SHISH director Vlora Hyseni: suspension, house arrest and dismissal (AKSHI leak suspicion)
Status: Suspended and house arrest per reports; no charge verdict reported
Summary
On 22 September 2026 the Special Prosecution Against Corruption and Organised Crime (SPAK) announced that an anti-corruption court had suspended the director of the State Intelligence Service (SHISH), Vlora Hyseni, and placed her under house arrest. According to Reuters, prosecutors suspect her of disclosing classified information to unauthorised persons in connection with a corruption case at the National Agency for Information Society (AKSHI).
Prime Minister Edi Rama, who was at the UN General Assembly in New York, said he had already removed her from her duties and would appoint a new intelligence chief with the president. He wrote on X that 'no one is above the law' and that everyone is innocent until a final ruling. Reuters notes Hyseni could not be reached for comment.
The Balkanweb reporting of 24 Sept 2026 (dataset source for the Zhupa speech) describes the parliamentary debate in which the opposition attacked the government over the case.
Key facts
- 22 Sept 2026: SPAK announced that an anti-corruption court suspended SHISH director Vlora Hyseni and placed her under house arrest (Reuters).
- Suspicion stated by prosecutors: disclosing classified information to unauthorised persons in connection with an AKSHI corruption case (Reuters).
- Rama said he had already removed her from her duties and would appoint a new intelligence chief in consultation with the president (Reuters).
- Hyseni could not be reached for comment (Reuters).
- Context per Reuters: AKSHI case is the same tender file as the Ermal Beqiri and Mirlinda Karçanaj case in this dataset.
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 (2)
Established by documents or official records, as stated in the research. A recorded charge or indictment proves only that the accusation was made.
- A court measure of suspension and house arrest was reported by Reuters on 22 Sept 2026, based on SPAK's announcement.
- Rama publicly stated that she had been removed from her duties.
What is alleged (2)
Accusations, not findings. Those accused are presumed innocent.
- AllegationThat Hyseni passed classified information to persons linked to the AKSHI tender network.
- AllegationThat the leak was linked to the AKSHI tender scheme alleged against Ermal Beqiri, Ergys Agasi and others.
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.
- AllegationSPAK and the court (as reported by Reuters) allege Hyseni disclosed classified information to unauthorised persons in a corruption case at AKSHI.
- AllegationReporting links her to scrutiny over alleged ties to businessman Ergys Agasi (Balkanweb and other Albanian outlets; not confirmed in the Reuters text).
Open questions (4)
- What information was allegedly disclosed, and to whom?
- Which court issued the measure, and what is the duration and status of the house arrest now?
- Has an audit of SHISH (discussed at a National Security Council meeting per reporting) produced findings?
- Who was appointed as the new SHISH head?
Responses (2)
Responses of the people and organisations concerned, as recorded.
- Hyseni: could not be reached for comment (Reuters, 22 Sept 2026).
- Edi Rama on X: 'no one is above the law'; everyone innocent until a final ruling (as reported by Reuters).
Timeline
Full timeline →Government
Vlora Hyseni appointed head of SHISH by Presidential Decree no. 51
The SHISH biography, quoted in a reviewed Balkanweb article, cites Presidential Decree no. 51 of 3 April 2023 as her appointment. Rama had announced the proposal on 17 March 2023. Before this she was adviser on national security to Prime Minister Rama (September 2021 to April 2023, according to a secondary report). Balkanweb also reports she was dismissed from the Kosovo intelligence agency AKI in mid-2021 for reasons not made public. The 2019 deputy-director date that appears in another summary conflicts with this and is not resolved.
SPAK
SPAK measures against SHISH head Vlora Hyseni reported: suspension and house arrest (GJKKO)
Balkanweb reports that, on SPAK's request, the GJKKO imposed house arrest on Vlora Hyseni and suspended her from duty. The charges reported are assisting the perpetrator of a crime and disclosing investigative secrets, in a file linked to Ergys Agasi. The article is dated 22 September 2026 but does not give the date of the measure itself. Searches found no published response from Hyseni. The article says it is not confirmed whether the measure was served on her; she was reportedly abroad, at a conference in Baku. Rama said it was an individual matter for the former SHISH head. Quoted charges are as reported, not established in court.
SPAK
SHISH director Vlora Hyseni suspended and placed under house arrest (SPAK, anti-corruption court)
Reuters reports SPAK announced that an anti-corruption court suspended the SHISH director and placed her under house arrest, suspecting disclosure of classified information in an AKSHI corruption case. Rama said he had already removed her from duties.
Connections
SPAK measures: house arrest and suspension (reported)
Evidence: Balkanweb reports SPAK's request for house arrest and suspension; response not found; service of the measure not confirmed.
Hypotheses
Possible explanations that connect this record with other findings. They are not findings; each lists the evidence for and against.
- Source label: Unverified
SHISH leadership and the Agasi file: the Hyseni charges are linked to a wider intelligence case
SPAK's reported measures against Hyseni (assisting a crime, disclosing investigative secrets) are tied to a file linked to Ergys Agasi. If the charges hold, they would show a link between the intelligence leadership and a criminal file, but no adjudication has been reported.
Evidence for
- Balkanweb reports SPAK's request for house arrest and suspension, in a file linked to Ergys Agasi (reported, not adjudicated).
- Her appointment (decree of 3 April 2023) and dismissal are documented by press reporting.
Evidence against
- Rama said it was an individual matter for the former SHISH head, not a state institutional issue.
- The article does not confirm the measure was served; no response from Hyseni was found.
- Source label: Unverified
One procurement network reached into the intelligence service and the police leadership
The AKSHI file began as rigged IT tenders. By September 2026 SPAK's action in the same investigation had reached the head of the intelligence service SHISH (suspended and placed under house arrest), the home of a former State Police director (searched) and the head of the police forensic laboratory (arrested). If the charges hold, the people who should have detected the network were part of protecting it. This would make AKSHI the clearest case of state capture in the archive.
Evidence for
- A court suspended SHISH director Vlora Hyseni and placed her under house arrest on 22 September 2026; SPAK suspects her of helping Ergys Agasi and disclosing classified information (Reuters).
- SPAK ordered a search of the home of former State Police director Ilir Proda and arrested the head of the police forensic laboratory in the same operation (September 2026).
- SPAK seized assets worth over 40 million euro from former AKSHI director Mirlinda Karçanaj, Agasi and Ermal Beqiri (decision of 20 April 2026).
- A businessman testified that he was held and pressured to withdraw tender appeals and that a Tirana deputy police director warned him (reported by Balkanweb).
Evidence against
- Nobody in this chain has been convicted; the SHISH and police steps are security measures, not verdicts.
- Proda has not been charged; a search is not an accusation.
- Rama says he had already removed Hyseni, and the government presents the case as individual wrongdoing, not a network.
- Source label: Unverified
The AKSHI tender network reached into the intelligence and police layers
The SHISH director's suspension (22 Sept 2026) is said to concern a leak in an AKSHI corruption case. The Beqiri French detention and the AKSHI witness testimony describe pressure on tender competitors and a police warning. Together they suggest that the AKSHI file touches security and policing, not only procurement. This would connect new items to the existing AKSHI, Karçanaj and Agasi entries in the dataset.
Evidence for
- Reuters: SHISH director suspected of disclosing classified information in an AKSHI case.
- Balkanweb: witness testimony names a Tirana deputy police director's warning (allegation).
- SPAK charges against Beqiri (registration 5 Dec 2025) include violations of tender equality.
Evidence against
- Hyseni has not been charged or convicted; no response was published.
- The police-officer claim is a witness allegation; no SPAK finding was found.
- The Reuters text does not say what information was leaked or to whom.
Sources for this record
Every source the research cites for this record, grouped by its source label. 4 sources.
Source label: Officially reportedOfficially reported · 4 sources
- Publisher
- Reuters / Internazionale
- Date
- 22 Sep 2026
- Publisher
- Balkanweb
- Date
- 24 Sep 2026
- Publisher
- Balkanweb
- Date
- 22 Sep 2026
- Publisher
- Telegrafi
- Date
- 3 Apr 2023