Ownership as documented
Stela Gugallja, sole partner and administrator (SPAK account as reported). SPAK also names Mirel Mertiri as de facto owner (per Documents seen by AFP, per search summary).
Sole partner and administrator of Albtek Energy (SPAK, per Shqiptarja)
Evidence: Shqiptarja (search summary of SPAK account): Stela Gugallja is sole partner and administrator of Albtek Energy sh.p.k. Cross-ref toperson id.
alleged de facto owner
Evidence: SPAK: Mertiri de facto owner of Albtek Energy (Wikipedia summary).
Conflicting records. The research disagrees; every version is shown and none has been chosen as correct.
- Ownership
- Stela Gugallja, sole partner and administrator (SPAK account as reported). SPAK also names Mirel Mertiri as de facto owner (per Documents seen by AFP, per search summary).From the research record · cites:
- Ekskluzive: si u hetua 4 vite me pare inceneratori i Elbasanit (Gugalla, Zoto, Mertiri) (opens in a new tab)Shqiptarja · undated · journalism · SQ
- Dosja e SPAK: Ahmetaj kontribuoi, Stela Gugalles, Klodian Zoton dhe Mirel Mertirit (opens in a new tab)Shqiptarja · undated · journalism · SQ
- SPAK: Mirel Mertiri de facto owner; Stela Gugallja de jure owner of the Elbasan incinerator (Wikipedia summary). Not publicly documented beyond that.From the research record · cites:
- Albanian incinerators scandal (opens in a new tab)Wikipedia · wiki · EN
- Former minister is sentenced to 5.8 years in prison for corruption with the incinerators, his second is found innocent (opens in a new tab)Top Channel · 5 Oct 2023 · journalism · EN
- Stela Gugallja, sole partner and administrator (SPAK account as reported). SPAK also names Mirel Mertiri as de facto owner (per Documents seen by AFP, per search summary).From the research record · cites:
- Source label
- OFFICIALLY_REPORTEDFrom the research record · cites:
- Ekskluzive: si u hetua 4 vite me pare inceneratori i Elbasanit (Gugalla, Zoto, Mertiri) (opens in a new tab)Shqiptarja · undated · journalism · SQ
- Dosja e SPAK: Ahmetaj kontribuoi, Stela Gugalles, Klodian Zoton dhe Mirel Mertirit (opens in a new tab)Shqiptarja · undated · journalism · SQ
- UNDER_INVESTIGATIONFrom the research record · cites:
- Albanian incinerators scandal (opens in a new tab)Wikipedia · wiki · EN
- Former minister is sentenced to 5.8 years in prison for corruption with the incinerators, his second is found innocent (opens in a new tab)Top Channel · 5 Oct 2023 · journalism · EN
- OFFICIALLY_REPORTEDFrom the research record · cites:
Description
[cross-ref:] Elbasan incinerator concessionaire. Additional reporting: SPAK says the concession was awarded through a negotiated procedure without prior public notice, breaching concession law; SPAK alleges Albtek and Integrated Technology Services billed nearly 3 million euro for works not done (search summary of Shqiptarja). SPAK names Stela Gugallja as sole partner and administrator of Albtek (SPAK account, per Shqiptarja). Courts ordered the case to trial; a first-instance ruling removed the company's legal personality and transferred shares to the state, appealed by SPAK and defence (per search summary); final verdict not found.
Other accounts in the research (1 field worded differently)
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- Description
- [cross-ref:] Elbasan incinerator concessionaire. Additional reporting: SPAK says the concession was awarded through a negotiated procedure without prior public notice, breaching concession law; SPAK alleges Albtek and Integrated Technology Services billed nearly 3 million euro for works not done (search summary of Shqiptarja). SPAK names Stela Gugallja as sole partner and administrator of Albtek (SPAK account, per Shqiptarja). Courts ordered the case to trial; a first-instance ruling removed the company's legal personality and transferred shares to the state, appealed by SPAK and defence (per search summary); final verdict not found.From the research record
- Concessionaire of the Elbasan waste incinerator. BOT concession signed Dec 2014; company incorporated July 2014 (per Wikipedia summary). Confiscated for the state in the Elbasan verdict (Top Channel).From the research record
Contracts and money
Figures recorded for the cases linked to this organisation. A figure here is not necessarily paid to or by this organisation; check payer and payee.
Government payments for Elbasan and Fier incinerators (per TI CEPI summary of Wikipedia/BIRN)
€70,200,000
Incomplete figurepaymentSource label: Under investigationStated definition: incomplete. Definition: amount the government paid for the Elbasan and Fier incinerators including VAT at 106 lek/euro, as summarised on the TI CEPI page. Not a Tirana figure. Both cases combined.
Date: Aug 2023 · Payer: Government of Albania · Payee: Concession companies
- Albania: Arben Ahmetaj, deputy PM involved in incinerators concession scandal (opens in a new tab)Transparency International CEPI · Aug 2023 · ngo · EN
Officials and people linked
Sole partner and administrator of Albtek Energy (SPAK, per Shqiptarja)
Evidence: Shqiptarja (search summary of SPAK account): Stela Gugallja is sole partner and administrator of Albtek Energy sh.p.k. Cross-ref toperson id.
alleged de facto owner
Evidence: SPAK: Mertiri de facto owner of Albtek Energy (Wikipedia summary).
Investigations and 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 Dec 2014
Elbasan incinerator case
The Elbasan waste incinerator was concessioned in Dec 2014 to Albtek Energy under a BOT contract. Construction started March 2015 and the plant launched in April 2017. SPAK issued seizure and arrest…
Status: First-instance verdict 5 Oct 2023; later appellate and procedural status not confirmed
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
- Shqiptarja
- Date
- undated
- Publisher
- Shqiptarja
- Date
- undated
- Publisher
- Wikipedia
- Date
- not recorded
- Publisher
- Top Channel
- Date
- 5 Oct 2023