Integrated Energy B.V. (later Geogenix B.V. per SPAK)
Ownership as documented
Klodian Zoto and Mirel Mertiri as alleged de facto owners (SPAK, per Shqiptarja / AFP summaries). Dutch register not opened.
Board member / owner of Integrated Energy B.V. (exit.al, search summary)
Evidence: Exit.al: Dutch parent registered 19 Aug 2016, capital 50,000 euro, board including Zoto (described as owner) and Ernesto Granelli. Cross-ref to.
Conflicting records. The research disagrees; every version is shown and none has been chosen as correct.
- Name
- Integrated Energy B.V. (later Geogenix B.V. per SPAK)From the research record · cites:
- Another incinerator without public consultations, directors from fraudulent financial firm (opens in a new tab)Exit.al · undated · journalism · EN
- Public-private partnership for waste incinerators (Transparency International) (opens in a new tab)Transparency International · undated · ngo · EN
- Spak vendos sekuestro inceneratorin e Tiranes (opens in a new tab)Shqiptarja · undated · journalism · SQ
- Integrated Energy B.V.From the research record · cites:
- Linking ownership of shell companies to fugitives: SPAK seizes Tirana's waste incinerator (opens in a new tab)Tirana Times · 8 Aug 2023 · journalism · EN
- From Albania to Zimbabwe, Klodian Zoto's Incinerators Wreak Havoc (opens in a new tab)Exit News · journalism · EN
- Integrated Energy B.V. (later Geogenix B.V. per SPAK)From the research record · cites:
- Ownership
- Klodian Zoto and Mirel Mertiri as alleged de facto owners (SPAK, per Shqiptarja / AFP summaries). Dutch register not opened.From the research record · cites:
- Another incinerator without public consultations, directors from fraudulent financial firm (opens in a new tab)Exit.al · undated · journalism · EN
- Public-private partnership for waste incinerators (Transparency International) (opens in a new tab)Transparency International · undated · ngo · EN
- Spak vendos sekuestro inceneratorin e Tiranes (opens in a new tab)Shqiptarja · undated · journalism · SQ
- SPAK claims Zoto and Mertiri were true owners of the parent (Tirana Times). Renaming reported by Tirana Times; not verified against Dutch Chamber of Commerce records.From the research record · cites:
- Linking ownership of shell companies to fugitives: SPAK seizes Tirana's waste incinerator (opens in a new tab)Tirana Times · 8 Aug 2023 · journalism · EN
- From Albania to Zimbabwe, Klodian Zoto's Incinerators Wreak Havoc (opens in a new tab)Exit News · journalism · EN
- Klodian Zoto and Mirel Mertiri as alleged de facto owners (SPAK, per Shqiptarja / AFP summaries). Dutch register not opened.From the research record · cites:
- Source label
- OFFICIALLY_REPORTEDFrom the research record · cites:
- Another incinerator without public consultations, directors from fraudulent financial firm (opens in a new tab)Exit.al · undated · journalism · EN
- Public-private partnership for waste incinerators (Transparency International) (opens in a new tab)Transparency International · undated · ngo · EN
- Spak vendos sekuestro inceneratorin e Tiranes (opens in a new tab)Shqiptarja · undated · journalism · SQ
- UNDER_INVESTIGATIONFrom the research record · cites:
- Linking ownership of shell companies to fugitives: SPAK seizes Tirana's waste incinerator (opens in a new tab)Tirana Times · 8 Aug 2023 · journalism · EN
- From Albania to Zimbabwe, Klodian Zoto's Incinerators Wreak Havoc (opens in a new tab)Exit News · journalism · EN
- OFFICIALLY_REPORTEDFrom the research record · cites:
Description
[cross-ref:] Dutch parent of Integrated Energy B.V. SPV sh.p.k. Exit.al (search summary) reports registration in the Netherlands on 19 Aug 2016 with starting capital 50,000 euro and no employees; board included Klodian Zoto and Ernesto Granelli. Exit.al also reports a Zoto-owned company. Transparency International describes Zoto as a key entrepreneur behind the companies declared winners of the three incinerator bids.
Other accounts in the research (1 field worded differently)
This record appears in more than one research record. The main text above comes from one; the other versions are kept here unedited.
- Description
- [cross-ref:] Dutch parent of Integrated Energy B.V. SPV sh.p.k. Exit.al (search summary) reports registration in the Netherlands on 19 Aug 2016 with starting capital 50,000 euro and no employees; board included Klodian Zoto and Ernesto Granelli. Exit.al also reports a Zoto-owned company. Transparency International describes Zoto as a key entrepreneur behind the companies declared winners of the three incinerator bids.From the research record
- Dutch parent of Integrated Energy B.V. SPV sh.p.k. Per SPAK (Tirana Times, Aug 2023) it was later renamed Geogenix B.V.From the research record
Contracts and money
Figures recorded for the cases linked to this organisation. A figure here is not necessarily paid to or by this organisation; check payer and payee.
Treasury payments to the three incinerator companies combined (to end June 2023)
€103,000,000
11,000,000,000 lek
paymentSource label: Officially reportedStated definition: Definition: cumulative Treasury payments to the three incinerator concessionaires, 11 billion lekë, which Balkanweb gives as 103 million euro, through end-June 2023. Source: Ministry of Finance Treasury data via Open Data Albania, as cited by Balkanweb. Combined figure, not additive with the per-plant figures below (different end dates). Not the same as the TI CEPI 70.2 million euro (Elbasan + Fier, incl. VAT at 106 lek/euro) in fin-elbasan-plus-fier-state-cost.
Date: Jun 2023 · Payer: Government of Albania (Treasury) · Payee: Three concessionaires (Elbasan, Fier, Tirana), combined
- Inceneratorët 'dogjën' 103 mln euro deri në qershor 2023 (opens in a new tab)Balkanweb · 12 Jul 2023 · journalism · SQ
Treasury payments to the Tirana concessionaire (to end June 2023)
€52,600,000
5,600,000,000 lek
paymentSource label: Officially reportedStated definition: Definition: cumulative Treasury payments for the Tirana incinerator to end June 2023, 5.6 billion lekë (52.6 million euro) per Balkanweb. About 5.5 million euro of this was paid in January-June 2023 (same article). Different date basis from the 5.1 billion ALL OpenSpending figure in fin-tirana-openspending-all (Faktoje, date unknown).
Date: Jun 2023 · Payer: Government of Albania (Treasury) · Payee: Tirana concessionaire (Integrated Energy B.V. SPV per existing file)
- Inceneratorët 'dogjën' 103 mln euro deri në qershor 2023 (opens in a new tab)Balkanweb · 12 Jul 2023 · journalism · SQ
Tirana Municipality extra payments 2018-2020 (as cited from KLSH)
€26,500,000
3,200,000,000 lek
paymentSource label: Under investigationStated definition: Definition: about 3.2 billion lekë (26.5 million euro) paid by Tirana Municipality on top of cleaning costs of 3.9 billion lekë in 2018-2020, as cited by Balkanweb from KLSH. The KLSH PDF was not readable, so the figure is not verified against the report. Balkanweb also says the municipality and the Ministry of Industry and Energy pay 29 euro per tonne for a service not fully delivered.
Date: 2020 · Payer: Tirana Municipality · Payee: Tirana incinerator concessionaire (per context)
- Inceneratorët 'dogjën' 103 mln euro deri në qershor 2023 (opens in a new tab)Balkanweb · 12 Jul 2023 · journalism · SQ
Municipal payments to Integrated Energy GB SPV, first half 2022
€3,300,000
paymentSource label: Officially reportedStated definition: Definition: EUR 3.3 million paid in H1 2022 by Tirana, Durrës and Kavajë municipalities to Integrated Energy GB SPV, per Ministry of Finance Open Data cited by Exit (6 July 2022). Exit's headline says 3 million. Different from the 26.5 million Tirana municipal figure for 2018-2020.
Date: 2022-01/2022-06 · Payer: Municipalities of Tirana, Durrës, Kavajë · Payee: Integrated Energy GB SPV
- Albanian Public Pay €3 Million to Incinerator Company Involved in Scandal (opens in a new tab)Exit News · 6 Jul 2022 · journalism · EN
State payments to Integrated Energy GB SPV, 2018 to June 2022 (Exit)
€40,000,000
paymentSource label: Under investigationStated definition: Definition: about 40 million euro paid by the state to the same company from 2018 to June 2022, per Exit (6 July 2022). Exit gives no breakdown in the text read. Not additive with the Treasury cumulative figures above.
Date: 2018/2022-06 · Payer: Government of Albania (state) · Payee: Integrated Energy GB SPV
- Albanian Public Pay €3 Million to Incinerator Company Involved in Scandal (opens in a new tab)Exit News · 6 Jul 2022 · journalism · EN
Tirana concession investment (privately financed per Top Channel/Exit)
€128,200,000
Incomplete figureconcessionSource label: Under investigationStated definition: incomplete. Definition: investment figure for construction of landfill, incinerator and rehabilitation of existing sites over the 30-year concession (Top Channel: 128.2 million). Exit gives 128 million. Not the state effect and not the total over 30 years.
Date: 31 Aug 2017 · Payer: Integrated Energy B.V. SPV (private investor) · Payee: Ministry of Environment (concession grantor)
- Dutch company takes eco-friendly management of Tirana's urban waste (opens in a new tab)Top Channel · journalism · EN
- Special prosecution issues 12 arrest warrants over incinerator contracts (opens in a new tab)Exit News · journalism · EN
Minister's claim: 45 million euro paid for Tirana incinerator by July 2022
€45,000,000
Incomplete figurepaymentSource label: Under investigationStated definition: incomplete. Definition: payments to date as stated by an official in July 2022 (Faktoje fact-check, search summary). Faktoje's rating of the claim and the official's title are not confirmed from an opened page (page fetch failed, DNS error). Other reports in the same summary cite 35 million (May 2022) and 3.3 million for first six months of 2022.
Date: 27 Jul 2022 · Payer: Government of Albania · Payee: Integrated Energy B.V. SPV
- Faktoje fact-check on Tirana incinerator payments (45 million euro claim) (opens in a new tab)Faktoje · Jul 2022 · journalism · EN
Treasury payments to Integrated Energy BV SPV (OpenSpending, per Faktoje summary)
5,100,000,000 lek
Incomplete figurepaymentSource label: Under investigationStated definition: incomplete. Definition: total Treasury payments from contract start to the date of the Faktoje article, in ALL (about 5.1 billion). Faktoje converted this to roughly 43.7 million euro at the then rate (search summary). Not opened; date of snapshot unknown.
Date: not found · Payer: Treasury of Albania (Government) · Payee: Integrated Energy B.V. SPV
- Faktoje fact-check on Tirana incinerator payments (45 million euro claim) (opens in a new tab)Faktoje · Jul 2022 · journalism · EN
Seized bank accounts of Arben Ahmetaj
€124,300
seizureSource label: Officially reportedStated definition: Definition: two bank accounts totalling 124,300 euro seized by SPAK in July 2023 (TI CEPI). Not directly linked to the Tirana concession in the source; the case field is an assumption and should be reviewed.
Date: 18 Jul 2023 · Payer: Arben Ahmetaj · Payee: State (seizure)
- Albania: Arben Ahmetaj, deputy PM involved in incinerators concession scandal (opens in a new tab)Transparency International CEPI · Aug 2023 · ngo · EN
Property seized (611 m2, registered to F.M.O. sh.p.k.)
€1,000,000
seizureSource label: Officially reportedStated definition: Definition: value of property seized by SPAK as stated by Tirana Times (1 million euro). Owner entity F.M.O. sh.p.k. is named as registered owner; link to Zoto or Mertiri not stated.
Date: 8 Aug 2023 · Payer: F.M.O. sh.p.k. (registered owner) · Payee: State (seizure)
- Linking ownership of shell companies to fugitives: SPAK seizes Tirana's waste incinerator (opens in a new tab)Tirana Times · 8 Aug 2023 · journalism · EN
Officials and people linked
Board member / owner of Integrated Energy B.V. (exit.al, search summary)
Evidence: Exit.al: Dutch parent registered 19 Aug 2016, capital 50,000 euro, board including Zoto (described as owner) and Ernesto Granelli. Cross-ref to.
Investigations and cases
Sorted by reported money, then by linked people and their legal status. The money figure is the largest single reported figure, not a total.
From Aug 2017
Tirana incinerator case
The Tirana concession (landfill, incinerator and rehabilitation of existing sites, 30 years) was awarded on 31 Aug 2017 to Integrated Energy B.V. SPV sh.p.k. with an investment of about 128 million…
Status: First-instance verdict reported; appeal decision of 14 May 2026 reinstating prison for Koka reported
Tirana incinerator: first-instance verdict (16 Apr 2025) and appeal order (14 May 2026)
The Tirana case went to trial in late 2024 (Shqiptarja, search summary). Koka and seven other defendants were tried under the shortened procedure, while four defendants went to ordinary trial…
Status: First-instance verdict 16 Apr 2025 (Koka 2 years). Appeal order 14 May 2026 to return Koka to prison for six months. Enforcement not confirmed.
Sources for this record
Every source the research cites for this record, grouped by its source label. 5 sources.
Source label: Officially reportedOfficially reported · 5 sources
- Publisher
- Exit.al
- Date
- undated
- Publisher
- Transparency International
- Date
- undated
- Publisher
- Shqiptarja
- Date
- undated
- Publisher
- Tirana Times
- Date
- 8 Aug 2023
- Publisher
- Exit News
- Date
- not recorded