Arbër Abazi
No party
Legal status
Under investigation
under-investigation
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- Legal status
- under-investigationFrom the research record · cites:
- SPAK notice on new criminal facts against Belinda Balluku (Balkanweb EN, fetched) (opens in a new tab)Balkanweb · 9 Sep 2026 · journalism · EN
- not-chargedFrom the research record · cites:
- Vetting: ILDKPKI opens investigation into Erilinda Lala and Taulant Godroli (opens in a new tab)BalkanWeb (News24 / Vetting) · 3 Apr 2026 · journalism · SQ
- under-investigationFrom the research record · cites:
- Source label
- OFFICIALLY_REPORTEDFrom the research record · cites:
- SPAK notice on new criminal facts against Belinda Balluku (Balkanweb EN, fetched) (opens in a new tab)Balkanweb · 9 Sep 2026 · journalism · EN
- UNDER_INVESTIGATIONFrom the research record · cites:
- Vetting: ILDKPKI opens investigation into Erilinda Lala and Taulant Godroli (opens in a new tab)BalkanWeb (News24 / Vetting) · 3 Apr 2026 · journalism · SQ
- OFFICIALLY_REPORTEDFrom the research record · cites:
Profile
Businessman whose company Alko Impex General Construction is named in SPAK's notice of 9 September 2026 as having financed works and investments on a Palasë villa that SPAK says Balluku effectively owns. SPAK's notice also says the company won Tirana Outer Ring Road Lot 7 in a procurement that SPAK says Balluku favoured. Reports describe him as a relative by marriage of Balluku. No apartment ownership by Abazi is reported in the sources reviewed.
Response from Arbër Abazi
Not found in the sources reviewed.
Other accounts in the research (2 fields worded differently)
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- Biography
- Businessman whose company Alko Impex General Construction is named in SPAK's notice of 9 September 2026 as having financed works and investments on a Palasë villa that SPAK says Balluku effectively owns. SPAK's notice also says the company won Tirana Outer Ring Road Lot 7 in a procurement that SPAK says Balluku favoured. Reports describe him as a relative by marriage of Balluku. No apartment ownership by Abazi is reported in the sources reviewed.From the research record
- Named as administrator of Alko Impex General Construction (formerly Kledor Albania-09) in reporting by the Vetting programme, which says the company is owned by him. Existing entry conn-abazi-alko-family inlinks him to the family of PS MP Sadri Abazi. No relationship to any official beyond that family tie is documented in the sources reviewed.From the research record
- Legal status detail
- SPAK notice of 9 Sep 2026 (as reported by Balkanweb) lists him for active corruption. Balkanweb (10 Sep 2026, fetched) and Albanian Daily News describe him as under investigation. No court decision found.From the research record
- Vetting reports SPAK later opened an investigation into the Alko-Impex companies and their administrator. No charge seen in the sources reviewed.From the research record
Related 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 20 Oct 2026
Balluku: formal charges and consolidated SPAK file (October 2026)
On 20 October 2026, Reuters reported that Albania's Special Prosecution Office formalised corruption charges against former Deputy Prime Minister Belinda Balluku, citing an emailed statement from the…
Status: Formal charges reported 20 Oct 2026 (Reuters, citing the prosecution office's statement). File reported concluded 28 Oct 2026. Investigation deadline for…
From 29 Apr 2026
Reported claims that Belinda Balluku owns about 300 apartments (unconfirmed)
The figure of 300 apartments linked to Belinda Balluku, former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Infrastructure and Energy, comes from public statements by unnamed protesters at anti-government…
Status: Apartment claim unconfirmed. Wider SPAK file: investigation reported concluded and ready for trial (Albanian Daily News, 28 Oct 2026). No verdict.
From Jun 2021
Tirana Outer Ring Road: seven lots under verification (2021 tenders)
Lot 4 is described in the existing case-tirana-outer-ring-road-lot4 record. Later reports widened the Outer Ring Road part of the Balluku file. Balkanweb (16 Dec 2025, fetched) lists eight procedures…
Status: Under investigation. New charges over three Grand Ring Road lots reported 31 Jul 2026. Lot 7 winner disputed. No court ruling.
From 3 Apr 2026
Tax director Erilinda Lala and husband: ILDKPKI asset and conflict-of-interest inquiry (Vetting reporting)
In April 2026 the Vetting programme reported that Tirana Regional Tax Director Erilinda Lala and her husband Taulant Godroli had undeclared business interests, including Godroli's administration of…
Status: Administrative inquiry reported as opened (ILDKPKI). No decision seen.
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Connections
Open the map →Administrator of Alko Impex
Evidence: SPAK notice as reported by Balkanweb (9 Sep 2026): Abazi administers Alko Impex, which financed Palasë villa works.
SPAK alleges Alko Impex financed villa works in exchange for a Lot 7 favour
Evidence: Balkanweb, 9 Sep 2026 (fetched). SPAK allegation; Abazi's response not found.
Timeline
SPAK
SPAK seizes Palasë Villa 188/1 and issues notice on new criminal facts against Balluku
As reported by Balkanweb (fetched), SPAK's notice says the investigation 'resulted in data on new criminal facts' against Balluku: passive corruption, failure to declare assets and money laundering. Subject: Villa 188/1 in Palasë, 478 m2 land, 142.6 m2 building (cadastral zone 1739). The notice names Arbër Abazi, Igli Tare and Alko Impex as other suspects. It names no apartments. Balkanweb's 9 Sep live report (fetched) says the seized properties are suspected of being held indirectly by Balluku, and that SPAK has not explained how it established this.
Linked: Reported claims that Belinda Balluku owns about 300 apartments (unconfirmed) · Balluku: formal charges and consolidated SPAK file (October 2026) · Belinda Balluku · Arbër Abazi · Igli Tare · Erion Çela · Klodiana Lala
SPAK
Balkanweb reports SPAK file on Atelier 4 payments from Alko Impex (288,000 to 410,000 EUR)
Balkanweb (13 Sep 2026, 10:35, fetched) reports that SPAK's file contains quotes from the studio Atelier 4 (Eftimi brothers) for the Palasë villa and shows payments from Alko Impex to the studio of 288,000 to 410,000 EUR, although the company's documents show no link to the property (SPAK allegation). The article names Balluku, Arbër Abazi, Igli Tare, Alban and Olsi Eftimi and Lorela Reçi, and does not mention apartments or the number 300.
Linked: Reported claims that Belinda Balluku owns about 300 apartments (unconfirmed) · Belinda Balluku · Arbër Abazi · Alban Eftimi · Olsi Eftimi · Lorela Reçi · Igli Tare
Sources for this record
Every source the research cites for this record, grouped by its source label. 3 sources.
Source label: Officially reportedOfficially reported · 2 sources
- Publisher
- Balkanweb
- Date
- 9 Sep 2026
- Publisher
- BalkanWeb (News24 / Vetting)
- Date
- 3 Apr 2026
Source label: Under investigationUnder investigation · 1 source
- Publisher
- Balkanweb
- Date
- 9 Sep 2026