The Public Prosecutor’s Office for Prosecution of Organized Crime and Corruption’s charge in the IPARD case has been approved, while a trial date will be soon set, the Criminal Court has said.
Five are charged with crimes related to bribery and accepting and giving a reward for unlawful influence. In the same frame, there is an indictment proposal against four other physical persons and one legal entity.
Among those charged are former Payment Agency Director Ilija Stoilev, Xhevdet Nasufi, a former minister, and civil servants. Based on the charge, Nasufi was offering a 50,000-euro bribe in exchange for a project of a company to be accepted and for it to get IPARD funds.