Ministry of Environment (Albania)

Signed BOT concession contracts for the Elbasan (Dec 2014), Fier (2016) and Tirana (31 Aug 2017, contract reference 6597 prot per search summary) incinerators.

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.

• Fier incinerator cost to state per year (headline figure)

  €7,500,000

  Incomplete figurepaymentSource label: Under investigationCode: UNDER_INVESTIGATIONCredible reporting or investigative material that a court has not established.

  Stated definition: Headline figure (ACQJ): non-functional Fier incinerator 'swallows' 7.5 million euro every year. Article body not opened. INCOMPLETE and unverified as to method; other reporting in searches gives about 22 million euro paid 2016-2020 (search summary, no URL read).

  Date: undated · Payer: Government of Albania (Ministry of Environment / state budget) · Payee: Integrated Technology Waste Treatment Fier sh.p.k

  • Environmental and financial emergency: Fier's non-functional incinerator 'swallows' 7.5 million euros every year (opens in a new tab)ACQJ · undated · journalism · EN

• Tirana concession investment (privately financed per Top Channel/Exit)

  €128,200,000

  Incomplete figureconcessionSource label: Under investigationCode: UNDER_INVESTIGATIONCredible reporting or investigative material that a court has not established.

  Stated 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

• Fier BOT concession value (including VAT, per Wikipedia summary)

  €35,000,000

  Incomplete figureconcessionSource label: Under investigationCode: UNDER_INVESTIGATIONCredible reporting or investigative material that a court has not established.

  Stated definition: incomplete. Definition: BOT concession value to the Ministry as stated in the Wikipedia summary (about 35 million euro including VAT). The research brief's 28 million euro figure was not verified in any source opened.

  Date: Oct 2016 · Payer: Ministry of Environment · Payee: Integrated Technology Waste Treatment Fier

  • Albanian incinerators scandal (opens in a new tab)Wikipedia · wiki · EN

• Fier construction contract with Energy Recuperator (per Wikipedia summary)

  €15,000,000

  contractSource label: Under investigationCode: UNDER_INVESTIGATIONCredible reporting or investigative material that a court has not established.

  Stated definition: Definition: construction contract value between Integrated Technology Waste Treatment Fier and Energy Recuperator Spa, signed 10 Nov (year not stated in summary).

  Date: not found · Payer: Integrated Technology Waste Treatment Fier · Payee: Energy Recuperator Spa

  • Albanian incinerators scandal (opens in a new tab)Wikipedia · wiki · EN

• Government payments for Elbasan and Fier incinerators (per TI CEPI summary of Wikipedia/BIRN)

  €70,200,000

  Incomplete figurepaymentSource label: Under investigationCode: UNDER_INVESTIGATIONCredible reporting or investigative material that a court has not established.

  Stated definition: incomplete. Definition: amount the government paid for the Elbasan and Fier incinerators including VAT at 106 lek/euro, as summarised on the TI CEPI page. Not a Tirana figure. Both cases combined.

  Date: Aug 2023 · Payer: Government of Albania · Payee: Concession companies

  • Albania: Arben Ahmetaj, deputy PM involved in incinerators concession scandal (opens in a new tab)Transparency International CEPI · Aug 2023 · ngo · EN

• Minister's claim: 45 million euro paid for Tirana incinerator by July 2022

  €45,000,000

  Incomplete figurepaymentSource label: Under investigationCode: UNDER_INVESTIGATIONCredible reporting or investigative material that a court has not established.

  Stated 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 investigationCode: UNDER_INVESTIGATIONCredible reporting or investigative material that a court has not established.

  Stated 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 reportedCode: OFFICIALLY_REPORTEDStated by an official body (SPAK, a court, the Ombudsman, a prosecutor). An accusation is verified only as an accusation.

  Stated 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 reportedCode: OFFICIALLY_REPORTEDStated by an official body (SPAK, a court, the Ombudsman, a prosecutor). An accusation is verified only as an accusation.

  Stated 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

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