SPAK has announced an expansion of its investigation into MP Belinda Balluku, claiming it has found new criminal facts both regarding a multi-billion-lek tender procedure and a villa in the “Green Coast” complex in Palasa. At the request of the Special Prosecution, the Special Court Against Corruption and Organized Crime (GJKKO) has ordered the preventive seizure of the property, which investigators consider concealed beneficial ownership.
What SPAK says about the new facts
According to the official statement, the case concerns criminal proceeding no. 136 of 2025, in which Balluku is under investigation for several criminal offenses related to public tenders, passive corruption, and laundering of the proceeds of crime.
The prosecution says that investigative actions, including special methods and digital evidence, have produced new data related to the procurement procedure “Construction of the Tirana Outer Ring Road, Lot 7,” with a limit fund of more than 2.35 billion lek, excluding VAT. According to SPAK, this procedure created unfair advantages and privileges for the winning operators, in violation of public procurement legislation and conflict-of-interest rules.
The Lot 7 tender and the names mentioned in the case file
In SPAK’s version, Balluku is suspected of having acted in cooperation with officials and members of procurement and bid-evaluation structures, including Evis Berberi, as well as with other persons involved in the procedure.
The economic operators named as beneficiaries of the alleged favoritism are “Alko-Impex General Construction” and “2T” sh.p.k. The investigation links this episode to suspicions of irregular benefits in exchange for favoritism in the tender.
Villa in Palasa under seizure
The most serious part of the statement concerns a family villa in the “Green Coast” complex, Palasa, which SPAK claims Balluku held as her beneficial property but did not declare. According to the accusation, the property was concealed through fictitious actions and documentation placed in the name of citizen Igli Tare.
SPAK says that an entrepreneurship contract from 2020 worth 250,000 euros was initially used, while the investment to complete the property was later undertaken by Arbër Abazi, owner of “Alko Impex General Construction.” The value of these works, according to the cost estimate administered by investigators, is calculated at between 288,616 and 410,526 euros.
GJKKO ruling and the new accusations
For this asset, GJKKO accepted the request of the Special Prosecution and, by decision no. 591 dated September 9, 2026, imposed the asset security measure of “preventive seizure” on the villa in question in Palasa.
The statement says that over these new facts, Balluku is suspected of “passive corruption of senior state officials or local elected officials,” “concealment or non-declaration of assets,” and “laundering of the proceeds of crime.” Arbër Abazi is suspected of active corruption, while Igli Tare is suspected of money laundering. The legal entity “Alko Impex General Construction” is also mentioned in SPAK’s suspicions.
At this stage, these are allegations by the prosecuting authority and not guilt proven by a final court decision.
The statement increases pressure on one of the government’s best-known figures in recent years, especially because public tenders, conflict of interest, and undeclared assets are linked in the same case file.
The case once again raises serious questions about the real oversight of major procurement procedures and about the institutional filters that, at least according to the accusation, failed to prevent suspected schemes of favoritism and concealment of assets.