Arben Çuko
Socialist Party (PS)
Legal status
On trial
on-trial
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Profile
Arrested in 2018 on corruption charges after being picked up in wiretaps of a group that reporting links to the Avdylaj family of Shijak. Reports say he allegedly took 1,500 to 3,000 euros in exchange for prisoner permits (passive corruption charge). He and Arben Ndoka were held together and released in November 2018 after a Serious Crimes Appeal Court ruling, per exit.al. A Shqiptarja headline says he was sent to trial with four others. No final verdict was found.
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From 2018
2018 Shijak-group wiretaps: former PS MPs Arben Çuko and Arben Ndoka
In 2018 former Socialist MPs Arben Çuko and Arben Ndoka were arrested after appearing in wiretaps of a group that reporting links to the Avdylaj family of Shijak. Çuko is reported to face passive…
Status: Released in 2018; 2024 arrest warrant reported for Ndoka (declared wanted per ABC News); outcome not confirmed
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Connections
Open the map →Arrested together in 2018 Shijak-group wiretap case
Evidence: Exit.al reports both were arrested in 2018 after wiretaps of a criminal group and held together before release in November 2018.
Timeline
Court
Çuko and Ndoka released from jail after Serious Crimes Appeal Court ruling
Former Socialist MPs Arben Çuko and Arben Ndoka, held together after arrests in the Shijak-group wiretap case, were released (as reported by exit.al).
Linked: 2018 Shijak-group wiretaps: former PS MPs Arben Çuko and Arben Ndoka · Arben Çuko · Arben Ndoka
Sources for this record
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Source label: Officially reportedOfficially reported · 3 sources
- Publisher
- Exit.al
- Date
- Nov 2018
- Publisher
- Shqiptarja
- Date
- 2018
- Publisher
- Exit.al
- Date
- 2018