TIRANA, May 24 – The Durres General Prosecution Office was burglarized overnight by unidentified individuals, who stole documents from prosecutors’ offices.
Local media reported the prosecution’s main entrance did not show signs of breaking and entering, but maintenance had notified damage of doors in the building’s fourth and fifth floors.
Police have begun an investigation, reportedly going through security cameras, although the robbers broke video recording equipment, and collecting the robbers’ fingerprints. On Thursday morning the prosecution was surrounded by a big number of policemen, while prosecutors are looking to find what documents are missing.
Preliminary data suggests the suspected object of the robbery was prosecutor Afrim Shehu’s office, where an investigation file on coastal properties’ alienation was stored, among his other cases. The judicial policemen’s office was also reportedly robbed.
This is the second time within two weeks that legal material from Durres’ General Prosecution are being stolen by unknown people. The institution’s postman was robbed by two people on May 8, while delivering files and documents.
Prosecutors and judges’ representatives have repeatedly called for strengthened safeguards in their institutions and for their personal security.
