Wednesday, May 20th 2026
The Basic Court in Pristina, in the retrial, has announced a guilty verdict against ex-MP Milaim Zeka, sentencing him to 1 year of conditional imprisonment and a 3,000 euro fine related to the charge of tax evasion. Also, in the name of compensation for the damage, the same is obliged to compensate the Tax Administration of Kosovo (ATK) the amount of 81 thousand euros.
However, for point 2 of the indictment, where Zeka was accused together with Ilir Krasniqi of “Tax evasion”, the Court received a rejection verdict.
The verdict was announced on Wednesday by the judge of the case, Edita Çanta, reports “Oath of Justice”.
According to the decision, for the two accused Zeka and Krasniqi related to the criminal offense “Tax Evasion” from article 313, paragraph 3 related to paragraph 1 of the Penal Code, related to article 31, the Court receives a rejection verdict, because the state prosecutor has withdrawn from this point of the indictment.
However, for the criminal offense as in the provision 5 of the indictment, the defendant Milaim Zeka was found guilty of “Tax evasion” from article 313, paragraph 3 and 1 of the Criminal Code, and was sentenced to 1 year in prison, which sentence will not be executed if he does not commit another criminal offense during the verification period of 2 years. within a period of 15 days from the date of finality of this judgment.
Milaim Zeka is also obliged, in the name of compensation for the damage, to compensate the damaged party – the Kosovo Tax Administration (ATK) for the damage of 81 thousand euros, within a period of 30 days after the finality of the judgment.
The same is obliged to pay the procedural expenses and the court fee pay 100 euros and in the name of the Fund for Compensation of Crime Victims the amount of 20 euros.
Also, he is obliged to pay the procedural costs according to the court’s list of costs, which the Court will list in a separate decision and in the judgment.
Against this judgment, the parties have the right to appeal within 30 days from the day of the full force of this decision. judgment.
Meanwhile, as regards the second provision of the indictment, for which a rejection judgment was received, the procedural costs fall on the burden of the court.
The injured party – TAK, for provision 2 of the indictment, for the realization of the property-legal claim, it is directed to a regular legal dispute.
At the session of May 15, 2026, prosecutor Ali Ajdini said that the Prosecutor’s Office is withdrawn from the criminal prosecution regarding point 2 of the indictment, in which Ilir Krasniqi and Zeka are accused of “Tax evasion”, for the reason that the super-expertise has determined that the business “Ilir Krasniqi and Milaim Zeka OP” has no tax obligations.
However, for point 5 (which also concerns “Tax evasion”, but not in complicity because it was accused here only Zeka), the prosecutor demanded that the accused Milaim Zeka be declared guilty and punished according to the law.
Present at the announcement were the accused Milaim Zeka with his defense attorney Dren Kukaj and the accused Ilir Krasniqi with his defense attorney Qendrim Arifaj.
The Basic Court in Pristina on April 26, 2022 announced an acquittal against former deputy Milaim Zeka and two accused – Ilir Krasniqi and Edmond Kërliu for the criminal offenses “Fraud”, “Tax evasion” and “Money laundering”. However, the Court of Appeal has returned the case against Milaim Zeka and Ilir Krasniqi to a retrial regarding the criminal offense “Tax evasion”, while confirming the rest of the judgment of the Foundation.
Otherwise, the Special Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Kosovo (PSRK) on August 28, 2018 filed an indictment with the claim that the defendants Ilir Krasniqi, Milaim Zeka and Edmond Kërliu, have committed several criminal acts.
Krasniqi and Zeka were accused that from 2016 to March 2017, with the purpose of illegal financial gain, on June 2, 2016, they had created the business “I.K & M.Z. Op”, as an employment agency. According to the indictment compiled by the prosecutor Afrim Shefkiu, the defendants are said to have presented false facts about the employment of Kosovo citizens in Germany through the show “Pa rrotlla” luring the citizens to apply at their offices in the “Pejton” district of Pristina.
Furthermore, it is said that the wife of the defendant Krasniqi, F.K., who was involved in the preparation of the documentation, was also involved in this case. for employment in Germany in her garden maintenance business.
Krasniqi and Zeka were accused of defrauding 900 applicants for work visas and intentionally taking sums from 500 to 3,500 euros, dividing them proportionally among themselves. However, it is said that after the beginning of the investigations, 354 people were returned the funds in the amount of 83 thousand 850 euros, while 546 other people were not returned the funds in the amount of 261 thousand 850 euros.
With this, Krasniqi and Zeka were charged with having committed the criminal offense of “fraud” under article 335 of the Criminal Code.
While, during the period from June 2, 2016 to December 31, 2017, according to the indictment, as co-owners of the mentioned business, they deliberately evaded their tax obligations to the Tax Administration of Kosovo, in which case they were accused of having committed the criminal offense of “Tax Evasion”. with work and tax avoidance visas on November 19, 2016, had made suspicious transactions. In which case, he was accused of having committed the criminal offense of “Money Laundering”, from Article 308 of the KPRK.
Meanwhile, the defendants Zeka and Kërliu, according to the Prosecution, also committed the criminal offenses of “Money Laundering”, “Fraud” and the criminal offense of “Tax Evasion”. Meanwhile, the defendant Zekaj was accused of having committed the criminal offense of “Tax Evasion” as the owner of “Mozaiku i Kosova” Media Center SSC with the direct intention of avoiding the tax obligation towards TAK. /Oath of Righteousness/
Source: prizrenpost
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