Ownership as documented
Per Exit.al (citing Hashtag): owned by the brother of Mayor Erion Veliaj. Not verified in QKB.
owner (per Exit.al, citing Hashtag)
Evidence: Exit.al (7 May 2018): the full 200,000 euro was transferred to Gogël, 'owned by Veliaj's brother'.
Description
Company that, per Exit.al (7 May 2018, citing Hashtag), received the full 200,000 euro that Albtelekom paid for a Rita Ora concert in Tirana on 3 June 2018.
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.
Tirana municipality internet-service tender won by Albtelekom (21 million lek per Exit.al)
€157,000
21,000,000 lek
tenderSource label: Under investigationStated definition: Figures as stated by Exit.al. Its daily rate (156,000 lek over 167 days) does not reconcile with the total, and its euro conversion is also inconsistent; the euro figure is Exit's own conversion.
Date: 20 Oct 2017 · Payer: Municipality of Tirana · Payee: Albtelekom sh.a.
- Exit.al: Veliaj Pays Albtelekom, Albtelekom Pays His Brother (fetched) (opens in a new tab)Exit.al · 7 May 2018 · journalism · EN
Albtelekom payment for Rita Ora concert, full sum transferred to Gogël sh.p.k. (per Exit.al)
€200,000
paymentSource label: Under investigationStated definition: As stated by Exit.al citing Hashtag; not verified against bank or invoice records.
Date: 7 May 2018 · Payer: Albtelekom sh.a. · Payee: Gogël sh.p.k.
- Exit.al: Veliaj Pays Albtelekom, Albtelekom Pays His Brother (fetched) (opens in a new tab)Exit.al · 7 May 2018 · journalism · EN
Officials and people linked
owner (per Exit.al, citing Hashtag)
Evidence: Exit.al (7 May 2018): the full 200,000 euro was transferred to Gogël, 'owned by Veliaj's brother'.
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 20 Oct 2017
Tirana municipality internet tender and 200,000 euro concert payment to a company owned by the mayor's brother (press allegation)
Exit.al (7 May 2018) reported that Albtelekom won a Tirana municipality internet-service tender on 20 October 2017, and that Albtelekom paid 200,000 euro for a Rita Ora concert in Tirana with the…
Status: Press allegation (2018); no official finding found in sources reviewed.
Sources for this record
Every source the research cites for this record, grouped by its source label. 1 source.
Source label: Under investigationUnder investigation · 1 source
- Publisher
- Exit.al
- Date
- 7 May 2018
Other connections
200,000 euro payment for concert (per Exit.al)
Evidence: Exit.al reports that Albtelekom would pay 200,000 euro for a Rita Ora concert and that the full amount went to Gogël.