Finance Police Files Criminal Charges against Former Culture Minister Ismaili

The Finance Police Department has filed to the Public Prosecutor’s Office criminal charges against former Culture Minister Hysni Ismaili.

The Finance Police charges Ismaili with unscrupulous operation within the service, in accordance with Article 353 from the Criminal Code, by approving between 27 June and 30 August 2020 funding for projects labelled as of cultural importance, even though he was informed there was not enough funds in the state budget for that segment after the rebalance conducted in May 2020, thus damaging the state budget for 31.8 million denars.