Joana Duro
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Legal status
Convicted
convicted
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Profile
Former general secretary of the Ministry of Health. Arrested in 2023 in a case concerning a bribe linked to a health-centre supervision tender won by Dricons. A special-court verdict was reported on 13 Nov 2023; the reports reviewed differ on whether it is first-instance or appeal.
Response from Joana Duro
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Related cases
Sorted by reported money, then by linked people and their legal status. The money figure is the largest single reported figure, not a total.
From 5 Jun 2023
Ministry of Health tender bribe: Dricons supervision contract (Joana Duro case)
SPAK charged the Ministry of Health general secretary Joana Duro and specialist Laura Shteto, with the Dricons administrator Vladimir Topi and engineer Silvi Shehi, over a bribe linked to a…
Status: Verdict reported Nov 2023; appeal decision reported (date not shown).
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Connections
Open the map →- Court proceeding→Ministry of Health tender bribe: Dricons supervision contract (Joana Duro case)Source label: Officially reported
Defendant in Dricons bribe case
Evidence: SPAK charged Duro with corruption of high officials; verdict reported Nov 2023.
Timeline
Police
Health Ministry Secretary General reported caught taking bribe; DP demands Minister Manastirliu's resignation
Joana Duro (Secretary General, not a minister) reported caught taking a 330,000-lek bribe for a supervision tender. The DP calls for Manastirliu's resignation and a SPAK probe of her; no SPAK finding against the minister found.
Linked: Ogerta Manastirliu · Joana Duro
Police
Ministry of Health general secretary Joana Duro in custody
Duro in prison from 5 June 2023 in the Dricons tender bribe case (Top Channel, 17 Jul 2023).
Linked: Ministry of Health tender bribe: Dricons supervision contract (Joana Duro case) · Joana Duro
Court
Special Court announces verdict in Dricons tender bribe case
Duro sentenced to 4 years reduced by one third to 2 years 8 months, plus 5-year ban on public office; the three others 1 year each, 8 months total after shortened trial. Himara.gr does not state whether first instance or appeal.
Linked: Ministry of Health tender bribe: Dricons supervision contract (Joana Duro case) · Joana Duro · Laura Shteto (also spelled Laureta Shyto) · Vladimir Topi · Silvi Shehi
Sources for this record
Every source the research cites for this record, grouped by its source label. 3 sources.
Source label: Officially reportedOfficially reported · 3 sources
- Publisher
- Himara.gr
- Date
- 13 Nov 2023
- Publisher
- Shqiptarja
- Date
- not recorded
- Publisher
- Top Channel
- Date
- 17 Jul 2023