The Prosecutor's Office is activated after KOHA reported on the works at the building where AAK was headquartered

Police raided the offices of the Ministry of Agriculture on Thursday, a day after KOHĖS reported that the institution paid 66 euros to remove inventory from the building, which housed the headquarters of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo. A video shows that some of the spaces had no inventory at all. According to the Special Prosecution, officials from this ministry are suspected of abuse of official position, fraud and forgery of documents.

Authorities have been activated, a day after KOHA reported that the state had paid 66 thousand euros to remove inventory from the Ministry of Agriculture building, in part of which the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) had its headquarters.

On Thursday, this ministry was raided by the Police.

According to the announcement of the Special Prosecution Office, the investigations have been authorized by the Directorate for the Investigation of Economic Crimes and Corruption (DHKEK) with the aim of collecting and securing evidence to clarify the circumstances.

"Ministry officials, according to the announcement, are suspected of involvement in the criminal offenses of 'Abuse of official position', 'Abuse and fraud in public procurement' and 'Forgery of documents'," the Special Prosecution Office announced.

KOHA has reported that 66 thousand euros from the state budget have been given to a consortium to remove the inventory from the building located in "Ulpiana", where AAK has been headquartered for years. 
The ministry paid 2 euros to remove furniture from each of the building's 33 spaces, including the halls, corridors, and bathrooms on the second floor and the basement. A video shows that the stairwells, as well as those in the basement, were cleaned and that there was no furniture in them.

Authorities have not named the suspected officials, but the contract manager, with the initials BD, was seen escorted by police officers. 

Documents that investigators have extracted were also seen at the Ministry's headquarters.

KOHA requested 10 days ago from the Ministry of Agriculture to be allowed access to the facility to closely observe the works that have been carried out there and to verify the factual situation on the ground, but there has been no response to this.

And, in the videos provided, it can be seen that the basement that was part of the renovation contract, although not used by AAK, was cleaned before this party left the building and that there was no inventory in it.

The same amount of 2 thousand euros was also given for toilets that do not have an inventory, and in addition, for each of them, a payment was also made for the demolition of sanitary elements. For one of them alone, 1 thousand 500 euros were paid.

The contract worth 359 thousand euros was signed with the consortium consisting of the companies "Limit Projekt" and "Lurn". Based on it, in addition to the removal of furniture, renovation of about 600 square meters must be carried out and interventions must be made on the roof. 

In addition, an annex contract worth around 9 thousand euros was signed. The reason for this, according to the Ministry, were errors in the measurements made by the designer.
 

The Ministry of Agriculture is being raided after KOHA reported that it paid €66 to remove furniture from the building where AAK was headquartered.

Kosovo Police raided the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development, headed by Faton Peci, on Thursday, after KOHA reported on the payment of 66 thousand euros for the removal of furniture from the building previously used by the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK).

The Special Prosecution Office has announced that the investigations have been authorized by the Directorate for the Investigation of Economic Crimes and Corruption (DHKEK) with the aim of collecting and securing evidence to clarify the circumstances of the case.

Ministry officials, according to the announcement, are suspected of involvement in the criminal offenses of "Abuse of official position", "Abuse and fraud in public procurement" and "Forgery of documents".

KOHA has reported that 66 thousand euros from the state budget were given to a consortium to remove the inventory from the Ministry of Agriculture building, where AAK was headquartered for years. 

The ministry paid 2 euros to remove furniture from each of the building's 33 spaces, including halls, corridors, and bathrooms on the second floor, as well as from the basement.

The same amount was also given for toilets that do not have inventories, and in addition, for each of them, a payment was also made for the demolition of sanitary elements. For one of them alone, 1 euros were paid.

For these services and the renovation of less than 600 square meters, the Ministry of Agriculture has spent 370 thousand euros.

Raid on the Ministry of Agriculture

A raid was carried out at the Ministry of Agriculture on Thursday by the Economic Police Units.

There is still no information about what this action was carried out for.

KOHA has attempted to contact the Police and has sent questions to the Ministry of Agriculture. As soon as there is a response, the article will be updated.