Thursday, July 23rd 2026
The former mayor of Pristina, Shpend Ahmeti, was presented at the Basic Court in Pristina, in the case where he is accused of not declaring his assets. family.
He has said that several times he has been subjected to asset control by the Agency for the Prevention of Corruption.
On the other hand, the Prosecution proposed that the accused be sentenced to prison and a fine, as well as confiscate the amount of undeclared.
Initially, the accused Ahmeti was declared innocent, reports Oath of Justice.
In his opening remarks, special prosecutor Dren Paca stated that the indictment will be proven with the evidence that will be administered, including the official answer of Agency for the Prevention of Corruption, asset declaration forms for the period 2018-2022 during the term of the president, data provided by banks and financial expertise.
Paca added that after their administration, it will be proven that the accused has deposited funds in amount of 172 thousand euros, which he had not declared.
Therefore, the defender of the accused Ahmeti, lawyer Arbër Istrefi, stated that he opposes the indictment as a whole for the reason that none of the previous elements of the crime have been fulfilled. criminal.
He added that the funds that are claimed to have not been declared, are deposits in a bank account by his client himself, have no criminal origin and there was no intention to hide them.
Ahmeti himself stated that during the above-mentioned period he was subjected full control by the APK and there has never been any problem or remark from the APK. During this period, I have been subjected several times to the full control by the APK, which according to the law is done by lottery and 20 percent of the officials are selected. I have been selected several times in this procedure and according to the Law on the Prevention of Corruption, if the Agency finds irregularities, it writes to the official and gives him 15 days to improve the declaration of assets. After these checks, I did not receive any letter from the Agency, Ahmeti declared.
Lawyer Istrefi proposed that a legal official of the Agency for the Prevention of Corruption be invited as a witness, but this proposal was rejected by the court, on the grounds that it is the answer of the APK regarding the facts that the defense claims to prove through the witness.
The procedure continued with the administration of material evidence, and then with the defense of the accused.
The accused Ahmeti stated that the money he had deposited for a long time for 2018-2022, they were financial help from his family for various expenses, because his wife was unemployed at the time, and he never had the intention of hiding them.
He said that he had not declared that much, because he did not think that obligation, but added that in order to ensure full transparency, he had deposited them in the bank. this money was help from his family members, who had secured it through work, and according to him, the family members’ only interest was their love for him. Prevention of Corruption.
Ahmeti stated that help from his family members was given to him both before and after assuming the post of mayor.
The hearing continued with the final statement, where prosecutor Dren Paca stated that it was proven that the accused did not declare in the manner I declare exactly the income that he had an obligation to declare”.
The prosecutor proposed that the accused be found guilty and sentenced to 1 year and 6 months in prison and a fine of 5 thousand euros, as well as the confiscation of his property in the undeclared amount or any property of equivalent.
In his final speech, lawyer Istrefi, citing a decision of the Supreme Court, among others, said that the actions of the accused in the worst case can be qualified as misconduct.
He added that in no way It is proven beyond reasonable doubt that his client has committed the criminal offense he is charged with, and it has been proven that there was no intention to conceal it.
Lawyer Istrefi requested that the Court issue a meritorious decision- acquittal.
In At the initial hearing on January 21, 2026, Ahmeti was declared innocent.
The Special Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Kosovo (PSRK) on December 23, 2025, filed an indictment against Shpend Ahmeti, who is accused of, in his capacity as the Mayor of the Municipality of Pristina, in the period from 2018 until 2022, which based on Law No. 04/L-228 for the amendment and completion of Law No. 04/L-050 as well as Law No. 08/L-108 on the Declaration, Origin and Control of Assets and Gifts, has been obliged to make the correct, complete and timely declaration of assets, income, gifts, property benefits and financial obligations, but upon presentation of the annual declarations to the “Agjenics” for the Prevention of Corruption, he intentionally submitted incorrect declarations of wealth, not declaring real income.
The indictment says that Ahmeti did not declare the cash deposits made personally during the relevant years, both directly and through ATMs in his personal account, in the total value of 118 thousand and 200 euros, as well as not declaring the financial means in the amount of 54 thousand and 400 euros received in the personal account of his mother L.A., where the total amount of funds undeclared reaches the value of 172 thousand and 600 euros.
Herewith, it is accused that he has committed the criminal offense of “Non-reporting or false reporting of wealth”, income, gifts, other material benefits or financial obligations. defined by article 430, par.2 related to article 77 of the Criminal Code.
Source: prizrenpost
