Evis Berberi
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Profile
Former head of the Albanian Road Authority (ARRSH). SPAK names him in the Llogara Tunnel and Tirana Outer Ring Road procurement allegations. Shqiptarja and Balkanweb report that messages from his phone, reportedly including Signal exchanges, are part of the SPAK file. Search results report SPAK has charged him, but the charge sheet was not retrieved.
Response from Evis Berberi
Search results report that he denied the charges. The denial was not found in a fetched page.
Related cases
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From 22 Jun 2021
Llogara Tunnel tender (SH8 Vlorë-Sarandë, Orikum-Himarë section)
The Llogara Tunnel is a 5.99 km road link on the southern coast, reported at about 190 million euros. The tender was reopened on 22 June 2021 after an earlier round was annulled. A consortium of…
Status: Under investigation. Balluku indicted (reported 31 Oct 2025). Immunity not lifted (12 Mar 2026). No trial verdict found.
From 2021
Tirana Outer Ring Road (Lot 4) procurement
SPAK's second tender allegation in the November 2025 indictment concerns Lot 4 of the Tirana Outer Ring Road, procured in 2021 by ARRSH. SPAK alleges Balluku guided the procedure and acted with…
Status: Under investigation. Part of the indictment reported in Nov 2025. Further accusations reported 7 Aug 2026.
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 14 Mar 2024
Evis Berberi (ARRSH) tenders and Net Group (Valter Begaj)
SPAK arrested former Albanian Road Authority (ARRSH) head Evis Berberi on 14 March 2024 on corruption and money-laundering charges (per search summary). SPAK says that while he headed the…
Status: Pretrial stage as reported; Constitutional Court challenge pending or decided (outcome not seen)
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Connections
Open the map →- Investigation→Llogara Tunnel tender (SH8 Vlorë-Sarandë, Orikum-Himarë section)Source label: Officially reported
Former ARRSH head named by SPAK
Evidence: SPAK names him among those who acted with Balluku in the tender allegations.
SPAK alleges tenders awarded to Begaj's Net Group
Evidence: SPAK alleges Berberi awarded tenders to Net Group while heading ARRSH and the energy-efficiency agency; intercepted messages reported by BalkanWeb discuss the Unaza e Madhe qualification. Allegation only.
ARRSH succession; Gjyli summoned by SPAK on road tenders
Evidence: Gjyli was named ARRSH director on 28 March 2024, a week after Berberi's arrest, and was later summoned by SPAK about tender procedures from when he was deputy head (search summary). Also a named defendant in the Llogara referral per.
Timeline
Government
Llogara tunnel tender announced (first round)
Per Exit News (1 Dec 2025, fetched), tender documents were prepared from a draft by a consultant for Hill International on 9 Dec 2020, and the tender was announced on 11 Dec 2020 with a 12 Feb 2021 deadline, later extended to 1 Mar 2021, when six bids were received. Balkanweb (20 Nov 2025, fetched) gives the same 11 Dec 2020 opening date and says the first tender was cancelled.
Linked: Llogara Tunnel tender (SH8 Vlorë-Sarandë, Orikum-Himarë section) · Belinda Balluku · Evis Berberi
Government
Llogara first tender cancelled after ministry instruction (as reported)
Exit News (1 Dec 2025, fetched) reports that around 17 March 2021 Balluku and Berberi concluded the leading bid was non-compliant, and that Balluku ordered cancellation, which the evaluation committee carried out (the source gives 'about' 17 March). Balkanweb (20 Nov 2025, fetched) quotes a Balluku message from the SPAK file, undated and from the first tender: 'I think we should cancel it. Disqualify everyone.' (translated from 'Mendoj ta anulojmë. Skualifikoi të gjithë'). Both are SPAK file excerpts as reported by the press.
Linked: Llogara Tunnel tender (SH8 Vlorë-Sarandë, Orikum-Himarë section) · Belinda Balluku · Evis Berberi
Government
Evis Berberi appointed head of the Albanian Road Authority (ARRSH)
Exit News (1 Dec 2025, fetched) gives 31 May 2021 as the date Berberi was appointed ARRSH director; a new Llogara evaluation committee was then headed by him. The appointment itself is not alleged to be unlawful in the sources reviewed; SPAK's allegation concerns the tender handling.
Linked: Llogara Tunnel tender (SH8 Vlorë-Sarandë, Orikum-Himarë section) · Autoriteti Rrugor Shqiptar (ARRSH / Albanian Road Authority) · Evis Berberi · Belinda Balluku
SPAK
Llogara tender reopened with reformatted parameters
Balkanweb, citing the SPAK file, reports the tender was reopened on this date with reformatted parameters after an earlier round was annulled. Earlier bidders were reported as disqualified.
Linked: Llogara Tunnel tender (SH8 Vlorë-Sarandë, Orikum-Himarë section) · Belinda Balluku · Evis Berberi
Government
Llogara re-tender: five bids opened; messages on the result (as reported)
Exit News (fetched) reports five bids for the re-announced Llogara tender (re-announced 21 June 2021; deadlines extended to 7 Sept 2021). The İntekar–ASL joint venture bid about 190 million euros, the second-lowest; the lowest was about 10 million less (Exit's figure). Balkanweb (20 Nov 2025, fetched) lists bidders including a Chinese bidder, Limak, Albbuilding and others, with bid figures in units the article does not make consistent, so those figures are not used here. Messages attributed to Balluku on 7 Sept 2021, as translated by Exit: 'In brief, it appears we're doing excellent!' and 'Of course some idiot went lower, but surely they don't meet the criteria'. Exit gives translations; the source language is not stated.
Linked: Llogara Tunnel tender (SH8 Vlorë-Sarandë, Orikum-Himarë section) · Belinda Balluku · Evis Berberi
SPAK
Nova signs cooperation contract with Euroteorema and Pe-Vla-Ku before Lot 4 bid deadline
Per the Report TV dossier, Nova Construction 2012 signed a cooperation contract with Euroteorema Peqin and Pe-Vla-Ku for procurement REF-02817-08-13-2021, one day before the 15 Sep 2021 bid deadline and four days after alleged messages from minister Balluku to ARRSH head Evis Berberi. SPAK alleges the criteria were tailored to the winner; the dossier reports this as SPAK's position.
Linked: Tirana Outer Ring Road (Lot 4) procurement · Ilir Shtufi · Belinda Balluku · Evis Berberi
Government
İntekar–ASL announced as Llogara tender winner (Exit News account)
Exit News (1 Dec 2025, fetched) states the İntekar–ASL joint venture (İntekar Yapı Turizm Elektrik İnşaat Sanayi Ticaret Ltd. Şti. and ASL İnşaat Taahhüt ve Sanayi Ticaret Ltd. Şti.) was announced as winner on 26 Sept 2021. SPAK, as reported by Balkanweb (20 Nov 2025, fetched), says the consortium did not meet key legal and technical requirements. Balkanweb also reports a separate account, that Hill International N.V. and Net-Group won in March 2022 (see ev-2022-03-llogara-alternative-award-reported). The two accounts are not reconciled in any source.
Linked: Llogara Tunnel tender (SH8 Vlorë-Sarandë, Orikum-Himarë section) · Belinda Balluku · Evis Berberi
SPAK
SPAK arrests ARRSH head Evis Berberi
Berberi was arrested on a SPAK order on corruption and money-laundering charges, according to the search summary of the Shqiptarja report. Gentian Gjyli was named ARRSH director a week later.
Linked: Evis Berberi (ARRSH) tenders and Net Group (Valter Begaj) · Evis Berberi · Gentian Gjyli · Valter Begaj
SPAK
Balkanweb publishes Balluku-Berberi message excerpts from the SPAK file (Signal headline)
Balkanweb (20 Nov 2025, fetched) publishes message excerpts it says come from the SPAK file and from the phone of Evis Berberi (former ARRSH director). The headline refers to Signal; the body describes the phone as a BlackBerry and does not say which platform each message used. Excerpts attributed to Balluku include 'I think we should cancel it. Disqualify everyone.' (translated from 'Mendoj ta anulojmë. Skualifikoi të gjithë') and 'And the bids?' (translated from 'Po ofertat?', 7 Sept 2021). Excerpts attributed to Berberi include 'The first with the second, a 10 million euro difference, a super summary' (translated from 'I pari me të dytin 10 milion euro diferencë super fare përmbledhje'; 7 Sept 2021). Translations are from the article. A Shqiptarja search summary says some messages were found on a phone seized from Balluku; this conflicts with Balkanweb and is not resolved. Authenticity and chain of custody were not tested in any source reviewed. Neither Balluku's nor Berberi's response to these specific messages was found.
Linked: Llogara Tunnel tender (SH8 Vlorë-Sarandë, Orikum-Himarë section) · Belinda Balluku · Evis Berberi
Media
Report TV dossier on Tirana Outer Ring Road Lot 4 published
Report TV's dossier (reproduced by Shqiptarja) describes the Lot 4 consortium (Euroteorema Peqin, Pe-Vla-Ku, Nova Construction 2012 owned by Ilir Shtufi), SPAK's allegations against Balluku and Berberi, and the criteria dispute. The article contains no response from the companies.
Linked: Tirana Outer Ring Road (Lot 4) procurement · Ilir Shtufi · Belinda Balluku · Evis Berberi
Media
Shqiptarja reports SPAK file on Lot 4 tender group
Reported SPAK-file messages attributed to Balluku and ARRSH head Evis Berberi; allegation as reported.
Linked: Tirana Outer Ring Road (Lot 4) procurement · Belinda Balluku · Evis Berberi · Ilir Shtufi
Sources for this record
Every source the research cites for this record, grouped by its source label. 4 sources.
Source label: Officially reportedOfficially reported · 1 source
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- Shteg
- Date
- 21 Nov 2025
Source label: Under investigationUnder investigation · 3 sources
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- Balkanweb
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- not recorded
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- BalkanWeb
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- unknown
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- Shqiptarja
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