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Prosecutors investigating Vlora judge over alleged ties with drug baron

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TIRANA, March 22 – The ongoing investigation on the wealth and assets of a former local government officials and alleged drug baron, Klement Balili, have revealed that a judge of the Court of Appeals in Vlora was paid $47,000 to act as a legal consultant for the companies owned by the Balili family. In his 2015 declaration of assets, Judge Petrit Aliaj admitted that he worked as a legal consultant for Balili brothers and received a hefty sum by Albanian standards for his services, according to a report by VoA and BIRN. Aliaj’s declaration and the probe on the origins…

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