He said that concurrently with the arrests, the police’s Special Anti-Corruption Task Force raided the officials’ offices, confiscating documents relevant to the investigation.
Police also conducted raids on private property in Vushtrri and seized a revolver, ammunition, documents and a laptop computer, according to Sadriu.
Kosovo, the world’s second newest country, is still struggling to establish rule of law and is considered the most corrupt region of the former Yugoslavia. It ranked 112th in Transparency International’s 2011 Corruption Perceptions Index, alongside Moldova, Egypt, Senegal and Algeria.