Source: SFGate
“Former Albanian President Ilir Meta was formally charged on Tuesday with corruption, money laundering, tax evasion and hiding property from authorities, his lawyer said. The charges were communicated to Meta in a 192-page report from anti-corruption prosecutors, lawyer Kujtim Cakrani told journalists. The prosecutors belong to the Special Structure Against Corruption and Organized Crime, or SPAK, which handles cases involving senior political and state officials. Meta, the 56-year-old founder of the leftist Freedom Party, was arrested in October. Meta wrote on his Facebook page that ‘I can hardly wait for the start of the trial which will be public and will show to the world’ that SPAK is a puppet of Prime Minister Edi Rama. Meta also said that he considers the agency to be Rama’s ‘anti-opposition task force.'” (05/27/25)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/albanian-ex-president-ilir-meta-charged-with-20347322.php