Klotilda Bushka
Socialist Party (PS)
Legal status
Charged
charged
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- Legal status
- chargedFrom the research record · cites:
- Veliaj file: Bushka defendant, hearing 5 Dec 2025 (Shqiptarja live update) (opens in a new tab)Shqiptarja · 5 Dec 2025 · journalism · SQ
- SP MP Klotilda Bushka 'obstructed' the investigation against Veliaj, 4 hours of explanations at SPAK (a2news) (opens in a new tab)a2news · unknown (2025) · journalism · EN
- 'I have friends with Ajola and Erjon', Bushka: witnesses were intimidated (a2news) (opens in a new tab)a2news · unknown (2025) · journalism · EN
- indictedFrom the research record · cites:
- SP MP Klotilda Bushka 'obstructed' the investigation against Veliaj (opens in a new tab)A2 News · Feb 2025 · journalism · EN
- SPAK sends Erion Veliaj to trial for corruption and money laundering (opens in a new tab)Citizens.al · 10 Sep 2025 · journalism · EN
- chargedFrom the research record · cites:
Profile
Klotilda Bushka is a former Socialist MP. SPAK questioned her in 2025 as a person with knowledge of the second faction of the Veliaj file and later charged her with obstructing the discovery of the truth. SPAK alleges she intimidated witnesses and had phones taken so they could not be handed to SPAK. Her defence argues the act is not a criminal offence and that the GJKKO lacks jurisdiction now that she is no longer an MP. The court was due to decide on 12 December 2025; no outcome was found.
Response from Klotilda Bushka
Denial reported by a2news headlines (text not fetched; a2news returned HTTP 403): she said she is a friend of Veliaj and Ajola Xoxa, that witnesses were intimidated during their statements, and that she has not covered up the truth. The defence contests the charge in court (see sources).
Other accounts in the research (3 fields worded differently)
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- Biography
- Klotilda Bushka is a former Socialist MP. SPAK questioned her in 2025 as a person with knowledge of the second faction of the Veliaj file and later charged her with obstructing the discovery of the truth. SPAK alleges she intimidated witnesses and had phones taken so they could not be handed to SPAK. Her defence argues the act is not a criminal offence and that the GJKKO lacks jurisdiction now that she is no longer an MP. The court was due to decide on 12 December 2025; no outcome was found.From the research record
- Former Socialist Party MP. SPAK questioned her on alleged obstruction of the Veliaj investigation. She was listed among defendants in the trial referral (Citizens.al, 10 Sep 2025). Her defence: people questioned by SPAK were intimidated and threatened (A2 News, search snippet).From the research record
- Legal status detail
- Charged by SPAK in the Veliaj file (second faction) with 'carrying out actions that impede the discovery of the truth' (Albanian: 'kryerjes së veprimeve që pengojnë zbulimin e së vërtetës'). Hearing 5 Dec 2025: prosecutors asked for the case to be sent to trial; defence asked dismissal, separation, lack of jurisdiction, or a shortened trial. Court decision scheduled 12 Dec 2025; result not found. No immunity vote against her found.From the research record
- Charged with obstruction per SPAK (A2 News headline and Albanian reporting; the A2 article itself returned HTTP 403). Listed among defendants in trial referral (Citizens.al, 10 Sep 2025).From the research record
- Response
- Denial reported by a2news headlines (text not fetched; a2news returned HTTP 403): she said she is a friend of Veliaj and Ajola Xoxa, that witnesses were intimidated during their statements, and that she has not covered up the truth. The defence contests the charge in court (see sources).From the research record
- Said she had 'nothing to hide' and that witnesses were intimidated (A2 News headline: 'Investigations against Bushka... I have not covered up the truth'). Source not retrieved in full.From the research record
Related cases
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From 10 Feb 2025
Erion Veliaj and Ajola Xoxa case (SPAK, 'Veliaj' file)
SPAK arrested Tirana Mayor Erion Veliaj on 10 February 2025 (Citizens.al; some outlets say 11 February) on suspicion of corruption and money laundering, and placed his wife Ajola Xoxa under…
Status: On trial at GJKKO; defendant held in pretrial detention (as reported through 15 Sep 2026). No verdict.
Linked through the connections map
From 28 Jul 2026
'Veliaj 2' probe
Albanian and English outlets report that SPAK carried out searches at the Municipality of Tirana as part of a separate investigation known as 'Veliaj 2'. Albanian Daily News, dated 28 Jul 2026,…
Status: Under investigation (as reported). No charges reported.
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Connections
Open the map →Co-defendant: Bushka charged with obstruction
Evidence: SPAK referral names former socialist MP Klotilda Bushka for obstruction of justice (Citizens.al summary).
Defendant for obstructing the discovery of truth
Evidence: Hearing 5 Dec 2025; decision set for 12 Dec 2025 (Shqiptarja).
Timeline
SPAK
SPAK announces referral to trial of Erion Veliaj and co-defendants
SPAK announced the referral to trial of Tirana mayor Erion Veliaj and co-defendants. The SPAK text as summarised by Citizens.al lists Veliaj (13 counts including passive corruption and money laundering), Ajola Xoxa (tax and luxury-purchase charges), former socialist MP Klotilda Bushka (obstruction of justice), Flutur Xhani (false statements), and others, including builders, NGO representatives and companies. Veliaj denies the charges.
Linked: Erion Veliaj and Ajola Xoxa case (SPAK, 'Veliaj' file) · Erion Veliaj · Ajola Xoxa · Klotilda Bushka · Valmir Xoxa · Erald Simixhiu · Elman Abule
SPAK
SPAK sends Veliaj to trial with 13 charges
SPAK announces completion of investigations and referral of Veliaj to trial, 'in total' 13 criminal charges (Citizens.al). Around 30 individuals and entities are indicted (Citizens.al). The article names NGOs Muza, Eventus, BYL-A, Frobolous, and companies including Harabel, Rametal, Agi Kons, Palushi, Kontakt, Gerard-A, Fusha.
Linked: Erion Veliaj and Ajola Xoxa case (SPAK, 'Veliaj' file) · Erion Veliaj · Ajola Xoxa · Valmir Xoxa · Erald Simixhiu · Elman Abule · Klotilda Bushka
Court
Preliminary hearing: Bushka charged in Veliaj file
Defence asked dismissal (no criminal offence), separation and lack of GJKKO jurisdiction as she is no longer an MP, or a shortened trial. Prosecutors asked for the case to be sent to trial. Court decision set for 12 December 2025; outcome not found.
Linked: 'Veliaj 2' probe · Klotilda Bushka
Sources for this record
Every source the research cites for this record, grouped by its source label. 4 sources.
Source label: Officially reportedOfficially reported · 4 sources
- Publisher
- Shqiptarja
- Date
- 5 Dec 2025
- Publisher
- a2news
- Date
- unknown (2025)
- Publisher
- a2news
- Date
- unknown (2025)
- Publisher
- Citizens.al
- Date
- 10 Sep 2025