Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy (MIE), Albania

Ministry led by Balluku as Minister until her dismissal on 26 February 2026. Its officials were named in SPAK allegations.

• Public contract←Alko Impex General ConstructionSource label: Officially reportedCode: OFFICIALLY_REPORTEDStated by an official body (SPAK, a court, the Ombudsman, a prosecutor). An accusation is verified only as an accusation.

  Won Lot 7 Outer Ring Road tender (SPAK allegation of favouritism)

  Evidence: SPAK notice (Balkanweb, 9 Sep 2026): winning operator for Lot 7 is Alko-Impex with 2T sh.p.k.; SPAK says Balluku favoured it. Allegation.

• Government decision→Rruga e Kombit (Milot-Morinë motorway): 2016 concession tender, Kastrati-linked consortium and toll compensationSource label: Officially reportedCode: OFFICIALLY_REPORTEDStated by an official body (SPAK, a court, the Ombudsman, a prosecutor). An accusation is verified only as an accusation.

  Contracting ministry; announced 2016 preferred bid and 2017 consultancy

  Evidence: Balkanweb (2016) and Exit.al (2017) report ministry announcements. The ministry was called Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure in 2016; the ministry id is reused from the existing file.

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.

• Llogara Tunnel project value (reported)

  €190,000,000

  contractSource label: Officially reportedCode: OFFICIALLY_REPORTEDStated by an official body (SPAK, a court, the Ombudsman, a prosecutor). An accusation is verified only as an accusation.

  Stated definition: Project value as reported by Tirana Times (Nov 2025) and EWB (Feb 2026). Not a verified contract value. Search summary figures of 139.33 million euros were not confirmed and are not used.

  Date: 2021 · Payer: Albanian state (reported) · Payee: Intekar Yapi and ASL Insaat consortium (reported as winner)

  • Tirana Times: Balluku charges test PM Rama's power (opens in a new tab)Tirana Times · 11 Nov 2025 · journalism · EN

• Winning consortium offer (2021, as stated by PD)

  17,000,000,000 lek

  tenderSource label: DisputedCode: DISPUTEDContested by the person concerned, or the evidence conflicts.

  Stated definition: 'Over 17 billion lek' per Shqiptarja, quoting the PD statement. The ministry spending ceiling was 18.9 billion lek. The Albanian JV bid was 15.8 billion lek without VAT (Shqiptarja). Figures are party/press claims.

  Date: 12 Oct 2021 · Payer: Ministry (reported) · Payee: Intekar Yapi and ASL Insaat consortium

  • Konsorciumi turk fituese e tenderit (Shqiptarja) (opens in a new tab)Shqiptarja · 12 Oct 2021 · journalism · SQ

• Llogara tunnel contract, Intekar Yapi / ASL consortium (Tunnelbuilder figure)

  €139,330,000

  17,040,000,000 lek

  Incomplete figurecontractSource label: Under investigationCode: UNDER_INVESTIGATIONCredible reporting or investigative material that a court has not established.

  Stated definition: Contract value as listed by Tunnelbuilder. INCOMPLETE/CONFLICTING: other figures in this file (155.08m excl. VAT tender notice; 170m Shqiptarja allegation; 168m Hill; 178m USD World Highways; 158.4m USD / 138.4m EUR in a Turkish summary).

  Date: Oct 2021 · Payer: Government of Albania (Ministry of Infrastructure / ARRSH; contracting authority per sources) · Payee: Intekar Yapi / ASL Insaat joint venture

  • Tunnelbuilder: Llogara tunnel (Albania) (opens in a new tab)Tunnelbuilder · undated · journalism · EN

• Llogara tunnel tender notice (earlier listing)

  €155,080,000

  18,970,000,000 lek

  Incomplete figuretenderSource label: Officially reportedCode: OFFICIALLY_REPORTEDStated by an official body (SPAK, a court, the Ombudsman, a prosecutor). An accusation is verified only as an accusation.

  Stated definition: Tender notice value excluding VAT, duration 37 months, per Tunnelbuilder listing summary. INCOMPLETE: not compared to the signed contract value.

  Date: Jun 2021 · Payer: Government of Albania · Payee: tender (open to bidders)

  • Tunnelbuilder: Llogara tunnel (Albania) (opens in a new tab)Tunnelbuilder · undated · journalism · EN

• Llogara winning bid, opposition allegation (about 170 million euro)

  €170,000,000

  Incomplete figurecontractSource label: UnverifiedCode: UNVERIFIEDAnonymous tip, social-media upload or a single unconfirmed report.

  Stated definition: Allegation from Democratic Party and reported by Shqiptarja (title: winners took the tender at 170 mln euro breaking criteria). Not verified; conflicts with 139.33m. The rival bid (including Concord Engineering) was said to be about 12 million dollars lower. INCOMPLETE.

  Date: Oct 2021 · Payer: Government of Albania · Payee: Intekar Yapi / ASL Insaat joint venture

  • Dosja e tunelit te Llogarase: si fituan turqit tenderin 170 mln euro duke shkelur kriteret (opens in a new tab)Shqiptarja · undated · journalism · SQ
  • Konsorciumi turk fituese e tenderit per tunelin e Llogarase (opens in a new tab)Shqiptarja · undated · journalism · SQ

• Llogara tunnel contract value per World Highways

  No amount recorded

  Incomplete figurecontractSource label: UnverifiedCode: UNVERIFIEDAnonymous tip, social-media upload or a single unconfirmed report.

  Stated definition: World Highways gives US$178 million (currency USD; conversion not made here). INCOMPLETE: no EUR conversion or date in the summary read.

  Date: Oct 2021 · Payer: Government of Albania · Payee: Intekar Yapi / ASL Insaat joint venture

  • New Albanian road tunnel project (World Highways) (opens in a new tab)World Highways · undated · journalism · EN

• Works and investments on Palasë Villa 188/1 paid by Arbër Abazi (SPAK estimate, lower bound)

  €288,616

  otherSource label: Officially reportedCode: OFFICIALLY_REPORTEDStated by an official body (SPAK, a court, the Ombudsman, a prosecutor). An accusation is verified only as an accusation.

  Stated definition: SPAK estimate as reported by Balkanweb (fetched). Range given: 288,616 to 410,526 EUR. Allegation: value of the benefit Balluku allegedly received. Not a sale price.

  Date: 9 Sep 2026 · Payer: Alko Impex General Construction (Arbër Abazi) · Payee: Villa 188/1, Palasë (benefit to Balluku, per SPAK)

  • SPAK notice on new criminal facts (Balkanweb EN, fetched) (opens in a new tab)Balkanweb · 9 Sep 2026 · journalism · EN

• Contract dated 26.10.2020 for 250,000 EUR, described by SPAK as fictitious

  €250,000

  contractSource label: Officially reportedCode: OFFICIALLY_REPORTEDStated by an official body (SPAK, a court, the Ombudsman, a prosecutor). An accusation is verified only as an accusation.

  Stated definition: SPAK describes the contract as a fictitious action used to hide the asset (as reported in the notice). Balkanweb (search summary, not fetched) gives a different date (26 Nov 2020) for a contract of 250,000 EUR; the fetched notice gives 26.10.2020.

  Date: 26 Oct 2020 · Payer: Not stated in the fetched text · Payee: Igli Tare (as contracting party, per reporting)

  • SPAK notice on new criminal facts (Balkanweb EN, fetched) (opens in a new tab)Balkanweb · 9 Sep 2026 · journalism · EN

• Payments from Alko Impex to Atelier 4 (SPAK file quotes), lower bound

  €288,000

  paymentSource label: Under investigationCode: UNDER_INVESTIGATIONCredible reporting or investigative material that a court has not established.

  Stated definition: Balkanweb (13 Sep 2026, fetched) reports payments of 288,000 to 410,000 EUR. SPAK allegation. This figure is a different measure from the 288,616 works estimate in fin-palase-villa-abazi-works-estimate; the two are not the same figure.

  Date: 13 Sep 2026 · Payer: Alko Impex General Construction · Payee: Atelier 4 (Eftimi brothers)

  • Balkanweb: SPAK file, Atelier 4 quotes and payments (fetched) (opens in a new tab)Balkanweb · 13 Sep 2026 · journalism · SQ

• Tirana Outer Ring Road Lot 7, limit fund (tender ceiling, excl. VAT)

  2,353,597,373.94 lek

  tenderSource label: Officially reportedCode: OFFICIALLY_REPORTEDStated by an official body (SPAK, a court, the Ombudsman, a prosecutor). An accusation is verified only as an accusation.

  Stated definition: Limit fund (procurement ceiling) as quoted in SPAK's notice, not an amount paid. Winning operator named by SPAK: merger of Alko-Impex General Construction and 2T sh.p.k. Not an apartment figure.

  Date: 9 Sep 2026 · Payer: Not applicable (tender ceiling set by the contracting authority) · Payee: Alko-Impex General Construction / 2T sh.p.k. (winning operator, per SPAK)

  • SPAK notice on new criminal facts (Balkanweb EN, fetched) (opens in a new tab)Balkanweb · 9 Sep 2026 · journalism · EN

• Palasë villa value (reported as 'over 400 thousand EUR') and additional luxury works ('more than 250 thousand EUR')

  €400,000

  otherSource label: Under investigationCode: UNDER_INVESTIGATIONCredible reporting or investigative material that a court has not established.

  Stated definition: Balkanweb (10 Sep 2026, fetched) quotes 'over 400 thousand' for the villa's value and 'more than 250 thousand' for additional luxury works, and its headline refers to 650 thousand. The article body does not state a 650 thousand total. Lower bound used.

  Date: 10 Sep 2026 · Payer: Arbër Abazi / Alko Impex (per reporting) · Payee: Villa 188/1, Palasë

  • 650 thousand villa with a swimming pool and a design like a yacht (Balkanweb EN, fetched) (opens in a new tab)Balkanweb · 10 Sep 2026 · journalism · EN

• SPAK seizures, all cases, 1 Jan to 15 Jul 2026 (context only; not Balluku-specific)

  €440,000,000

  seizureSource label: Officially reportedCode: OFFICIALLY_REPORTEDStated by an official body (SPAK, a court, the Ombudsman, a prosecutor). An accusation is verified only as an accusation.

  Stated definition: About 440 million EUR seized by court order in five proceedings (ACQJ, fetched). Covers over 60 villas, apartments and hotels across all cases. No Balluku-specific apartment count given. Included only to show that 'apartments' appear in SPAK aggregates for other cases.

  Date: 30 Jul 2026 · Payer: Not applicable · Payee: Not applicable (state seizure)

  • SPAK: 440 million euros in assets seized (ACQJ, fetched) (opens in a new tab)ACQJ · 30 Jul 2026 · journalism · EN

• Llogara re-tender fund limit (excluding VAT), per SPAK notice as quoted by Balkanweb

  18,967,810,952.08 lek

  tenderSource label: Officially reportedCode: OFFICIALLY_REPORTEDStated by an official body (SPAK, a court, the Ombudsman, a prosecutor). An accusation is verified only as an accusation.

  Stated definition: Figure as written in the Balkanweb article (quoting the SPAK notice); 22 June 2021; excluding VAT. Balkanweb also says the tender was opened on 1 Dec 2021, which conflicts with the June date.

  Date: 22 Jun 2021 · Payer: Albanian state (Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy) · Payee: tender

  • Dosja e SPAK që fundosi Belinda Ballukun (Balkanweb, fetched) (opens in a new tab)Balkanweb · 20 Nov 2025 · journalism · SQ

• Lowest bid in the first (cancelled) Llogara tender: Gjoka–Duygu joint venture

  €140,000,000

  tenderSource label: Under investigationCode: UNDER_INVESTIGATIONCredible reporting or investigative material that a court has not established.

  Stated definition: 'About 140 million euro' per Exit News and Balkanweb. Tender later cancelled. Not checked against the procurement record.

  Date: 1 Mar 2021 · Payer: Albanian state · Payee: Gjoka Konstruksion / Duygu Mühendislik JV (bidder)

  • How to Rig a Tender (Exit News, fetched) (opens in a new tab)Exit News · 1 Dec 2025 · journalism · EN

• Winning İntekar–ASL bid on the re-tender (approximate)

  €190,000,000

  tenderSource label: Under investigationCode: UNDER_INVESTIGATIONCredible reporting or investigative material that a court has not established.

  Stated definition: 'About 190 million euros', described by Exit as the second-lowest bid; Exit says the lowest was about 10 million below. Approximate; not checked against the award notice. The project value (about 190 million euros) is recorded as fin-llogara-project-value.

  Date: 7 Sep 2021 · Payer: Albanian state · Payee: İntekar–ASL joint venture

  • How to Rig a Tender (Exit News, fetched) (opens in a new tab)Exit News · 1 Dec 2025 · journalism · EN

• Tender funding limit, Milot-Morinë (Feb 2016)

  €45,000,000

  6,020,000,000 lek

  tenderSource label: Under investigationCode: UNDER_INVESTIGATIONCredible reporting or investigative material that a court has not established.

  Stated definition: Funding limit as reported by Exit.al (2018); the EUR figure is Exit.al's conversion ('about 45 million'). Not checked against the tender notice.

  Date: Feb 2016 · Payer: Government of Albania (Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure) · Payee: tender (open to bidders)

  • Corruption with the Rruga e Kombit - Exit Explains (opens in a new tab)Exit.al · 9 Apr 2018 · journalism · EN

• Value of Vendeka preferred bid, 30 years (Balkanweb, 2016)

  €5,600,000

  concessionSource label: Officially reportedCode: OFFICIALLY_REPORTEDStated by an official body (SPAK, a court, the Ombudsman, a prosecutor). An accusation is verified only as an accusation.

  Stated definition: Balkanweb (22 Jul 2016): 'Koncesioni ka vlerën 5.6 mln euro dhe jepet për 30 vjet.' Not reconciled with the other values in this file; the article does not explain the basis of the figure.

  Date: 22 Jul 2016 · Payer: Government of Albania · Payee: Vendeka consortium (preferred bidder)

  • Kompania turke fiton koncesionin e Rrugës së Kombit për 30 vjet (opens in a new tab)Balkanweb · 22 Jul 2016 · journalism · SQ

• Final value in concession contract notice (Dec 2016)

  €64,935,000

  contractSource label: UnverifiedCode: UNVERIFIEDAnonymous tip, social-media upload or a single unconfirmed report.

  Stated definition: Value taken from a search summary of the Public Procurement Agency notice (HTTP 403, not opened). Unverified against the document. Listed as contract value, which may differ from the total cost figures reported by Exit.al (66 million, 64.9 million subsidy cap).

  Date: 6 Dec 2016 · Payer: Government of Albania · Payee: Catalyst Viva Das General Contracting LLC with Kastrati sh.a. (as named in the notice)

  • Formulari i njoftimit të nënshkrimit të kontratës - Albanian Highway Concession (seen in search results) (opens in a new tab)Public Procurement Agency (as hosted on opencorporates.al) · Dec 2016 · official · SQ

• State payments: 5 million euro a year for 13 years; total concession cost 66 million euro (Exit.al, 2017)

  €66,000,000

  concessionSource label: Officially reportedCode: OFFICIALLY_REPORTEDStated by an official body (SPAK, a court, the Ombudsman, a prosecutor). An accusation is verified only as an accusation.

  Stated definition: Exit.al's total. The article gives maximum state subsidy of 64.9 million euro, while 5 million euro x 13 years equals 65 million; the difference is not explained. Consultancy budget 3.6 million lekë (no EUR figure) is separate.

  Date: 12 Jun 2017 · Payer: Government of Albania · Payee: Catalyst consortium / Albanian Highway Concession

  • Rruga e Kombit Concession Will Cost State 66M (opens in a new tab)Exit.al · 13 Jun 2017 · journalism · EN

• Supervision consultancy budget (maximum, without VAT), 2017

  3,600,000 lek

  contractSource label: Officially reportedCode: OFFICIALLY_REPORTEDStated by an official body (SPAK, a court, the Ombudsman, a prosecutor). An accusation is verified only as an accusation.

  Stated definition: Maximum 3.6 million lekë without VAT, per Exit.al. Funded 50% state and 50% concession holder.

  Date: 12 Jun 2017 · Payer: Government of Albania and concession holder (50/50) · Payee: DOLSAR Engineering

  • Rruga e Kombit Concession Will Cost State 66M (opens in a new tab)Exit.al · 13 Jun 2017 · journalism · EN

• Price paid for 60% consortium stake (Exit.al allegation)

  €453,000

  otherSource label: Under investigationCode: UNDER_INVESTIGATIONCredible reporting or investigative material that a court has not established.

  Stated definition: Per Exit.al (2018), price for 60% against expected concession revenue of about 400 million euro. No deed, registry or document cited; allegation.

  Date: Feb 2017 · Payer: Kastrati sh.a. and Salillari shpk · Payee: three foreign partners of the consortium

  • Corruption with the Rruga e Kombit - Exit Explains (opens in a new tab)Exit.al · 9 Apr 2018 · journalism · EN

• Compensation for reduced tolls: 48.5 million euro over 30 years

  €48,500,000

  paymentSource label: Officially reportedCode: OFFICIALLY_REPORTEDStated by an official body (SPAK, a court, the Ombudsman, a prosecutor). An accusation is verified only as an accusation.

  Stated definition: Figure announced by Minister Arben Ahmetaj per Exit.al (2018). Exit.al's own reading: about 1.6 million euro a year; the article says the government gave no supporting data. The article also cites a rounded 'about 50 million' and an overall cost raised to 350 million euro.

  Date: 17 Sep 2018 · Payer: Government of Albania · Payee: Albanian Highway Concession (concessionaire)

  • Government Ignores Contract, Offers 50M Extra to Rruga e Kombit Concession Holder (opens in a new tab)Exit.al · 17 Sep 2018 · journalism · EN

• Overall concession cost 'raised to' 350 million euro (Exit.al, 2018)

  €350,000,000

  concessionSource label: Under investigationCode: UNDER_INVESTIGATIONCredible reporting or investigative material that a court has not established.

  Stated definition: Exit.al (2018) states the overall concession cost was raised to 350 million euro. This conflicts with the 66 million (2017) and 64.9 million subsidy figures; the basis is not given in the article read.

  Date: 17 Sep 2018 · Payer: Government of Albania · Payee: Albanian Highway Concession

  • Government Ignores Contract, Offers 50M Extra to Rruga e Kombit Concession Holder (opens in a new tab)Exit.al · 17 Sep 2018 · journalism · EN

• Guaranteed minimum annual toll income, year one (8 million euro)

  €8,000,000

  paymentSource label: Under investigationCode: UNDER_INVESTIGATIONCredible reporting or investigative material that a court has not established.

  Stated definition: Per Exit.al (2018): state covers any shortfall below 8 million euro in year one; toll income above 9.5 million euro is shared. Contract terms as quoted by Exit.al; the contract text was not read.

  Date: 17 Sep 2018 · Payer: Government of Albania (budget top-up) · Payee: Albanian Highway Concession

  • Government Ignores Contract, Offers 50M Extra to Rruga e Kombit Concession Holder (opens in a new tab)Exit.al · 17 Sep 2018 · journalism · EN

• PD allegation: winning Turkish JV offer about EUR 12m above an earlier Albanian offer

  €12,000,000

  tenderSource label: UnverifiedCode: UNVERIFIEDAnonymous tip, social-media upload or a single unconfirmed report.

  Stated definition: Opposition (PD) allegation as reported by Shqiptarja. Not verified.

  Date: 2021 · Payer: Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy (per reporting) · Payee: intekar-yapi

  • Turkish consortium that won the Llogara tunnel tender; PD says its offer was 12 million higher (opens in a new tab)Shqiptarja · journalism · SQ

• Official position←Belinda BallukuSource label: Officially reportedCode: OFFICIALLY_REPORTEDStated by an official body (SPAK, a court, the Ombudsman, a prosecutor). An accusation is verified only as an accusation.

  Minister until 26 Feb 2026

  Evidence: Dismissed by Rama in the 26 Feb 2026 reshuffle.

Sorted by reported money, then by linked people and their legal status. The money figure is the largest single reported figure, not a total.