Arrested for corruption, is released from prison Korca’s lawyer Arben Lena

The Special Court has released from the cell the lawyer of Korça, Arben Lena, who was arrested for corruption. It is learned that he will remain under house arrest until the end of the investigation. Lena was arrested in January of this year on the suspicion that she would influence the Court of Appeal of […]

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