Ajola Xoxa: phone seizure, measures of restraint, exit ban and asset seizures

Ajola Xoxa, the wife of Tirana Mayor Erion Veliaj, is a co-defendant in the Veliaj case (SPAK charges against her as reported: corruption, money laundering and concealment of assets). SPAK seized her phone on 6 December 2024 during an asset investigation (Balkanweb, 10 Feb 2025). In February 2025 she was reported to have been placed under house arrest; the Balkanweb article attributes the decision to 'sources close to SPAK' and the headline to GJKKO. She was reported outside Albania (Rome, 8 Feb 2025) at the time, and later returned to Tirana (per Albanian reports).

Later reports say the GJKKO changed her measure from house arrest to an appearance obligation ('detyrim paraqitje') and banned her from leaving Albania. The date of this change is not stated in the sources retrieved. Her trial is reported as ongoing; the Special Court rejected a request to suspend proceedings on grounds of maternity leave, according to a secondary report.

Asset seizures: SPAK's statement, as summarised in an A2 secondary report (not confirmed in the original source), listed a seized villa in Qerret, two bank accounts totalling about 869,149 euro and about 115,000 euro in various currencies found in a safe. These figures are not confirmed in an original source retrieved for this note.