Evis Berberi (ARRSH) tenders and Net Group (Valter Begaj)
Status: Pretrial stage as reported; Constitutional Court challenge pending or decided (outcome not seen)
Summary
SPAK arrested former Albanian Road Authority (ARRSH) head Evis Berberi on 14 March 2024 on corruption and money-laundering charges (per search summary). SPAK says that while he headed the energy-efficiency agency and ARRSH he awarded tenders to the company of businessman Valter Begaj (Net Group). Reports say Berberi and Begaj are both detained. Intercepted messages reported by BalkanWeb between Berberi and Begaj discuss Net Group's qualification for the Unaza e Madhe tender. Berberi has challenged SPAK's evidence at the Constitutional Court; a Constitutional Court decision (no. 81, dated 2 July 2026) is cited in a search summary, but its outcome was not seen.
Key facts
- Berberi arrested on SPAK order, 14 March 2024 (search summary; Shqiptarja headline).
- Gentian Gjyli named ARRSH director on 28 March 2024, and later summoned by SPAK about road tender procedures from when he was deputy head (search summary).
- SPAK lists three tenders worth about one million euros; Report TV counts more (reporting differs).
The record
Four lists kept apart on purpose: what is established, what is only alleged, what is still open, and what those concerned said.
What is proven (1)
Established by documents or official records, as stated in the research. A recorded charge or indictment proves only that the accusation was made.
- Arrest on SPAK order (OFFICIALLY_REPORTED).
What is alleged (1)
Accusations, not findings. Those accused are presumed innocent.
- AllegationTender steering and money laundering linked to Begaj's company.
Allegations and who made them (2)
Each line is an allegation as recorded, with the person or body that made it where the record names them.
- AllegationBerberi awarded tenders to Begaj's company while heading the energy-efficiency agency and ARRSH (SPAK allegation).
- AllegationIntercepted messages suggest Begaj and Berberi coordinated on a ring-road tender qualification (reported).
Open questions (3)
- Charges, indictment and trial status.
- Constitutional Court decision no. 81 (2 July 2026): outcome.
- Whether Net Group is a defendant in the Unaza e Madhe case; the sources do not confirm it.
Responses (2)
Responses of the people and organisations concerned, as recorded.
- Berberi has challenged SPAK's evidence at the Constitutional Court (search summary).
- Begaj: not captured in the sources read.
Timeline
Full timeline →SPAK
SPAK arrests ARRSH head Evis Berberi
Berberi was arrested on a SPAK order on corruption and money-laundering charges, according to the search summary of the Shqiptarja report. Gentian Gjyli was named ARRSH director a week later.
Sources for this record
Every source the research cites for this record, grouped by its source label. 3 sources.
Source label: Officially reportedOfficially reported · 1 source
- Publisher
- Shqiptarja
- Date
- Mar 2024
Source label: Under investigationUnder investigation · 2 sources
- Publisher
- Transparency International CEPI
- Date
- unknown
- Publisher
- BalkanWeb
- Date
- 2020 (message dates 15.07.2020 and 22.09.2020, per search summary)