Five thousand euros to delete news, portal administrator arrested in Albania

The services of the Directorate for the Investigation of Serious Crimes in the Criminal Police Department and those of the Directorate of the Special Operational Force in Albania, as a result of the immediate administration of the report of a public administration employee, who was blackmailed by the administrator of a portal, finalized the operation codenamed "Portal 1".
As a result of rapid operational actions, the 37-year-old citizen EL was arrested at the subject's office in Tirana, immediately after receiving 5000 euros from the injured party, and was placed in handcuffs.
He is suspected of having blackmailed public administration employees, the amount of euros, to delete from the portal he administered, several articles that he had posted about him, at different times.
Work continues to identify and apprehend other citizens involved in this criminal activity.
The procedural materials were referred to the Tirana Prosecutor's Office for further action, for the criminal offenses of "Coercion by threat or violence for the provision of property" and "Fraud"./A2 CNN




















































