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199 figures. 69 are flagged as incomplete by their own definition, 28 have no amount recorded, and 2 are disputed or recorded differently in different research files.
Every figure is shown with its stated definition. Figures are never added together, and no exchange rate is applied: euro and lek amounts are shown exactly as reported.
Each bar is one figure from one source. Bars are compared side by side only; they are never added up, because they measure different things (contract values, losses, seizures, payments).
127 of 127 figures shown in euro.
5D Konstruksion municipal tenders, period as reported (no value found)
No amount recorded
Stated definition: No contract values found in the sources read. Period conflicts: 2016-2020 (Shqiptarja summary) vs 11 procurement procedures 2016-2022 (Balkanweb summary). INCOMPLETE.
Date: 2016/2022 · Payer: Tirana Municipality · Payee: 5D Konstruksion sh.p.k
5D tenders won while Molla/Qato allegedly controlled the company (value disputed)
€30,000,000
Stated definition: Approximate, from one news summary (45 tenders worth about EUR 30m). Another report gives 11 tender procedures over 2016-2022 with value not stated. Not verified; use only as a range indicator.
Date: 2016 · Payer: Tirana municipality (per reporting) · Payee: 5d-konstruksion
Total value of nine 2022 procurement procedures (UBT)
€900,000
Stated definition: incomplete: as stated in Shqiptarja 2025-06-28. A2 News headline gives 90 million lek; search summary reports under 30 million lek per Rama. Not reconciled.
Date: 2022 · Payer: Agricultural University of Tirana · Payee: not found
ADF tender for rehabilitation of Kukës neighbourhoods 4-6, winning JV bid
€1,800,000
Stated definition: Winning bid of 1.8 million euro per the article body. The headline says 3 million euro; the article does not reconcile the two figures.
Date: 11 Aug 2020 · Payer: Albanian Development Fund (FSHZH) · Payee: Joint venture: Mela sh.p.k., Alba Shpresa sh.p.k., Kevin Construksion sh.p.k.
Vetro Energy offer for Albpetrol
€850,000,000
Stated definition: Offer, not a completed payment. Figure from search summaries (Tirana Times and Top Channel coverage); not confirmed on an opened page.
Date: Oct 2012 · Payer: Vetro Energy (consortium) · Payee: Albanian state (seller)
Required 20% contract guarantee (down payment)
€170,000,000
Stated definition: 20% of the EUR 850m bid per search summary. Reports conflict on whether it was paid; the government invalidated the bid on 8 Feb 2013 after the deadline passed.
Date: 8 Feb 2013 · Payer: Vetro Energy · Payee: Albanian state
Transfer of 500 tear gas canisters from Kosovo police to Albanian police for 2019 protests (reported)
No amount recorded
Stated definition: incomplete: no value reported; a transfer between police forces, not a tender; 500 canisters per search summary of exit.al.
Date: 2020 · Payer: Kosovo police (transfer; approval requested) · Payee: Albanian State Police
Expired medicines allegedly purchased by predecessor
€26,000,000
Stated definition: Minister's claim as reported by Tirana Times (undated). No audit confirmation found.
Date: not found · Payer: Ministry of Health (Albania) · Payee: not stated
Value of the two 2021 construction contracts named in the 20 Oct 2026 charges (as reported by Reuters)
€200,000,000
Stated definition: Reuters: 'more than 200 million euros ($225 million)'. A lower bound as reported. The two contracts are not named in the fetched Reuters text.
Date: 2021 · Payer: Albanian state · Payee: not named in source
Value of nine tenders under investigation (Albanian Daily News figure, not a SPAK total)
€1,200,000,000
Stated definition: 'Reportedly approximately 1.2 billion euros' (Albanian Daily News, 28 Oct 2026). Balkanweb (28 Oct 2026) gives 'more than 1 billion euro', citing a journalist. Neither is a SPAK figure.
Date: 28 Oct 2026 · Payer: Albanian state · Payee: tenders (not individually valued in sources)
Estimated completion cost of the Palasë villa (upper estimate, Alko Impex)
€410,000
Stated definition: Upper end of the 288,000 to 410,000 euro estimate in Balkanweb (9 Sep 2026, fetched; 'sipas preventivit' = 'according to the estimate'). The lower end is fin-palasa-villa-investment-min in. SPAK allegation.
Date: 9 Sep 2026 · Payer: Alko Impex General Construction (alleged) · Payee: Palasë villa completion (alleged)
Estimated investment by Alko Impex (Arber Abazi) to complete the Palasa villa (lower estimate)
€288,000
Stated definition: Lower end of a EUR 288,000-410,000 range reported by Balkanweb; SPAK allegation, not verified.
Date: 9 Sep 2026 · Payer: Alko Impex General Construction (alleged) · Payee: Villa completion (alleged)
Declared losses and sales in tax probe (conflicting figures)
11,700,000,000 lek
Stated definition: One report (Citizens.al, July 2025) gives declared annual losses of ALL 11.7 bn against sales and exports 2004-2024 of ALL 532 bn. Another outlet gives ALL 117 bn. Figures conflict; allegations only. Incomplete.
Date: Jul 2025 · Payer: Bankers Petroleum Albania · Payee: Not applicable (tax base)
Alleged state damage through fraudulent VAT claims (Bankers Petroleum Albania)
No amount recorded
Stated definition: 'Several million euros' (prosecutors' preliminary findings, as reported); 'over 11 million euros' (another outlet). Incomplete; not confirmed by a court.
Date: Jul 2025 · Payer: State budget (alleged loss) · Payee: Bankers Petroleum Albania (alleged)
KESH solar tender at Zadeja dam: alleged excess cost
€5,000,000
Stated definition: Allegation by MP Gazment Bardhi (headline figure: EUR 5m damage). Per the same allegation, the contract was about EUR 8.13m (97% of limit fund) vs about EUR 3m for a comparable privately built project. Incomplete; unverified.
Date: unknown · Payer: KESH · Payee: Contractor (not named in reviewed text)
Tender value cited for Balluku / KESH tender abuse allegations
€180,000,000
Stated definition: Headline figure ('tenders worth 180 mln euro'); Bardhi's complaint says abuse of at least EUR 180m per year. Not a SPAK finding. Incomplete: no breakdown seen.
Date: Dec 2024 · Payer: Public contracting authorities (per allegation) · Payee: Private firms (per allegation)
KLSH tender damage, Belsh municipality (2018)
80,000,000 lek
Stated definition: Figure from Shqiptarja headline ('80 mln leke dem nga tenderat'). Body not opened. The further 286 million and 66 million lekë figures come from a search summary and are not verified.
Date: May 2018 · Payer: Belsh municipality · Payee: not stated
Bulqize water-supply tender (existing case; headline figure)
322,000,000 lek
Stated definition: Figure from Shqiptarja headline ('abuzimi 322 mln leke me tenderin e ujesjellesit'). Cross-reference to existing case-bulqize-water-tender; check against that record. The headline says GJKKO sent Lefter Alla and 11 others to prison, 2 under house arrest.
Date: unknown · Payer: Bulqize municipality · Payee: not stated
KLSH headline economic damage, CEZ Shperndarje period 2013-2015
€32,039,440
Stated definition: Headline figure in the KLSH audit summary. Items below are part of the audit's findings; the sum is not verified. Official audit finding, not a court judgment.
Date: 30 Jun 2015 · Payer: CEZ Shperndarje (administration period) · Payee: OSHEE and state budget (per audit)
Lost revenue for OSHEE and state budget from KESH export / OSHEE import
€5,630,713
Stated definition: Per KLSH text; period 2013-2015.
Date: 30 Jun 2015 · Payer: KESH / CEZ-era arrangements (per audit) · Payee: OSHEE and state budget
Electrical materials procurement 2014 under ERE-set CEZ rules
€4,359,882
Stated definition: Per KLSH text: economic damage from breaches of tender procedures set by ERE in CEZ Shperndarje's procurement rules (emergency procedures, single negotiation phase, contract extensions).
Date: 31 Dec 2014 · Payer: CEZ Shperndarje · Payee: Suppliers (not named in text reviewed)
CEZ settlement: compensation for receivables and transfer of CEZ Shperndarje shares
€95,500,000
Stated definition: Enerdata headline and summary give EUR 95.5m; a Tirana Times snippet gives 'Euro 95 million'. Paid in annual instalments until 2018 per summary; source conflict on rounding. Payment to CEZ from distribution operator income, per finance ministry (summary).
Date: unknown · Payer: Republic of Albania / OSHEE (state) · Payee: CEZ Group
CEZ-DIA contract: monthly payment and success bonus per contract annex (as reported)
€512,000
Stated definition: Per monthly fee, not a total. Figure comes from a search summary of Albanian coverage that cites the contract annex published by BIRN; the BIRN original was not opened. Incomplete: total paid and success-bonus amount not found.
Date: unknown · Payer: CEZ · Payee: DIA (Kastriot Ismailaj)
Alleged EUR 6.5m transfer from CEZ to Ismailaj / DIA
€6,500,000
Stated definition: Appears only in a search summary; attribution to a specific source not confirmed. Incomplete: not confirmed by an opened primary document. Treat as unverified.
Date: unknown · Payer: CEZ · Payee: DIA / Kastriot Ismailaj
Reported damage to state budget in CEZ-DIA case (over EUR 414m)
€414,000,000
Stated definition: Figure cited in a search summary as 'reports cite damage over 414 million euros'. Attribution not confirmed; figure is a press estimate, not a court finding. Incomplete.
Date: unknown · Payer: CEZ / state · Payee: Not stated
Payment of EUR 170,000 from DIA to deputy Agron Cela (reported in SPAK file)
€170,000
Stated definition: From Shqiptarja headline only; the page text was not opened. Payer and payee as in headline.
Date: unknown · Payer: DIA · Payee: Agron Cela
Alleged EUR transfer from CEZ to DIA (per SPAK file summary)
€6,500,000
Stated definition: Appears only in a search summary; primary indictment text not retrieved. Treat as UNVERIFIED.
Date: Oct 2024 · Payer: CEZ (as alleged) · Payee: DIA (Kastriot Ismailaj)
Civil fine on Balla, Pollo defamation suit
30,000 lek
Stated definition: Fine after reduction from 1,000,000 lek per Top Channel (24 Apr 2013). Article says it was a punishment, not economic damages.
Date: 24 Apr 2013 · Payer: Taulant Balla · Payee: Genc Pollo
First-instance moral damages against Balla (Malltezi suit), as reported in search snippets
1,000,000 lek
Stated definition: Figure from search snippet; the suit sought 2,000,000 lek. Not verified against the judgment; appeal outcome unclear.
Date: 2013 · Payer: Taulant Balla · Payee: Jamarbër Malltezi
Direct purchase of 54 ventilators (claimed); 5 delivered
€1,100,000
Stated definition: Party-quoted figure (Koduzi, citing Together for Life). Incomplete: no contract document seen.
Date: 2020 · Payer: Ministry of Health (Albania) · Payee: not stated
COVID-19 procurement procedures (198), total value
€35,000,000
Stated definition: 'over 35 million euro' per PD quote of a Together for Life report. Incomplete; not verified.
Date: 12 Feb 2022 · Payer: health institutions · Payee: multiple
Test-kit unit price, claimed secret purchase
€68
8,500 lek
Stated definition: Unit price claimed by PD (8500 ALL = EUR 68 per Exit.al); market price claimed 2100 ALL (EUR 17). Per unit, not contract total.
Date: 21 Mar 2020 · Payer: Ministry of Health (Albania) · Payee: O.E.S. Distrimed (per Exit.al, party claim)
Value of seized cigarettes
No amount recorded
Stated definition: 10 million USD (Tirana Times) vs up to 19 million USD (Top Channel, per search summary). Incomplete; date uncertain.
Date: May 2014 · Payer: Smugglers (alleged) · Payee: State (seized goods)
Reported fine on Balla in a Shkëlzen Berisha suit (one 2013 account)
2,000,000 lek
Stated definition: Figure from a search snippet attributing it to judge Ridvan Hado; conflicts with another snippet saying the suit was dismissed by judge Ardiana Bera. Not verified.
Date: unknown · Payer: Taulant Balla · Payee: Shkëlzen Berisha
Transactions under verification (Delta Pharma-linked and pharmacy contracts)
€2,800,000
Stated definition: 'up to EUR 2.8 million' per Report TV via Shqiptarja; no single contract value. Unnamed-source reporting.
Date: 29 Dec 2023 · Payer: Ministry of Health (Albania) · Payee: Delta Pharma-AL SHPK and related pharmacies
DH Albania tender pair (2018)
€30,000,000
Stated definition: 'almost €30 million' as reported by Exit News; approximate.
Date: 2018 · Payer: Albanian government · Payee: DH Albania
Alleged bribe for construction permits (Dimal)
€3,000
Stated definition: Alleged amount per search summary; incomplete (no permit values or number of permits).
Date: unknown · Payer: Private entity (alleged) · Payee: Engineer Arjan Demiri (alleged)
Durrës ASHK: about 53,000 m2 of land seized
No amount recorded
Stated definition: Incomplete: area only (Balkanweb headline). No value reported.
Date: unknown · Payer: not found · Payee: State (seizure)
Durres: fire-truck procurement (non-functional)
55,000,000 lek
Stated definition: Figure from Shqiptarja headline ('blene autoshkalle zjarrfikese 55 mln leke'). Purchase price as reported, not a court damage figure.
Date: unknown · Payer: Durres municipality · Payee: private suppliers (not named)
KLSH damage estimate, Durres port concession
€16,900,000
Stated definition: Damage figure as quoted by Top Channel from the KLSH finding. Audit year not verified in the page fetched (search summary says 2014). Incomplete: basis of calculation not stated.
Date: 2014 · Payer: not found · Payee: Albanian state
Per-passage payments to let barred persons pass
No amount recorded
Stated definition: Reported range 5 to 100 euros per person; total not stated.
Date: 21 Feb 2023 · Payer: Individuals barred from Schengen entry (alleged) · Payee: Six port inspectors (alleged)
Bërryli-Currila promenade tender overpayment (SPAK notice)
18,318,400.2 lek
Stated definition: SPAK notice figure as reported by Shqiptarja (fetched); the article also says 'more than 18,000,000 lek'. Tender limit fund 21,000,000 lek. Allegation in a referral, not a court finding.
Date: Dec 2015 · Payer: Municipality of Durrës / State budget · Payee: Tender winner (not named in the fetched text)
Damages sought by Balla from Ervin Salianji
1,000,000 lek
Stated definition: Amount Balla sued for (a claim, not an award). Outcome not found.
Date: unknown · Payer: Ervin Salianji (defendant, if sued) · Payee: Balla said the money would go to the education fund
Government payments for Elbasan and Fier incinerators (per TI CEPI summary of Wikipedia/BIRN)
€70,200,000
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
Two Elbasan hospital tenders (rigging charged)
€16,000
Stated definition: Combined value as reported by Exit.al. Incomplete per-tender split.
Date: 27 Oct 2021 · Payer: Elbasan Public Hospital · Payee: winning company (not named in reviewed text)
Alleged benefit to Veliaj-Xoxa couple (SPAK suspicion)
€1,000,000
Stated definition: 'Around 1 million euros' per Citizens.al (23 Jul 2025). SPAK suspicion, not a court finding. Some outlets report about 1.1 million (see next item).
Date: 23 Jul 2025 · Payer: unspecified · Payee: Erion Veliaj and Ajola Xoxa (as alleged)
Alleged illegally obtained amount (SPAK, earlier figure)
€1,100,000
Stated definition: 'About EUR 1.1 million allegedly obtained illegally' per Citizens.al (10 Feb 2025). SPAK allegation.
Date: 10 Feb 2025 · Payer: unspecified (companies and NGOs linked to Xoxa, as alleged) · Payee: Veliaj-Xoxa couple (as alleged)
Online spending by Xoxa and family (clothing, jewellery) as alleged
€870,000
Stated definition: 'About EUR 870,000 spent online' per Citizens.al (10 Feb 2025). SPAK allegation.
Date: 10 Feb 2025 · Payer: Ajola Xoxa and family (as alleged) · Payee: online retailers (not named)
Berisha claim: incinerator contract cost about EUR 1 billion over 30 years
€1,000,000,000
Stated definition: Claimed by Sali Berisha (opposition leader). Berisha's own calculation per search summary. Not verified. Documented feasibility-study payments reported separately are much smaller (search summary, not fetched; not recorded here).
Date: unknown · Payer: Tirana municipality (as claimed) · Payee: Tirana incinerator operator (as claimed)
Bank accounts seized in Fier property-fraud probe
€2,600,000
Stated definition: Headline figure (Albanian Daily News). Seized assets, not a confirmed loss.
Date: unknown · Payer: not found · Payee: State (seizure)
Fier: 76+ properties (about 1,143 ha) seized
No amount recorded
Stated definition: Incomplete: area only, from search summary; no value reported. Source article not fetched.
Date: unknown · Payer: not found · Payee: State (seizure)
Fier incinerator cost to state per year (headline figure)
€7,500,000
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
Fier BOT concession value (including VAT, per Wikipedia summary)
€35,000,000
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
Fier construction contract with Energy Recuperator (per Wikipedia summary)
€15,000,000
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
KLSH tender damage, Finiq municipality (audit 2017-2019)
77,000,000 lek
Stated definition: Figure from Shqiptarja headline ('77 mln leke dem shtetit'). KLSH's term: economic damage. The ABC News trial-referral article gives no figure.
Date: 27 Jun 2020 · Payer: Finiq municipality · Payee: not stated
Alleged secret AKSHI contract (about 60 million euro) that the PD says Gëzim Hoxha admitted
€60,000,000
Stated definition: Opposition claim quoted from a PD statement; not an official contract figure.
Date: 16 Apr 2026 · Payer: AKSHI / National Authority for Cyber Security (as alleged) · Payee: First sh.p.k. (as alleged)
Hemodialysis concession contract value (10 years)
€63,500,000
8,600,000,000 lek
Stated definition: Exit.al: 8.6bn lek (about EUR 63.5m) without VAT. Balkanweb headline cites EUR 75m with a KLSH finding; unreconciled. Incomplete.
Date: May 2015 · Payer: Ministry of Health (contracting authority) · Payee: Evita shpk-led consortium (per Exit.al)
Combined annual value of three health concessions (free check-ups, sterilization, hemodialysis)
€21,800,000
3,000,000,000 lek
Stated definition: Exit.al gives one combined figure for three concessions: 3bn lek per year for 10 years (about EUR 21.8m). Breakdown not given; VAT treatment not specified. Incomplete.
Date: 2015 · Payer: Ministry of Health · Payee: Concessionaires (not separated)
Cancelled hemodialysis tender (Shkoder, Lezhe, Korce, Vlore, Elbasan lots)
No amount recorded
Stated definition: Headline reports USD 45 million (not converted; EUR not given). Date not stated in the source. Tender cancelled after sole bidder declared winner.
Date: not found · Payer: Public procurement authority (lot owners) · Payee: Sole bidder (not named in source)
Hemodialysis services tender, five cities, 48 months (estimated limit)
4,590,000,000 lek
Stated definition: Estimated limit fund of about 4.59 billion lekë per Albanian Daily News (headline USD 45m). Other outlets: EUR 50m (opposition) and EUR 75m (Spahia). Not an award value.
Date: 14 Aug 2026 · Payer: Operator of Integrated Health Services / Ministry of Health · Payee: Diaverum AB (sole bidder)
2022 payments for unperformed services, hemodialysis concession (claimed as KLSH finding)
€1,000,000
99,000,000 lek
Stated definition: Cited by Spahia as a KLSH finding; reported as about 1 million euro. Not checked against the KLSH report text.
Date: 2022 · Payer: concession payer (per Spahia) · Payee: concessionaire
Land seized from Artan Gaçi (Himarë)
No amount recorded
Stated definition: Incomplete: area only (5,512 m2). No value reported in the article fetched.
Date: 25 Oct 2023 · Payer: not found · Payee: State (seizure)
Himarë coastal land in the Goro/Gaçi file (area conflicting)
No amount recorded
Stated definition: Incomplete and conflicting: 4,200 m2 (Shqiptarja headline), 10,592 m2 (search summary), 5,080 m2 (ABC News summary), 10,000 m2 (Telegrafi headline). No value reported.
Date: Mar 2024 · Payer: not found · Payee: not found
Hydro licence review scope: 182 licences, 440 plants
No amount recorded
Stated definition: Not a money figure. Plant count corrected by Exit.al to 466 registered plants in a later piece; 96 operational plants per Exit text. Included for scope.
Date: 26 Jan 2019 · Payer: Not applicable · Payee: Not applicable
ISHP COVID-19 test-kit tender
50,500,000 lek
Stated definition: 50.5 million lekë per Shqiptarja text (headline says 505 million). Incomplete: award value not found.
Date: 27 Aug 2020 · Payer: Institute of Public Health · Payee: not yet awarded in sources
Kamez: tender of about 80 million lekë (Mziu)
80,000,000 lek
Stated definition: Figure from Shqiptarja headline ('tenderin 80 mln leke'). Undated. Not stated whether it is contract value or damage.
Date: unknown · Payer: Kamez municipality · Payee: not stated
Sulova bid, Kardhiq-Delvina Lot 7 (2019)
€18,900,000
Stated definition: Bid value from a search summary; not verified against tender documents. Winning contract value not established. Incomplete.
Date: Jun 2019 · Payer: Albanian Road Authority · Payee: Sulova (bidder; not awarded per summary)
Reported secret Elbit contract value (lower end of Kapitali range)
€400,000,000
Stated definition: incomplete: Kapitali estimate range 400-600 million euros; not officially confirmed; some sources cite up to about one billion. Single figure shown is the lower bound.
Date: 10 Dec 2025 · Payer: Albanian government (per reporting) · Payee: Elbit Systems (per reporting)
Two budget payments to Timak Defence (claimed)
€10,500,000
Stated definition: Total of two payments as reported by Kapitali; payment documents not retrieved.
Date: Dec 2025 · Payer: Albanian state budget (per Kapitali) · Payee: Timak Defence
Timak Defence tender from Defence Ministry (claimed by Balliu)
€10,000,000
Stated definition: approximate, as stated by opposition figure Balliu; not verified.
Date: 2026 · Payer: Ministry of Defence (Albania, claim) · Payee: Timak Defence (claim)
Investment transfers to R&I Trading by Mark Faist (plaintiff claim)
No amount recorded
Stated definition: USD 8,611,676.50 transferred; USD 1,000,000 repaid May 2025; unpaid balance USD 7,611,676.50 (per plaintiff's filing as reported). Not a KAYO payment; placed here as a related Yeffet financial claim.
Date: May 2025 · Payer: Mark Faist · Payee: R&I Trading (linked to Ron Yeffet)
Laboratory PPP concession, Sarande and Lushnje, 10 years
€104,000,000
Stated definition: Contract value as reported by Exit.al and Balkanweb (Jan 2022 / Jan 2023); Balkanweb also gives 'over 13 billion lekë'. Not checked against the contract.
Date: 27 Jan 2022 · Payer: Ministry of Health (Albania) · Payee: Consortium incl. Labopharma, Exalab France, AB Laboratory Solution BV
KQZ fine on the Democratic Party of Albania (Art. 173 point 3)
750,000 lek
Stated definition: Fine imposed by the KQZ CSC, announced 19 Jan 2024. Not a payment of campaign money.
Date: 19 Jan 2024 · Payer: Democratic Party of Albania · Payee: State (KQZ)
KQZ fine on Socialist Party finance staff (Art. 173 point 1)
100,000 lek
Stated definition: Fine on the person responsible for finances, not the party.
Date: 19 Jan 2024 · Payer: Socialist Party finance staff · Payee: State (KQZ)
KQZ fine on Democratic Party finance staff (Art. 173 point 1)
100,000 lek
Stated definition: Fine on the person responsible for finances, not the party.
Date: 19 Jan 2024 · Payer: Democratic Party finance staff · Payee: State (KQZ)
KQZ fines on three mayoral candidates (Sako ALL 92,775; Memolla ALL 120,590; Spahia ALL 91,420; Art. 173 point 5)
304,785 lek
Stated definition: Sum of the three fines. The KQZ text says the funds are to be transferred to the CEC. Total of all six fines = ALL 1,254,785.
Date: 19 Jan 2024 · Payer: Emirjana Sako; Edison Memolla; Bardh Spahia · Payee: CEC (KQZ)
Cash and items seized from Kalosh Peposhi (Kukes, May 2025)
€525
205,500 lek
Stated definition: Seized cash per the SPAK notice; an iPhone and a Mercedes-Benz were also seized (values not stated). Not a verified payment to voters.
Date: 10 May 2025 · Payer: Kalosh Peposhi (alleged) · Payee: State (seizure)
Llogara Tunnel project value (reported)
€190,000,000
Stated definition: Project value as reported by Tirana Times (Nov 2025) and EWB (Feb 2026). Not a verified contract value. Search summary figures of 139.33 million euros were not confirmed and are not used.
Date: 2021 · Payer: Albanian state (reported) · Payee: Intekar Yapi and ASL Insaat consortium (reported as winner)
Winning consortium offer (2021, as stated by PD)
17,000,000,000 lek
Stated definition: 'Over 17 billion lek' per Shqiptarja, quoting the PD statement. The ministry spending ceiling was 18.9 billion lek. The Albanian JV bid was 15.8 billion lek without VAT (Shqiptarja). Figures are party/press claims.
Date: 12 Oct 2021 · Payer: Ministry (reported) · Payee: Intekar Yapi and ASL Insaat consortium
Llogara tunnel contract, Intekar Yapi / ASL consortium (Tunnelbuilder figure)
€139,330,000
17,040,000,000 lek
Stated definition: Contract value as listed by Tunnelbuilder. INCOMPLETE/CONFLICTING: other figures in this file (155.08m excl. VAT tender notice; 170m Shqiptarja allegation; 168m Hill; 178m USD World Highways; 158.4m USD / 138.4m EUR in a Turkish summary).
Date: Oct 2021 · Payer: Government of Albania (Ministry of Infrastructure / ARRSH; contracting authority per sources) · Payee: Intekar Yapi / ASL Insaat joint venture
Llogara tunnel tender notice (earlier listing)
€155,080,000
18,970,000,000 lek
Stated definition: Tender notice value excluding VAT, duration 37 months, per Tunnelbuilder listing summary. INCOMPLETE: not compared to the signed contract value.
Date: Jun 2021 · Payer: Government of Albania · Payee: tender (open to bidders)
Llogara winning bid, opposition allegation (about 170 million euro)
€170,000,000
Stated definition: Allegation from Democratic Party and reported by Shqiptarja (title: winners took the tender at 170 mln euro breaking criteria). Not verified; conflicts with 139.33m. The rival bid (including Concord Engineering) was said to be about 12 million dollars lower. INCOMPLETE.
Date: Oct 2021 · Payer: Government of Albania · Payee: Intekar Yapi / ASL Insaat joint venture
Llogara tunnel contract value per World Highways
No amount recorded
Stated definition: World Highways gives US$178 million (currency USD; conversion not made here). INCOMPLETE: no EUR conversion or date in the summary read.
Date: Oct 2021 · Payer: Government of Albania · Payee: Intekar Yapi / ASL Insaat joint venture
Llogara re-tender fund limit (excluding VAT), per SPAK notice as quoted by Balkanweb
18,967,810,952.08 lek
Stated definition: Figure as written in the Balkanweb article (quoting the SPAK notice); 22 June 2021; excluding VAT. Balkanweb also says the tender was opened on 1 Dec 2021, which conflicts with the June date.
Date: 22 Jun 2021 · Payer: Albanian state (Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy) · Payee: tender
Lowest bid in the first (cancelled) Llogara tender: Gjoka–Duygu joint venture
€140,000,000
Stated definition: 'About 140 million euro' per Exit News and Balkanweb. Tender later cancelled. Not checked against the procurement record.
Date: 1 Mar 2021 · Payer: Albanian state · Payee: Gjoka Konstruksion / Duygu Mühendislik JV (bidder)
Winning İntekar–ASL bid on the re-tender (approximate)
€190,000,000
Stated definition: 'About 190 million euros', described by Exit as the second-lowest bid; Exit says the lowest was about 10 million below. Approximate; not checked against the award notice. The project value (about 190 million euros) is recorded as fin-llogara-project-value.
Date: 7 Sep 2021 · Payer: Albanian state · Payee: İntekar–ASL joint venture
PD allegation: winning Turkish JV offer about EUR 12m above an earlier Albanian offer
€12,000,000
Stated definition: Opposition (PD) allegation as reported by Shqiptarja. Not verified.
Date: 2021 · Payer: Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy (per reporting) · Payee: intekar-yapi
Payment to McGonigal from Agron Neza
No amount recorded
Stated definition: USD 225,000 (not converted). Amount is from reporting of the US case.
Date: Feb 2024 · Payer: Agron Neza · Payee: Charles McGonigal
Bribe for Dricons tender (prosecution)
330,000 lek
Stated definition: 330,000 lekë per Top Channel and Shqiptarja. Top Channel also states '3 million old ALL' in another paragraph. Conflict unresolved.
Date: 5 Jun 2023 · Payer: Dricons (via Vladimir Topi) · Payee: Joana Duro (via Laura Shteto)
Dricons winning offer, Lot 1 supervision tender
672,457.6 lek
Stated definition: Winning offer per Shqiptarja summary; limit 805,872 lekë. Top Channel gives a different tender value ('6 million old ALL'). Incomplete.
Date: not found · Payer: Ministry of Health (Albania) · Payee: Dricons
New hospital at Mother Teresa centre, budget
No amount recorded
Stated definition: About USD 21 million budget, about USD 14 million from CEB (Tirana Times, undated). Stated in USD, not converted. Incomplete.
Date: not found · Payer: Government of Albania / Council of Europe Development Bank · Payee: Inso & Consta (reported)
KLSH-attributed tender damage, Finiq municipality (audit period 2017-2019)
77,000,000 lek
Stated definition: Headline figure from Shqiptarja as the audit's economic damage; it is the basis of a criminal complaint, not a court finding. Separate figures in the same article: 41,773,524 leke negative effect on municipal budget; 136,713,771 leke public funds used without economy/efficiency; 55 million leke missing revenue. Incomplete: no follow-up found.
Date: 27 Jun 2020 · Payer: not found · Payee: Finiq municipality (state budget)
KLSH-attributed tender damage, Belsh municipality
80,000,000 lek
Stated definition: Economic damage attributed by KLSH to the mayor from tenders (per Shqiptarja summary). Year 2018 per article reference; exact day not confirmed. Outcome of complaint not found.
Date: 2018 · Payer: not found · Payee: Belsh municipality
KLSH-attributed economic damage, Sarande municipality (2017 complaint)
129,400,000 lek
Stated definition: INCOMPLETE/CONFLICTING: search summary gives 129.4 million leke economic damage (wider budget impact 481 million leke); the Balkanweb URL slug reads '1294 milione'. Article not opened. Shqiptarja also reports approx. EUR 1 million abuse in a separate item (date unclear). Court reopened case per Shqiptarja (undated).
Date: 28 Apr 2017 · Payer: not found · Payee: Sarande municipality (state budget)
KLSH complaint against former Kukes mayor Bashkim Shehu
59,000,000 lek
Stated definition: Abuse of office causing damage of 59 million leke, plus 65 million leke additional, per KLSH complaint as reported by Shqiptarja (article date not shown). Separate claim by the municipality under Safet Gjici: about USD 20 million (not converted). Incomplete; no court outcome found.
Date: not found · Payer: not found · Payee: Kukes municipality (state budget)
High State Audit: total abuses found in 2011-2014 controls (all state institutions, national)
€171,000,000
24,500,000,000 lek
Stated definition: Total stated by article; EUR figure is the article's conversion. Category sums (about 24.2 billion leke) do not equal total. Year inferred (2015 article about 2014 controls). National figure, not Tirana-specific.
Date: Feb 2015 · Payer: not found · Payee: State budget (multiple institutions)
High State Audit: financial abuses in 182 inspections (first three quarters of an unstated year)
6,900,000,000 lek
Stated definition: Article states about USD 69 million; year inferred as 2011, not stated. Procurement share 175 million leke mainly Tirana and Durres municipalities. Incomplete.
Date: Dec 2011 · Payer: not found · Payee: State budget (multiple institutions)
KLSH: irregularities found in 2013 audits (national)
15,100,000,000 lek
Stated definition: Chairman Bujar Leskaj as quoted: around 15.1 billion leke of financial irregularities (article: about USD 150 million). Year inferred. Incomplete breakdown.
Date: Jan 2014 · Payer: not found · Payee: Public institutions (unnamed)
High State Audit: abuses in first half of an unstated year (national)
€36,500,000
5,100,000,000 lek
Stated definition: Article: 5.1 billion leke total (EUR 36.5m; USD 45m). Components 3.6bn direct damage + 1.4bn financial damage do not sum exactly to 5.1bn. Year not stated; date unknown.
Date: not found · Payer: not found · Payee: State enterprises (2.7bn), Economy/Trade/Energy Ministry (1.4bn), Road Authority (285m)
Invoices registered after the 30-day limit (2017 budget, national)
€234,000,000
Stated definition: Analysis states invoices 'worth up to' EUR 234 million were registered after the 30-day limit; over 80% of invoices. Not a loss figure. Based on Exit analysis of KLSH report (made public Oct 2018).
Date: 5 Dec 2018 · Payer: not found · Payee: Government / state budget
Elbasan-Gjinar road maintenance tender (2009), Albanian Road Authority
€3,750,000
Stated definition: Road procured for EUR 3.75 million per local media as reported by Tirana Times; prosecutors say it was never finished. Tender year 2009; article date inferred 2018-02. Share of loss not stated.
Date: 2009 · Payer: Albanian Road Authority · Payee: Contractor(s) (not named in article)
State budget damage in 2014 abuse cases (NGO figure, Albanian Helsinki Committee)
3,000,000,000 lek
Stated definition: Figure as stated by the Albanian Helsinki Committee (Erida Skendaj) via Tirana Times: about 3 billion leke damage from abuse of power, forged documents and faulty tenders; about USD 3m for 19 Tirana cases and 6 Durres cases. Not verified against the audit reports; NGO claim.
Date: not found · Payer: not found · Payee: State budget
Alko Impex Construction: municipal tenders from seven Socialist-run municipalities, 2014-2017 (about €10.8 million total, of which Exit.al says about €6 million was awarded illegally)
€10,800,000
Stated definition: incomplete: approximate total from a search summary of Exit.al coverage (original not opened); 'awarded illegally' is a journalistic claim, not a court finding
Date: 2014/2017 · Payer: Seven municipalities, reported as Socialist-run by Exit.al (names not confirmed here) · Payee: Alko Impex Construction (Albanian branch)
€2.2 million contract for works on the Dibër boulevard, won by Alko Impex General Construction (opposition alleges predetermined winner)
€2,200,000
Stated definition: incomplete: figure from Balkanweb headline; contracting authority and award date not confirmed in snippet; the company was reportedly found by auditors to have won without meeting criteria (per search summary)
Date: unknown · Payer: Contracting authority not confirmed · Payee: Alko Impex General Construction
Startup grants alleged by PD MP Ina Zhupa: 50 million lekë to Altin and Arbi Bamllari (companies Skytech and 3DSKY, as reported)
50,000,000 lek
Stated definition: incomplete: allegation as reported by Shqiptarja (20 Dec 2022); grant date, decision and official beneficiary list not found
Date: 2022 (grant date not stated) · Payer: Ministry of Entrepreneurship startup grant scheme (per allegation) · Payee: Skytech and 3DSKY (as reported)
Startup grant alleged by PD MP Ina Zhupa: 40 million lekë to Fladi Agolli (son of FSHZH director Dritan Agolli)
40,000,000 lek
Stated definition: incomplete: allegation as reported; grant date and decision not found. The same Shqiptarja article also contains a '40 million dollar' figure for this case, so the currency/amount is inconsistent within the source
Date: 2022 (not stated) · Payer: Ministry of Entrepreneurship startup grant scheme (per allegation) · Payee: Fladi Agolli (startup)
Startup grant alleged by PD MP Ina Zhupa: 50 million lekë to auditor Kamela Hasko (AKH consulting, as reported)
50,000,000 lek
Stated definition: incomplete: allegation; the claimed link is a former consulting collaboration with the minister, not verified
Date: 2022 (not stated) · Payer: Ministry of Entrepreneurship startup grant scheme (per allegation) · Payee: Kamela Hasko (AKH consulting, as reported)
Two startup grants alleged by PD MP Ina Zhupa: 88 million lekë total to two organisations in the AADF network
88,000,000 lek
Stated definition: incomplete: total for two grants as alleged; recipient organisation names not given in the article reviewed
Date: 2022 (not stated) · Payer: Ministry of Entrepreneurship startup grant scheme (per allegation) · Payee: Two organisations in the AADF network (unnamed in source)
Strategic-investor status for Dreamades Luxury Suites (Dhërmi, Himarë) granted to AG.TCC sh.p.k.; 30-year beach-area lease reported by Transparency
No amount recorded
Stated definition: incomplete: the decision states a project investment value of 5,556,192 euro (private investment, not public money); the lease value was not found. This is a state status and asset lease, not a grant.
Date: 29 Mar 2021 · Payer: Komiteti i Investimeve Strategjike (state); lease grantor not confirmed · Payee: AG.TCC sh.p.k. (NUIS L52227046H)
Abissnet sh.a.: public-institution contracts reportedly awarded while Kokëdhima was an MP (values not found)
No amount recorded
Stated definition: incomplete: contracts described in opposition claims and the court case; no values or dates found in this research
Date: unknown · Payer: Public institutions (not named in sources reviewed) · Payee: Abissnet sh.a.
OST tender of 100 million lekë reportedly awarded to a company linked to Edmond Bego (Librazhd), alleged by PD; PD's 2018 figures (641m and 1bn lekë from OST, 3bn lekë from OSHEE, €10m motorway subcontract) are also allegations
100,000,000 lek
Stated definition: incomplete: opposition allegation (search summary of PD material); year not stated; company not named; no OST document found
Date: unknown · Payer: OST (Operatori i Sistemit të Transmetimit) · Payee: Edmond Bego (company not named in sources reviewed)
Free textbook fund, Albania, August 2025 (ministry bulletin)
€9,000,000
Stated definition: incomplete: ministry bulletin figure; a Telegrafi headline gives EUR 7.3 million for the subsidy. Not reconciled.
Date: Aug 2025 · Payer: Ministria e Arsimit dhe Sportit · Payee: not found
Renovated 26 Nëntori school, Tirana (EU4Schools)
83,280,000 lek
Stated definition: total cost as reported by UNDP search summary; not opened
Date: Mar 2024 · Payer: EU4Schools programme · Payee: not found
Thumane-Kashar road concession (Gener 2)
€245,750,000
Stated definition: Value of about 245.75 million euro per one Shqiptarja-reported figure (search summary). Signature date 9 May 2022 per same summary. INCOMPLETE: no ALL figure and no primary contract read.
Date: 9 May 2022 · Payer: Government of Albania (concession) · Payee: Gener 2 sh.p.k
Interior Ministry TV advertising 2006-2012, most paid to Promo LLC (figures cited by an opposition MP)
No amount recorded
Stated definition: 4,735,500 USD as reported by Top Channel. Figure given by PS MP Eduart Shalsi from ministers' documents; not independently audited in the sources reviewed. Ministry and broadcaster response not in the article.
Date: 17 Sep 2012 · Payer: Albanian Interior Ministry (PD government) · Payee: Promo LLC, plus one national TV station (unnamed in article)
Defence Ministry advertising contracts to Zoom Events and Promo Sh.p.k. during June 2013 campaign
€584,000
82,700,000 lek
Stated definition: Zoom Events: 2 contracts, 40 million lek (about 284,000 EUR). Promo Sh.p.k.: 2 contracts, 42.7 million lek (about 300,000 EUR). Figures as reported by BIRN from Treasury records. Year inferred as 2013 from campaign timing and company formation date. EUR total is the sum of the two reported EUR figures.
Date: Jun 2013 · Payer: Albanian Defence Ministry (PD government) · Payee: Zoom Events Sh.p.k.; Promo Sh.p.k.
Defence Ministry awarded 580,000 EUR of ads to two Frangaj-linked agencies in its last two years (BIRN)
€580,000
Stated definition: As reported by Balkan Insight (published 20 December) and carried by MediaObservatory (6 January). Year is not confirmed in the retrieved text; likely 2013.
Date: Dec 2013 · Payer: Albanian Defence Ministry (PD government) · Payee: Promo Sh.p.k.; Zoom Events Sh.p.k.
Socialist Party contract with Ballard Partners (US lobbying, 2017)
No amount recorded
Stated definition: USD 20,000 per month for one year (O'Dwyer's, citing FARA filing). Wikipedia's Brian Ballard entry gives USD 240,000. Figures not reconciled; treat as unconfirmed. Not converted to EUR.
Date: Apr 2017 · Payer: Socialist Party of Albania · Payee: Ballard Partners
Government decision to compensate national broadcasters for digital transition (includes TV Klan and Top Channel)
€4,000,000
Stated definition: Up to EUR 4 million total, half for operators with digital experience and half for national historic operators. Each share calculated as a percentage of tax paid. Named beneficiaries: Top Channel, TV Klan, Digitalb, Vizion Plus. Taken under the Socialist government; exit.al reports that local media criticised the payments as possibly buying favourable coverage. Not a PD-linked payment; included because it concerns both TV Klan and Top Channel under the PS government.
Date: 4 Apr 2019 · Payer: Albanian government (decision of 4 April 2019) · Payee: Top Channel; TV Klan; Digitalb; Vizion Plus
Contested cost-recovery claims rejected by ICC (reimbursement obligation)
€220,300,000
Stated definition: SeeNews: contested costs above USD 236m rejected. A separate summary gives EUR 220.3m. Currency basis unreconciled; the amount is the costs claimed by Bankers, not a damage award.
Date: Jun 2024 · Payer: Bankers Petroleum · Payee: Albanian state (Ministry of Energy, Albpetrol)
Bankers Petroleum owed to Albanian state after arbitration (headline figure)
No amount recorded
Stated definition: Headline: 'Bankers owes Albanian state USD 236 million, ready to implement arbitration decision'. USD figure only; EUR not converted; ICC order reported June 2024. Incomplete: the exact breakdown was not opened.
Date: Jun 2024 · Payer: Bankers Petroleum · Payee: Republic of Albania
Patos: Dukas-Breg retaining-wall tender (emergency contract)
6,700,000 lek
Stated definition: About 6.7 million lekë as reported in a search summary of Shqiptarja; not seen on the page. Contract value, not economic damage.
Date: unknown · Payer: Patos municipality · Payee: not stated
Police uniform tender value
€25,000,000
2,800,000,000 lek
Stated definition: Two sources, not reconciled: Exit states EUR 25 million; the Shqiptarja/Report TV file states 2.8 billion lek. A search snippet cites about EUR 23 million. Incomplete: no contract or final value checked.
Date: 2020 · Payer: Ministry of Interior / procurement · Payee: Winning bidder (not named in sources reviewed)
Allocations in the tender file: uniforms, shoes, electronic distribution system
2,790,000,000 lek
Stated definition: Researcher's sum of 2.2 bn lek (uniforms) + 552 m lek (shoes) + 35 m lek (electronic system, never built), as reported. Approximate; incomplete.
Date: 2020 · Payer: Ministry of Interior · Payee: Not stated
Works and investments on Palasë Villa 188/1 paid by Arbër Abazi (SPAK estimate, lower bound)
€288,616
Stated definition: SPAK estimate as reported by Balkanweb (fetched). Range given: 288,616 to 410,526 EUR. Allegation: value of the benefit Balluku allegedly received. Not a sale price.
Date: 9 Sep 2026 · Payer: Alko Impex General Construction (Arbër Abazi) · Payee: Villa 188/1, Palasë (benefit to Balluku, per SPAK)
Contract dated 26.10.2020 for 250,000 EUR, described by SPAK as fictitious
€250,000
Stated definition: SPAK describes the contract as a fictitious action used to hide the asset (as reported in the notice). Balkanweb (search summary, not fetched) gives a different date (26 Nov 2020) for a contract of 250,000 EUR; the fetched notice gives 26.10.2020.
Date: 26 Oct 2020 · Payer: Not stated in the fetched text · Payee: Igli Tare (as contracting party, per reporting)
Payments from Alko Impex to Atelier 4 (SPAK file quotes), lower bound
€288,000
Stated definition: Balkanweb (13 Sep 2026, fetched) reports payments of 288,000 to 410,000 EUR. SPAK allegation. This figure is a different measure from the 288,616 works estimate in fin-palase-villa-abazi-works-estimate; the two are not the same figure.
Date: 13 Sep 2026 · Payer: Alko Impex General Construction · Payee: Atelier 4 (Eftimi brothers)
Tirana Outer Ring Road Lot 7, limit fund (tender ceiling, excl. VAT)
2,353,597,373.94 lek
Stated definition: Limit fund (procurement ceiling) as quoted in SPAK's notice, not an amount paid. Winning operator named by SPAK: merger of Alko-Impex General Construction and 2T sh.p.k. Not an apartment figure.
Date: 9 Sep 2026 · Payer: Not applicable (tender ceiling set by the contracting authority) · Payee: Alko-Impex General Construction / 2T sh.p.k. (winning operator, per SPAK)
Palasë villa value (reported as 'over 400 thousand EUR') and additional luxury works ('more than 250 thousand EUR')
€400,000
Stated definition: Balkanweb (10 Sep 2026, fetched) quotes 'over 400 thousand' for the villa's value and 'more than 250 thousand' for additional luxury works, and its headline refers to 650 thousand. The article body does not state a 650 thousand total. Lower bound used.
Date: 10 Sep 2026 · Payer: Arbër Abazi / Alko Impex (per reporting) · Payee: Villa 188/1, Palasë
SPAK seizures, all cases, 1 Jan to 15 Jul 2026 (context only; not Balluku-specific)
€440,000,000
Stated definition: About 440 million EUR seized by court order in five proceedings (ACQJ, fetched). Covers over 60 villas, apartments and hotels across all cases. No Balluku-specific apartment count given. Included only to show that 'apartments' appear in SPAK aggregates for other cases.
Date: 30 Jul 2026 · Payer: Not applicable · Payee: Not applicable (state seizure)
Tender funding limit, Milot-Morinë (Feb 2016)
€45,000,000
6,020,000,000 lek
Stated definition: Funding limit as reported by Exit.al (2018); the EUR figure is Exit.al's conversion ('about 45 million'). Not checked against the tender notice.
Date: Feb 2016 · Payer: Government of Albania (Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure) · Payee: tender (open to bidders)
Value of Vendeka preferred bid, 30 years (Balkanweb, 2016)
€5,600,000
Stated definition: Balkanweb (22 Jul 2016): 'Koncesioni ka vlerën 5.6 mln euro dhe jepet për 30 vjet.' Not reconciled with the other values in this file; the article does not explain the basis of the figure.
Date: 22 Jul 2016 · Payer: Government of Albania · Payee: Vendeka consortium (preferred bidder)
Final value in concession contract notice (Dec 2016)
€64,935,000
Stated definition: Value taken from a search summary of the Public Procurement Agency notice (HTTP 403, not opened). Unverified against the document. Listed as contract value, which may differ from the total cost figures reported by Exit.al (66 million, 64.9 million subsidy cap).
Date: 6 Dec 2016 · Payer: Government of Albania · Payee: Catalyst Viva Das General Contracting LLC with Kastrati sh.a. (as named in the notice)
State payments: 5 million euro a year for 13 years; total concession cost 66 million euro (Exit.al, 2017)
€66,000,000
Stated definition: Exit.al's total. The article gives maximum state subsidy of 64.9 million euro, while 5 million euro x 13 years equals 65 million; the difference is not explained. Consultancy budget 3.6 million lekë (no EUR figure) is separate.
Date: 12 Jun 2017 · Payer: Government of Albania · Payee: Catalyst consortium / Albanian Highway Concession
Supervision consultancy budget (maximum, without VAT), 2017
3,600,000 lek
Stated definition: Maximum 3.6 million lekë without VAT, per Exit.al. Funded 50% state and 50% concession holder.
Date: 12 Jun 2017 · Payer: Government of Albania and concession holder (50/50) · Payee: DOLSAR Engineering
Price paid for 60% consortium stake (Exit.al allegation)
€453,000
Stated definition: Per Exit.al (2018), price for 60% against expected concession revenue of about 400 million euro. No deed, registry or document cited; allegation.
Date: Feb 2017 · Payer: Kastrati sh.a. and Salillari shpk · Payee: three foreign partners of the consortium
Compensation for reduced tolls: 48.5 million euro over 30 years
€48,500,000
Stated definition: Figure announced by Minister Arben Ahmetaj per Exit.al (2018). Exit.al's own reading: about 1.6 million euro a year; the article says the government gave no supporting data. The article also cites a rounded 'about 50 million' and an overall cost raised to 350 million euro.
Date: 17 Sep 2018 · Payer: Government of Albania · Payee: Albanian Highway Concession (concessionaire)
Overall concession cost 'raised to' 350 million euro (Exit.al, 2018)
€350,000,000
Stated definition: Exit.al (2018) states the overall concession cost was raised to 350 million euro. This conflicts with the 66 million (2017) and 64.9 million subsidy figures; the basis is not given in the article read.
Date: 17 Sep 2018 · Payer: Government of Albania · Payee: Albanian Highway Concession
Guaranteed minimum annual toll income, year one (8 million euro)
€8,000,000
Stated definition: Per Exit.al (2018): state covers any shortfall below 8 million euro in year one; toll income above 9.5 million euro is shared. Contract terms as quoted by Exit.al; the contract text was not read.
Date: 17 Sep 2018 · Payer: Government of Albania (budget top-up) · Payee: Albanian Highway Concession
KLSH audit: differences in Rruga e Kombit costs exceeding 230 million euro (as quoted, 2013)
€230,000,000
Stated definition: Figure as quoted by Shqiptarja (10 Dec 2013) from the KLSH audit ('mbi 230 milionë euro'). Relates to the earlier period and not to the 2016 concession contract. KLSH document not read.
Date: 10 Dec 2013 · Payer: not stated · Payee: not stated
Reconstruction cost, Sami Frasheri gymnasium
€4,500,000
Stated definition: approximate, as reported by exit.al citing a municipality-commissioned private assessment; not verified; the original 2018 build cost (about EUR 700,000) is in fin-sami-frasheri-original
Date: 2019-2022 · Payer: Tirana Municipality · Payee: not found
Original build cost, Sami Frasheri gymnasium (2018)
€700,000
Stated definition: approximate, as reported by exit.al; not verified
Date: 2018 · Payer: Tirana Municipality · Payee: not found
KLSH economic damage, Sarande municipality (unfinished but paid works)
129,400,000 lek
Stated definition: Body text of Balkanweb (5 May 2017) gives 129.4 million lekë. The headline reads '1294 milione', which conflicts with the body. KLSH's term: economic damage (dem ekonomik). The same article cites 481 million lekë budget impact, treated separately. Existing record fin-sarande-klsh-damage-2017 uses the headline figure and should be checked.
Date: 28 Apr 2017 · Payer: Sarande municipality · Payee: not stated
Planned Sazan investment (Atlantic Incubation Partners project)
€1,400,000,000
Stated definition: Planned investment as reported at the strategic investor decision; not a contract value; no signed agreement per PM. Incomplete: no breakdown.
Date: 30 Dec 2024 · Payer: Atlantic Incubation Partners LLC (investor) · Payee: Sazan project (no agreement concluded per PM)
Draft transfer of about 5.2 million m2 (more than 90% of Sazan) to the state strategic-investment real estate fund
No amount recorded
Stated definition: Area, not a sum. Property 206/7: 5,255,215 m2 land and 31,005 m2 buildings; 208: 254,178 m2 and 5,344 m2; 207: 9,386 m2 and 412 m2 (Reporter.al draft figures).
Date: 6 Jun 2026 · Payer: Ministry of Defence (current administrator) · Payee: Real Estate Fund for Strategic Investments under Ministry of Economy (draft)
Shëngjin public land (30 ha) and apartments seized, reported value
€40,000,000
Stated definition: Reported value of 30 hectares (300,000 m2) per prosecutors' statement as relayed by Fox News. Valuation method not stated. Incomplete: apartments not valued separately.
Date: Oct 2018 · Payer: not found · Payee: State (seizure)
Ndoka-family group: 75 properties seized
€55,000,000
Stated definition: Headline figure only (Shqiptarja). May overlap with the 40m seizure above. Not verified.
Date: unknown · Payer: not found · Payee: State (seizure)
Excess medicines and materials for hemodynamics/cardiology (prosecution-cited)
23,171,853 lek
Stated definition: Figure cited by prosecutors as reported by Shqiptarja; not a court finding.
Date: 22 Sep 2018 · Payer: Shkodra Regional Hospital · Payee: suppliers (not named in reviewed text)
Slander fine imposed on Balla by Tirana court (Kulicaj case)
700,000 lek
Stated definition: Fine as reported by Top Channel, 28 Oct 2011. Judgment text not obtained. Payee not stated.
Date: 28 Oct 2011 · Payer: Taulant Balla · Payee: not stated in sources
Declared assets, 2003 (as reported by BIRN analysis)
€4,500
Stated definition: Figure as reported by exit.al citing BIRN; declaration not retrieved.
Date: 2003 · Payer: not found · Payee: not found
Family wealth reported above EUR 800,000 by end-2018
€800,000
Stated definition: 'Over EUR 800,000' as reported by exit.al citing BIRN; a lower bound, not an exact figure.
Date: Dec 2018 · Payer: not found · Payee: not found
Surrel house value in 2013 declaration (as reported)
€330,000
Stated definition: Reported by exit.al citing BIRN. Conflicts with the joint declaration value below; not reconciled in the source.
Date: 2013 · Payer: not found · Payee: not found
New Surrel villa value in joint 2013 declaration (as reported)
€282,912
Stated definition: Reported by exit.al citing BIRN; differs from the EUR 330,000 house figure above.
Date: 2013 · Payer: not found · Payee: not found
Linda Rama: 2,240 sq.m. olive garden acquisition (as reported)
€56,572
Stated definition: As reported by exit.al citing BIRN; acquisition recorded in her declaration.
Date: 2017 · Payer: not found · Payee: not found
Villa value claimed by DP spokesperson Ina Zhupa (allegation)
40,000,000 lek
Stated definition: Allegation by Ina Zhupa (DP), 7 Jan 2019. Not reconciled with the declared EUR figures; no appraisal retrieved.
Date: 7 Jan 2019 · Payer: not found · Payee: not found
Wealth of EUR 200 million in 2015 (allegation citing an OSCE document)
€200,000,000
Stated definition: Allegation by Ina Zhupa (DP), 7 Jan 2019, citing an internal OSCE document she did not show in the article. Not verified.
Date: 2015 · Payer: not found · Payee: not found
Alleged offer for a family's votes, Lushnje (as reported)
€500
50,000 lek
Stated definition: Amount alleged in a complaint, as reported (50,000 new lek / 500 euro). Not verified. Attribution conflicts: Marin Leka named in one report; a PD representative in another.
Date: May 2025 · Payer: alleged (conflicting attribution) · Payee: citizen (complainant)
Spille (Kavajë): 36 ha of seaside land allegedly transferred
No amount recorded
Stated definition: Incomplete: area only. No value reported. Alleged transfer, not a finding.
Date: 2018 · Payer: not found · Payee: Private beneficiaries (alleged)
Sterilisation concession (10-year)
€100,000,000
Stated definition: Value as reported by Citizens.al and Shqiptarja (2023); not checked against the contract.
Date: 17 Aug 2023 · Payer: Public hospitals / Ministry of Health (as reported) · Payee: SaniService consortium
Sterilization concession contract value (10 years)
€71,000,000
9,700,000,000 lek
Stated definition: Exit.al: 9.7bn lek (about EUR 71m) without VAT. A2 News and others cite nearly EUR 100m. Unreconciled; incomplete (VAT basis and total over 10 years unclear).
Date: May 2015 · Payer: Ministry of Health (contracting authority) · Payee: Investital-led consortium (SaniService per A2 News)
Lab-services PPP for public hospitals (approx. EUR 100m)
€100,000,000
Stated definition: Approximate figure from Tirana Times headline. Article date uncertain (search summary suggests around 2017). Not linked to a documented case; incomplete.
Date: not found · Payer: Government (public hospitals) · Payee: Albanian-led consortium
Sterilisation services PPP concession (10 years), awarded to SaniService
€100,000,000
Stated definition: Approximate ('about 100 million euro' per Shqiptarja, 17 Aug 2023); not a verified final value.
Date: 17 Aug 2023 · Payer: State (public PPP) · Payee: SaniService (per article)
Investital LLC registered capital (per SPAK file as reported)
€1,000
Stated definition: Registered capital reported by BalkanWeb from the SPAK file. Not a contract value.
Date: 17 Jul 2014 · Payer: not applicable · Payee: investital-llc
Tax, customs and social-contribution liabilities erased under the amnesty law
€313,000,000
Stated definition: Figure as stated by the tax administration via Albanian Daily News; a 'to date' figure, process ongoing. This is forgone revenue, not a loss estimate. Incomplete.
Date: 10 Jul 2026 · Payer: Taxpayers (beneficiaries) · Payee: State (forgone revenue)
Scrap-trade fictitious VAT invoices (as reported)
No amount recorded
Stated definition: 26 million USD per Top Channel report; not converted; date unknown; link to tax officials unconfirmed. Incomplete.
Date: unknown · Payer: State budget (alleged loss) · Payee: Companies (alleged)
Gener 2 winning bid, Thumanë–Kashar PPP
€225,800,000
Stated definition: Bid value as reported by Exit News (19 Jul 2018); fund limit reported at €245m; VAT treatment not specified.
Date: 19 Jul 2018 · Payer: Republic of Albania (Road Authority / Ministry) · Payee: Gener 2 sh.p.k.
Concession value in SPAK dossier
€245,750,755
Stated definition: As stated in the SPAK dossier as reported by Shqiptarja (26 Dec 2025). Differs from the 2018 bid; reconciliation not found.
Date: 26 Dec 2025 · Payer: Republic of Albania · Payee: Gener 2 sh.p.k. / G2 Infra sh.p.k.
Tirana concession investment (privately financed per Top Channel/Exit)
€128,200,000
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)
Minister's claim: 45 million euro paid for Tirana incinerator by July 2022
€45,000,000
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
Treasury payments to Integrated Energy BV SPV (OpenSpending, per Faktoje summary)
5,100,000,000 lek
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
Seized bank accounts of Arben Ahmetaj
€124,300
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)
Property seized (611 m2, registered to F.M.O. sh.p.k.)
€1,000,000
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)
Price of Tirana airport concession transfer to Kastrati Group
€71,000,000
Stated definition: Reported value of the concession transfer from Real Fortress Private Limited; not a public contract value. Source: Shqiptarja.
Date: Dec 2020 · Payer: Kastrati Group · Payee: Real Fortress Private Limited
Excess revenue over base case, Rinas concession (BDO audit as reported)
€84,000,000
Stated definition: Incomplete and unreconciled: Top Channel gives about EUR 84m; another report gives EUR 85m for 2004-2017. Audit period and method not confirmed.
Date: 2020 · Payer: not found · Payee: Concessionaire (TIA) relative to base case
Tirana municipality internet-service tender won by Albtelekom (21 million lek per Exit.al)
€157,000
21,000,000 lek
Stated definition: Figures as stated by Exit.al. Its daily rate (156,000 lek over 167 days) does not reconcile with the total, and its euro conversion is also inconsistent; the euro figure is Exit's own conversion.
Date: 20 Oct 2017 · Payer: Municipality of Tirana · Payee: Albtelekom sh.a.
Albtelekom payment for Rita Ora concert, full sum transferred to Gogël sh.p.k. (per Exit.al)
€200,000
Stated definition: As stated by Exit.al citing Hashtag; not verified against bank or invoice records.
Date: 7 May 2018 · Payer: Albtelekom sh.a. · Payee: Gogël sh.p.k.
Ring Road Lot 4 tender (Euroteorema / PE-VLA-KU / Nova Construction JV)
€20,000,000
Stated definition: Rounded figure from Balkanweb headline ('20 mln euro'); Shqiptarja summary says about 20 million. INCOMPLETE: exact contract sum not read.
Date: Sep 2021 · Payer: Government of Albania / Tirana Ring Road authority (per SPAK file) · Payee: Joint venture: Euroteorema Peqin, PE-VLA-KU, Nova Construction 2012
Outer Ring Lot 7 fund limit (excluding VAT), as reported by Balkanweb
2,350,000,000 lek
Stated definition: 'About 2.35 billion lekë excluding VAT' (Balkanweb, 9 Sep 2026, fetched). Lot 7 winner disputed (Alko Impex JV vs '2T' of Artan Sako, per search summary).
Date: 2021 · Payer: Albanian state (ARRSH) · Payee: Lot 7 winning joint venture (reported as including Alko Impex General Construction)
Tirana school-security integrated services tender (PD-quoted value; award at fund limit)
€3,400,000
414,844,706 lek
Stated definition: Approximate euro figure as stated by the PD and Shqiptarja ('about 3.4 million'); lek figure as stated in the article. PD says the award was at the fund limit of 414,662,400 lek.
Date: 24 Dec 2019 · Payer: Municipality of Tirana · Payee: Global Security sh.p.k. (lead of consortium with ELEKTROSEK sh.p.k. and PORT CONSTRUCTION sh.p.k.)
Bribe to avoid arrest after a traffic accident
€2,000
Stated definition: 2,000 euros as stated in the headline; whether this was the total or one instalment is not confirmed from the text retrieved.
Date: unknown · Payer: Businessman (per reporting) · Payee: Former traffic police chief and two colleagues (alleged)
Cash payments to McGonigal from Agron Nezaj (court case)
No amount recorded
Stated definition: USD 225,000 (at least) per US court case; no Israel link found. Not EUR as published.
Date: 16 Feb 2024 · Payer: Agron Nezaj · Payee: Charles McGonigal
Dhërmi villa (separate allegation)
€145,000
Stated definition: Valuation of a Dhërmi villa reported in a separate allegation by Tirana Times (7 Aug 2026). Not confirmed as an asset of Balluku.
Date: 7 Aug 2026 · Payer: not found · Payee: not found
Vlorë, Shën Vasil beach: 220 ha seized (reported value about 100m euro)
€100,000,000
Stated definition: UNVERIFIED: figure from a search summary of Albanian reporting. The originating article and date were not fetched. This may be a different Vlorë file from the Gjika case; treat as incomplete.
Date: unknown · Payer: not found · Payee: State (seizure)
Funds frozen by SPAK linked to the Zvernec land seller
No amount recorded
Stated definition: Reported as nearly 200 million euros in accounts linked to the company (one outlet). Not confirmed by SPAK in retrieved text.
Date: Jun 2026 · Payer: Sazan Real Estate Development / investors (as reported) · Payee: Land seller (blocked)
Disputed Albanian land purchase reported at over USD 120 million
No amount recorded
Stated definition: USD 120m from US House Judiciary Committee press release (political statement; not independently verified).
Date: 2026 · Payer: unknown · Payee: unknown
Zvernec South Adriatic Development capital increase
€250,000
Stated definition: Capital raised from 50,000 to 250,000 euro two days before the 7 May 2026 agreement, per Citizens.al. Capital increase, not a contract price.
Date: May 2026 · Payer: Shareholders (not named in fetched text) · Payee: Zvernec South Adriatic Development sh.p.k
Albania Land Development transferred to Sazan Operations Holding
€10,000
Stated definition: 10,000 euro per Citizens.al (2026-06-08). A separate search summary reports a land sale of 5.5 million euro (Artur Shehu to ALD, 21 Nov 2025) with value rising to 122 million under prosecutor review; that source was not opened and is UNVERIFIED. INCOMPLETE.
Date: Nov 2025 · Payer: Sazan Operations Holding (Doha) · Payee: Albania Land Development sh.p.k (shareholder transfer)
Kushner and associates investment, narrative figure
€1,000,000,000
Stated definition: 'One billion euros for the island' per Follow the Money narrative (Citizens.al 2026-06-21). Not verified against any company filing; separately Balkan press cites about 1.4 billion dollars or 1.5 billion dollars for the total project. INCOMPLETE and conflicting.
Date: Jun 2026 · Payer: Kushner and associates (as narrated) · Payee: Sazan project (undetermined)
Al-Khayyat Group access to construction contracts (NYT, as cited)
€12,000,000,000
Stated definition: 'About twelve billion euros' per New York Times as cited by Follow the Money (Citizens.al 2026-06-21). Attribution is second-hand. INCOMPLETE: no breakdown by contract or project.
Date: Jun 2026 · Payer: Government / public contracting authorities (as implied) · Payee: Al-Khayyat Group
Payment to personal holding of Zoya Gyurova
€400,000
Stated definition: EUR 400,000 'poured into a personal holding company' per Follow the Money, from her annual financial report. Source of the funds not stated in the summary read.
Date: Jun 2026 · Payer: Dutch / Strik-linked structure (per FTM, not precisely stated) · Payee: Personal holding company of Zoya Gyurova
Reported Zvernec land sale agreement at about 5.5 million euro (Artur Shehu to Albania Land Development)
€5,500,000
Stated definition: Estimated value per a search summary; source article not opened. Conflicts with 122 million (AFP/OCCRP) and 230 million (Kushner statement, Oct 2026).
Date: 21 Nov 2025 · Payer: Albania Land Development (as reported) · Payee: Artur Shehu (as reported)
Reported sale of Zvernec land for about 122 million euro (April 2026, AFP sources)
€122,000,000
Stated definition: AFP-sourced figure via OCCRP/IDN summary; the sale date and buyer are as reported. Disputed (see fin-ald-land-price-5-5m-nov-2025 and fin-zvernec-kushner-230m-claim).
Date: Apr 2026 · Payer: Albania Land Development (as reported) · Payee: Artur Shehu (as reported)
Kushner's stated price for the Zvernec land: 230 million euro, 'private transaction under Albanian law'
€230,000,000
Stated definition: Statement reported by Albanian Daily News (2026-10-08), paraphrase. Not reconciled with 5.5m or 122m reports.
Date: 8 Oct 2026 · Payer: not stated · Payee: not stated
Declared total of the Zvernec development: about 4 billion euro (Kushner, as reported); about 5 billion combined with Sazan (Rama, as reported)
€4,000,000,000
Stated definition: Declared figure, not an investment record. Other reports: about 1.4 bn for Sazan; 2.6 bn lek declared for a 2.5-ha Pishe Poro site (Reporter.al). Figures differ across sources.
Date: 8 Oct 2026 · Payer: not applicable · Payee: not applicable
Reported $195 million transfer from Qatar to Albania Land Development, frozen for about three days (Shqiptarja)
No amount recorded
Stated definition: Stated in USD ($195 million) by Shqiptarja; Albanian Daily News says nearly 200 million euro frozen but not officially confirmed; SPAK did not confirm the seizure per summaries. The Shqiptarja and Balkanweb versions say the funds were in accounts of landowners and later released for the company.
Date: Jun 2026 · Payer: Qatar (as reported) · Payee: Albania Land Development (as reported)
Reported freeze of about 110 million euro in a notary's account (OCCRP / IDN)
€110,000,000
Stated definition: Reported by OCCRP and IDN per search summary; differs from 195m USD (Shqiptarja) and 128.4m (Balkanweb unrelated text). Not officially confirmed.
Date: Jun 2026 · Payer: not stated · Payee: notary account (as reported)