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Judges’ ‘El Classico’ tickets lead to graft probe

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TIRANA, Jan. 24 – The Serious Crimes Prosecutor’s Office is investigating three judges of the Durres Appeals Court over suspected passive corruption that saw the justice system officials get tickets and travel to watch one of the year’s most important football matches. An investigation carried out by Voice of America and the Balkan Investigative Network noted that judges Kliton Spahiu, Petraq Dhimitri dhe Petrit à‡eno were given a trip to Spain in 2014 to watch the Real Madrid-Barcelona ‘El Classico’ match, in exchange of a ruling in favor of a businessman. According to the report, their trip was sponsored by…

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  • An investigation carried out by Voice of America and the Balkan Investigative Network noted that judges Kliton Spahiu, Petraq Dhimitri dhe Petrit Çeno were given a trip to Spain in 2014 to watch the Real Madrid-Barcelona 'El Classico' match, in exchange of a ruling in favor of a businessman

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