The Anti-Corruption Agency (AKK) has announced that 206 public officials in Kosovo failed to declare their assets within the legal deadline.
“Based on the latest verification data from the relevant departments, currently 206 officials have not fulfilled their legal obligation to declare assets,” AKK spokesperson Kreshnik Llabjani told Ineksonline.
He emphasized that the verification process is ongoing, meaning the figure remains preliminary and could change before the final phase concludes.
Under Kosovo’s Law on Declaration, Origin, and Control of Property and Gifts, several categories of senior officials are legally obliged to declare their assets annually.
According to Llabjani, as of now, 10,129 officials have submitted their annual asset declarations for 2024.
Under current legislation, failure to declare assets within 15 days after the deadline results in a mandatory fine amounting to 30% of the official’s monthly salary. If the delay exceeds 15 days, the Agency prepares a criminal report, as the violation is punishable under the Penal Code by fines, imprisonment from six months to five years, and possible confiscation of unlawfully acquired assets.
Once final verifications are completed in the coming days, the Agency will begin issuing fines to officials who missed the legal deadline.
The Agency has already requested March salary data from relevant institutions, which will serve as the basis for calculating fines.
Llabjani added that asset declarations will be published on the Agency’s official website after the verification phase concludes. “If everything proceeds as planned, the data is expected to be published next week. The Agency will notify the media and the public on the day of publication,” he said.
The legal framework does not allow for any additional grace period for asset declaration without legal consequences.
