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ELBASAN, April 21 – Police arrested a lawyer in the central city of Elbasan and charging him with exerting corruptive pressure on local authorities through efforts to bribe them.
Myftar Rusta, 46, was charged with offering bribes to release a person arrested of murder. (Tirana Times Staff)

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