Jamarber Malltezi
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Legal status
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on-trial
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- Name
- Jamarber MallteziFrom the research record · cites:
- Sali Berisha (opens in a new tab)Wikipedia · 2025 · wiki · EN
- Albanian court begins corruption trial against former Prime Minister Sali Berisha (opens in a new tab)AP (via Yahoo News) · unknown · journalism · EN
- The GJKKO passes the Partizani file for trial (opens in a new tab)A2 CNN · 2025 · journalism · EN
- and 1 more in that record
- Jamarbër MallteziFrom the research record · cites:
- Faktoje fact-check on Tirana incinerator payments (45 million euro claim) (opens in a new tab)Faktoje · Jul 2022 · journalism · EN
- Jamarber MallteziFrom the research record · cites:
- Legal status
- on-trialFrom the research record · cites:
- Sali Berisha (opens in a new tab)Wikipedia · 2025 · wiki · EN
- Albanian court begins corruption trial against former Prime Minister Sali Berisha (opens in a new tab)AP (via Yahoo News) · unknown · journalism · EN
- The GJKKO passes the Partizani file for trial (opens in a new tab)A2 CNN · 2025 · journalism · EN
- and 1 more in that record
- unknownFrom the research record · cites:
- Faktoje fact-check on Tirana incinerator payments (45 million euro claim) (opens in a new tab)Faktoje · Jul 2022 · journalism · EN
- on-trialFrom the research record · cites:
- Source label
- OFFICIALLY_REPORTEDFrom the research record · cites:
- Sali Berisha (opens in a new tab)Wikipedia · 2025 · wiki · EN
- Albanian court begins corruption trial against former Prime Minister Sali Berisha (opens in a new tab)AP (via Yahoo News) · unknown · journalism · EN
- The GJKKO passes the Partizani file for trial (opens in a new tab)A2 CNN · 2025 · journalism · EN
- and 1 more in that record
- UNVERIFIEDFrom the research record · cites:
- Faktoje fact-check on Tirana incinerator payments (45 million euro claim) (opens in a new tab)Faktoje · Jul 2022 · journalism · EN
- OFFICIALLY_REPORTEDFrom the research record · cites:
Profile
Jamarber Malltezi is the son-in-law of former Prime Minister Sali Berisha and a co-defendant with him in the Partizani case. He was arrested on 21 October 2023 on corruption and money-laundering accusations, which SPAK linked to the privatisation of the former Partizani sports complex. SPAK alleges passive corruption committed in cooperation with Berisha. The Special Court referred the Partizani file to trial, and a house-arrest measure against Malltezi was later lifted (Himara.gr headline).
Response from Jamarber Malltezi
No direct statement by Malltezi found in the sources reviewed.
Other accounts in the research (3 fields worded differently)
This record appears in more than one research record. The main text above comes from one; the other versions are kept here unedited.
- Biography
- Jamarber Malltezi is the son-in-law of former Prime Minister Sali Berisha and a co-defendant with him in the Partizani case. He was arrested on 21 October 2023 on corruption and money-laundering accusations, which SPAK linked to the privatisation of the former Partizani sports complex. SPAK alleges passive corruption committed in cooperation with Berisha. The Special Court referred the Partizani file to trial, and a house-arrest measure against Malltezi was later lifted (Himara.gr headline).From the research record
- Son-in-law of Sali Berisha. Co-defendant in the Partizani complex case. Charged in the file; was held under house arrest and requested its lifting in 2025 (A2 News). Reports list his charges inconsistently (passive corruption and money laundering in one, active corruption in another).From the research record
- Per a Faktoje fact-check (search summary), Malltezi said on 27 July 2022 that 45 million euro had been paid for the Tirana incinerator to date. His title was not verified on an opened page.From the research record
- Legal status detail
- Co-defendant in the Partizani file, referred to trial (A2 CNN, 2025). Charged with passive corruption in cooperation with Berisha (AP, A2 CNN summaries). Arrested 21 October 2023 (Wikipedia, Sali Berisha article). House-arrest measure lifted (Himara.gr headline; date not stated). No verdict found.From the research record
- Sent to trial with Berisha (reported May 2025). Trial dates postponed. No 2026 status found.From the research record
- Separate SPAK proceedings concerning Malltezi appear in other headlines (a Supreme Court hearing on a SPAK appeal). Not linked to the incinerators in sources read.From the research record
- Response
- No direct statement by Malltezi found in the sources reviewed.From the research record
- Not retrieved in this research.From the research record
- Not found in sources read.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 21 Oct 2023
Partizani complex privatisation (Sali Berisha and Jamarber Malltezi)
SPAK alleges that former Prime Minister Sali Berisha used his office to help his son-in-law Jamarber Malltezi obtain the privatisation of the former Partizani sports complex in Tirana, and that the…
Status: On trial at GJKKO; no verdict found in sources reviewed
From 19 May 2025
Partizani file: co-defendants referred with Sali Berisha and Jamarber Malltezi
This entry records the co-defendants named in the Partizani referral. The main case entry is case-partizani in. Reporting on the referral lists Berisha; Jamarber Malltezi (his son-in-law);…
Status: On trial at GJKKO; no verdict in the sources read
From 2013
Civil suit: Jamarbër Malltezi v. Taulant Balla over the Partizani complex (2013-2022)
Jamarbër Malltezi, son-in-law of former PM Sali Berisha, sued Balla for moral damage over Balla's statements about the privatisation of the Partizani complex. Search snippets say a Tirana court in…
Status: Reported as concluded with Malltezi's loss (Shqiptarja headline). Dates and amounts not verified.
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Connections
Open the map →Son-in-law
Evidence: Described as Berisha's son-in-law in SPAK / Top Channel reporting.
Civil suit over Partizani statements
Evidence: Shqiptarja headline: Malltezi lost the civil trial against Balla over Partizani (headline only). Amounts are from search snippets.
- Family→Partizani complex privatisation (Sali Berisha and Jamarber Malltezi)Source label: Officially reported
Berisha's son-in-law; co-defendant
Evidence: Co-defendant with Berisha in the Partizani file (AP, A2 CNN).
Co-defendant in Partizani referral
Evidence: Named in the same Partizani referral (Shqiptarja summary). Malltezi's charges are in.
What they said vs. what the documents show
What was said · 27 Jul 2022
Declared that 45 million euro had been paid for the Tirana incinerator to date (Faktoje, paraphrase; Faktoje's rating not seen).
Speaker: Jamarber Malltezi
Faktoje fact-check on Tirana incinerator payments (45 million euro claim) (opens in a new tab)Faktoje · Jul 2022 · journalism · EN
What the documents show
Exit (6 Jul 2022, three weeks before the statement) reports about 40 million to the company since 2018 and 3.3 million municipal payments in H1 2022. Balkanweb (Jul 2023) reports 5.6 bn ALL (52.6m EUR) Treasury payments for Tirana to June 2023. The windows differ; the 45 million figure is not reconciled with a single table.
- Albanian Public Pay €3 Million to Incinerator Company Involved in Scandal (Exit) (opens in a new tab)Exit News · 6 Jul 2022 · journalism · EN
- Inceneratorët 'dogjën' 103 mln euro deri në qershor 2023 (Balkanweb) (opens in a new tab)Balkanweb · 12 Jul 2023 · journalism · SQ
Timeline
Court
Tirana court partially accepts Malltezi's civil suit: 1,000,000 lek against Balla (as reported in search snippets)
Search snippets state that the Tirana court in 2013 partially accepted Jamarbër Malltezi's suit for 2 million lek over Balla's statements about the Partizani privatisation, and ordered Balla to pay 1,000,000 lek. Balla appealed. Exact date and judgment not verified.
Linked: Civil suit: Jamarbër Malltezi v. Taulant Balla over the Partizani complex (2013-2022) · Taulant Balla · Jamarber Malltezi
SPAK
Jamarber Malltezi arrested in Partizani file
Police arrested Berisha's son-in-law on corruption and money-laundering accusations linked to the Partizani privatisation (Wikipedia).
Linked: Partizani complex privatisation (Sali Berisha and Jamarber Malltezi) · Jamarber Malltezi · Sali Berisha
Court
GJKKO refers Partizani case (Berisha, Malltezi, Bektashi, Begeja, Pustina) to trial
Preliminary hearing concluded; Berisha's lawyer challenged the judges. Berisha did not attend an earlier session citing non-notification.
Linked: Partizani complex privatisation (Sali Berisha and Jamarber Malltezi) · Sali Berisha · Jamarber Malltezi · Fatmir Bektashi
Court
Partizani trial opens at GJKKO with Berisha and co-defendants (date reported inconsistently)
A2 and a search summary give 19 May 2025 as the trial start, with Presiding Judge Elsa Ulliri rejecting the Berisha-Malltezi request to exclude the panel and other defence motions, including Kontakt's request for a shortened trial, being rejected. A Shqiptarja headline gives the trial start as 30 June; the year is not stated in the headline. The two dates are not reconciled in the sources read.
Linked: Partizani complex privatisation (Sali Berisha and Jamarber Malltezi) · Partizani file: co-defendants referred with Sali Berisha and Jamarber Malltezi · Sali Berisha · Jamarber Malltezi · Genc Gjokutaj
Sources for this record
Every source the research cites for this record, grouped by its source label. 10 sources.
Source label: Officially reportedOfficially reported · 7 sources
- Publisher
- Wikipedia
- Date
- 2025
- Publisher
- AP (via Yahoo News)
- Date
- unknown
- Publisher
- A2 CNN
- Date
- 2025
- Publisher
- Himara.gr
- Date
- unknown
- Publisher
- Top Channel
- Date
- 2024
- Publisher
- Faktoje
- Date
- Jul 2022
- Publisher
- Shqiptarja
- Date
- May 2025
Source label: Under investigationUnder investigation · 2 sources
- Publisher
- Exit News
- Date
- 6 Jul 2022
- Publisher
- Balkanweb
- Date
- 12 Jul 2023
Source label: UnverifiedUnverified · 1 source
- Publisher
- Shqiptarja
- Date
- unknown