“Golden Bullet”, the court leaves in prison lawyer Alban Bengasi, paid 120 thousand euros for the murder of his ex-wife

The court has given the security measure “prison arrest” for the lawyer, Alban Bengasi. The session for the lawyer Alban Bengasi, arrested two days ago in Rinas, started at 12:00 in the Special Court, the session took place behind closed doors, due to the preservation of investigative secrecy. The Special Prosecutor’s Office requested earlier the […]

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