Corruption in the field of Urbanism and turnover of Real Estate in Kosovo

• Pages: 170-174

Vol. 7 No. 2

July, 2021

Academic Journal of Business, Administration, Law and Social Sciences

IIPCCL Publishing, Graz-Austria

ISSN 2410-3918

Acces online at www.iipccl.org

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Corruption in the eld of Urbanism and turnover of Real Estate in Kosovo

Agron Beka

University “Isa Boletini” Mitrovica, 40000, Kosovo

Abstract

The degree of development of urbanism and the circulation of real estate also determine the

degreeofdevelopmentandcivilizationofacountry.Kosovo,asanewstate,isnotimmuneto

thephenomenonofcorruptionintheeldofurbanplanningandtheturnoverofrealestate,

whichundoubtedlyposesagreatdangertocontemporarysociety.

Corruption 1 isaform of economic crime that is widespread, both in Kosovo and abroad.

Corruption poses a great threat to the political, economic, social stability of any country;

therefore there are no common forms of corruption that are easily ascertained.

Corruptioncannotbetackledandstudied,separatedfromorganizedcrimeintheeldofurban

planningand real estateturnover. Therefore, corruptionis often associatedwithorganized

crime,becoming a carrierof crime and thefunctioning of linkswithstate authorities, with

powerfulnancial-economicentitiesasaformofcoveringcriminalactions.

Keywords: Corruption, urban planning, real estate, crime, money laundering, etc.

1. Introduction

In Kosovo, operates 2 suchaform ofcorruption,which canbeascertained fromthe

largenumberofbuildingsbuiltaswellasfromdierenttypesofrealestate,without

aproperurbanplan,withoutabuildingpermitandwithalargenumberofabusive

transactions of real estate.

Corruptionis nota commonabuse ofocialposition byany ocialperson,butit

includesallthosewhoabusetheirposition,wheneverpossible,torealizebenetsas

easilyandaspossible,whereoneof thoseareasis thatofurbanization-construction

and real estate turnover. This phenomenon means something much greater than the

“hidden”cooperation betweenocialson the onehandand people intheeld of

business,ontheotherhand,inordertorealizematerialbenetsillegally.

Suchaformofcorruptionthatisassociatedwithcertainstructuresofpublicocials

forthepurposeofprotfromurbancrimeandthecirculationofrealestatehasbeen

presentinKosovoinrecentdecades,withspecialemphasisduringtheperiod1999

- 2015. Presentation of the phenomenon of corruption in Kosovo is determined by

 1Intheeldofjusticethereisnocriminaloensecalledcorruption.Thetermcorruptionis

commonlyusedtorefertoagroupofcriminaloensesinvolvingcorruption.Corruption

intheclassicalsensemeanstakingandgivingbribes,whilemoderncorruptionisrelated

totheexerciseofocialduty.

 2AccordingtotheCriminalCodeofKosovo,corruptionisacriminaloensewhichmanifestsitself

in:abuseofocialpositionorauthority;conictorinterest;oceabuse;ocefraud;unauthorized

useofproperty;acceptingbribes;givingabribetoaforeignpublicocial;inuenzatrading;failure

to report or false reporting of property, income, gifts or other benecial materials or nancial

obligations, and illegal collection and redemption, etc.