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2026-07-23 14:43:00 / POLITIKË
By order of SPAK, BKH has recently landed in Prime Minister Rama's courtyard, where he signed the laundering of billions in towers, resorts, etc. It is learned that documentation for projects in Tirana and the coast has been seized, while the investigation is deepening into suspicions of money laundering through the construction sector...
The Special Prosecution Office Against Corruption and Organized Crime (SPAK), in cooperation with the National Bureau of Investigation (BKH), has undertaken one of the most important moves of recent weeks within the framework of the "Aruba" file and others, by exercising controls in the Territorial Development Agency (AZHT) and the National Territorial Council (KKT).
Sources close to the investigation indicate that BKH officers have seized dozens of files related to construction permits for towers, tourist resorts, and projects declared as strategic investments, documentation that will now be subject to detailed verifications by special prosecutors.
The inspections were carried out with the authorization of the Special Court and are considered part of the investigations that SPAK has been launching for a long time on suspicions that a part of the large investments in the construction sector were used to launder money derived from criminal activity outside Albania. Sources indicate that during this week, complete administrative practices related to the procedures for applying, reviewing and approving construction permits were withdrawn, while there is still no official information whether computers or other electronic devices were also seized during the inspections.
The investigators are focusing on the largest urban development projects in Tirana and the coastal areas, where dozens of towers, luxury resorts, villa complexes and investments that have received strategic investment status have been approved in recent years. The investigators are verifying not only the administrative procedures followed by state institutions, but also the source of financing of the companies that have received the permits, with the aim of discovering whether capital originating from international drug trafficking is hidden behind them.
The investigation is directly related to the "Aruba" file, a joint operation with law enforcement agencies of several European countries, including the Netherlands, Belgium and Spain. It is precisely the information received from these countries that has prompted SPAK to expand the investigations to Albania, focusing on investments in the construction sector, which is considered one of the areas with the highest risk for money laundering.
In June, the Special Prosecution Office took a significant hit by executing security measures against several businessmen who were suspected of having invested money from drug trafficking in Latin America in Albania. According to investigative sources, some of this capital is suspected of having been directed towards the construction of towers, tourist resorts and other projects with high financial value.
For this reason, the verifications are not only focused on private companies, but also on the documentation that has been administered by the institutions responsible for planning and approving the development of the territory. The seized files are expected to undergo a detailed analysis to verify whether the procedures were followed in accordance with the law, whether checks were carried out on the source of financing and whether there were elements during the process that could constitute criminal offenses.
The focus of the verifications are the Territorial Development Agency and the National Territorial Council, institutions that in recent years have administered and approved a large number of construction projects. According to public data, over the past seven years, dozens of towers have been approved in Tirana and hundreds of construction permits along the coastline, making this sector one of the most important for the economy, but also one of the most exposed to suspicions of money laundering.
Sources close to the investigation indicate that SPAK is not limiting itself to the documentation of the AZT and KKT. The analysis is expected to extend to the practices of other institutions that have played a role in the approval of strategic investments, property registration and procedures that have accompanied the development of projects with high economic value.
This institutional chain includes the National Agency for Territorial Planning, headed by Adelina Greca, the Albanian Investment Corporation, headed by Elira Kokona, and the State Cadastre Agency, headed by Lorena Goxhobelli. Up to this stage of the investigation, there has been no official announcement from SPAK that these officials are under investigation or have procedural status in the "Aruba" file, while the seizure of documentation is considered part of the evidence verification process.
Sources indicate that the analysis of the seized files will be crucial for the further steps of the investigation. If elements that raise suspicions of criminal violations are identified from the documentation, the possibility cannot be ruled out that SPAK will summon officials, former officials, company representatives and other persons who had a role in the project approval procedures for statements.
Sources close to the investigative group indicate that the seized documentation is expected to shed light on how some of the largest construction projects in the country were approved and whether organized money laundering schemes are hidden behind them.
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