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Chief prosecutor accuses top foreign diplomats of pressure to arrest senior officials

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Chief prosecutor Adriatik Llalla
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TIRANA, Feb. 3 – Albania’s prosecutor general says top foreign diplomats in Albania have put pressure on him to arrest senior officials with no evidence. Speaking in a TV interview on Thursday night after some harsh debates with U.S. ambassador Donald Lu over a newly approved justice reform, prosecutor general Adriatik Llalla did not unveil either the ambassadors’ names or the top politicians he had been asked to initiate investigations leading to their arrests. Asked if any ambassador had requested the arrest of any top official in Albania, including former Democratic Party Prime Minister Sali Berisha, the prosecutor general hinted…

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  • “These ambassadors made use of their immunity and status, otherwise they would have been held responsible by now. Such ambassadors came to my office by requesting and imposing themselves to arrest senior officials including ministers and ex-ministers with concrete names through their own opinion but with no evidence,” prosecutor general Adriatik Llalla has said

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