31, after the court assessed that due to the voluminous file, the large number of evidence, the complexity of the case and the commitments of the judges in other sessions, it had not managed to complete the decision-making.

The case Land 2 is related to the suspicions of the illegal expropriation of about 36 hectares of land in the territory of Pristina and Graçanica, through a scheme that, according to the Prosecutor’s Office, was organized from 2009 to 2014.

However, on October 11, 2021, this matter has been transferred to the Special Department to judge Shadije Gërguri, according to the decision taken by the president of the Basic Court in Prishtina to charge this department also with crimes of Important.

Initially, 24 people were accused in this case, but during the procedure the number of accused was reduced after the decisions of the Basic Court and the Court of Appeal. At the end of the trial, four accused remained in front of the jury – Mehmet Prishtina, Dukagjin Emërllahu, Avni Maxhuni and Nexharije Hoti – who are charged with offenses related to organized crime and other criminal offences.

The indictment was filed in March of the year 2017 by a EULEX prosecutor, while later the case was transferred to the Special Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Kosovo.

Source: prizrenpost