Durrës: former mayor Vangjush Dako, building permit legalisation and coastal promenade tender
Status: Sent to trial at GJKKO (referral reported 2023-12-07). Verdict not found.
Summary
SPAK sent former Durrës mayor Vangjush Dako and 10 co-defendants to the GJKKO for trial in December 2023. The charges concern a building permit for an 11-storey building that the municipality legalised after construction had finished, and a 2014-2015 tender for the Bërryli-Currila coastal promenade. SPAK's notice gives an overpayment of 18,318,400.2 lek on the tender. Arrest orders against Dako and nine former municipal officials were reported in June 2023.
The permit was registered on 14 October 2014, although construction reportedly finished around 2012. The earlier 2010 permit approved seven floors. The defence says the building had a regular municipal permit. The trial outcome was not found in the sources retrieved.
Key facts
- SPAK referral to GJKKO reported 2023-12-07: abuse of duty (committed twice, in complicity), falsification of seals, stamps and forms (Criminal Code arts. 190, 248), and abuse of duty against other defendants (fetched).
- Permit concerns an 11-storey building in Durrës; SPAK says the municipality legalised a structure built before the permit was registered and not according to the approved project (fetched).
- Permit registered 14 October 2014; construction finished around 2012; earlier 2010 permit approved seven floors (fetched).
- Tender for the Bërryli-Currila promenade: SPAK notice gives overpayment of 18,318,400.2 lek; tender limit 21,000,000 lek; 60% paid first, 40% in December 2015 (fetched).
- 11 people charged; prosecutors asked to drop the case against one defendant (fetched).
The record
Four lists kept apart on purpose: what is established, what is only alleged, what is still open, and what those concerned said.
What is proven (1)
Established by documents or official records, as stated in the research. A recorded charge or indictment proves only that the accusation was made.
- SPAK referred the case to trial at GJKKO (procedural fact, reported 2023-12-07).
What is alleged (2)
Accusations, not findings. Those accused are presumed innocent.
- AllegationAbuse of duty and falsification charges against Dako and co-defendants.
- AllegationEconomic damage to the State above 18 million lek.
Allegations and who made them (2)
Each line is an allegation as recorded, with the person or body that made it where the record names them.
- AllegationDako and officials abused their duty to legalise an unpermitted building (SPAK).
- AllegationA calculation error inflated the promenade tender value nearly tenfold (SPAK, as reported).
Open questions (3)
- Trial verdict and appeal status.
- Identity of the tender winner (not named in the fetched article).
- Exact arrest date (June 2023 taken from a search summary of a Shqiptarja report).
Responses (1)
Responses of the people and organisations concerned, as recorded.
- Defence lawyer Petrit Ismaili says the building had a regular construction permit issued by the municipality and called detention unnecessary (press summary, 2023).
Figures
Money trail →Bërryli-Currila promenade tender overpayment (SPAK notice)
18,318,400.2 lek
lossSource label: Officially reportedStated definition: SPAK notice figure as reported by Shqiptarja (fetched); the article also says 'more than 18,000,000 lek'. Tender limit fund 21,000,000 lek. Allegation in a referral, not a court finding.
Date: Dec 2015 · Payer: Municipality of Durrës / State budget · Payee: Tender winner (not named in the fetched text)
- SPAK mbyll hetimet dhe dërgon për gjykim Vangjush Dakon dhe 10 të tjerë (opens in a new tab)Shqiptarja · 7 Dec 2023 · journalism · SQ
Timeline
Full timeline →SPAK
SPAK arrest orders for Durrës ex-mayor Vangjush Dako and nine municipal officials
SPAK ordered arrests over building-permit legalisation and a coastal promenade tender (press). The date is taken from a search summary of the Shqiptarja report.
SPAK
SPAK sends Durrës permit and promenade case to GJKKO
SPAK referred Dako and 10 others for trial; permit registered in 2014 for a building finished around 2012; 18.3 million lek tender overpayment (SPAK notice).
Connections
Defendant, sent to GJKKO
Evidence: SPAK referral to GJKKO reported 2023-12-07 (Shqiptarja).
- Court proceeding←Special Court Against Corruption and Organized Crime (GJKKO)Source label: Officially reported
Trial court for the Dako case
Evidence: SPAK referral to GJKKO reported 2023-12-07.
Sources for this record
Every source the research cites for this record, grouped by its source label. 3 sources.
Source label: Officially reportedOfficially reported · 3 sources
- Publisher
- Shqiptarja
- Date
- 7 Dec 2023
- Publisher
- Shqiptarja
- Date
- Jun 2023
- Publisher
- Shqiptarja / Report TV
- Date
- Jun 2023