Ilir Mehta

The leader of the Albanian opposition, Sali Berisha, has been released from house arrest, an Albanian court ruled today, while the country’s former president and former prime minister awaits trial on corruption charges against him as protests agai

The head of the Freedom Party and former Albanian president, Ilir Mehta, has been arrested. Meta’s arrest comes on the orders of the SPAK (anti-corruption body) and he is accused of corruption.

The former Albanian president is accused of three counts of corruption and failure to declare assets, according to top-channel.tv. Reports say he is also accused of money laundering.