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Former Albanian minister arrested

Xinhua, January 31, 2016 Adjust font size:

Albanian State Police forces have arrested two Albanian former officials accused of theft and power abuse with donations of the Roma community, causing a damage of 30 million ALL (2.3 million U.S. dollar), local media reported on Saturday.

According to the press release of the Albanian State Police, former Albanian Minister of Labor, Social Affairs and Equal Chances Spiro Ksera and the former chief of cabinet of the Ministry Kleves Bitro will be investigated for the same charges.

In relation to this criminal investigation the police had also declared wanted other two former officials also charged with the count of falsification of documents. Endit