Collaborator of Laert Haxhiu, Klea Gjata released from prison

The Special Court against Corruption released from prison, Klea Gjata, friend of Laert Haxhiu. She was arrested last September after the testimony of Arben Tafani, with the accuse for supporting the crime perpetrator and for not denouncing a crime. Her lawyer pretends that the family of Gjata was threatened by the victims’ relatives. Laert Haxhiu […]

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