Prishtinë, January 18, 2024

The police investigators from the Section for Financial Investigations / Directorate for Investigation of Economic Crimes and Corruption (DIECC) received and handled the information that the officers of a medical clinic with the branch in Prizren are issuing medical certificates for the candidates applying for driving license, without being physically present at the clinic and without carrying out medical checks.

It is suspected that this clinic is cooperating with two driving schools with the branch in Prizren and others with the branch in Malishevë. The above driving schools are also suspected to have issued certificates for training candidates in theoretical and practical part without them being in Kosova.

The police in cooperation with the Basic Prosecution in Prizren handled this information and after undertaking investigative actions and collecting initial evidences managed to prove the grounded suspicion regarding the above claims (suspicions).

On 18.01.2024, police arrested three suspects with the initials: I.G., (born on 1962, male, Kosovar), U.M., (born on 1975, male, Kosovar) and L.B.., (born on 1975, male, Kosovar) for the criminal offences ‘abuse of position of official authority’ and ‘legalization of false content’. The suspects were escorted to the DIECC offices in Prizren for interview and then by the decision of the Prosecutor have bene taken to detention for 48 hours.