Ministry of Interior (Albania)
Ownership as documented
not applicable (public institution)
Description
Subject of KLSH charges (2021) against five officials for tender evaluation for state police design contracts.
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.
Police uniform tender value
€25,000,000
2,800,000,000 lek
Incomplete figuretenderSource label: Officially reportedStated definition: Two sources, not reconciled: Exit states EUR 25 million; the Shqiptarja/Report TV file states 2.8 billion lek. A search snippet cites about EUR 23 million. Incomplete: no contract or final value checked.
Date: 2020 · Payer: Ministry of Interior / procurement · Payee: Winning bidder (not named in sources reviewed)
- 9 Albanian Officials Arrested for Public Procurement-Related Abuses (opens in a new tab)Exit.al · 10 Jul 2021 · journalism · EN
- Prangosja e 9 zyrtarëve për tenderin disa miliardësh të uniformave (opens in a new tab)Shqiptarja.com · 12 Jul 2021 · journalism · SQ
Allocations in the tender file: uniforms, shoes, electronic distribution system
2,790,000,000 lek
Incomplete figurecontractSource label: Officially reportedStated definition: Researcher's sum of 2.2 bn lek (uniforms) + 552 m lek (shoes) + 35 m lek (electronic system, never built), as reported. Approximate; incomplete.
Date: 2020 · Payer: Ministry of Interior · Payee: Not stated
- Prangosja e 9 zyrtarëve për tenderin disa miliardësh të uniformave (opens in a new tab)Shqiptarja.com · 12 Jul 2021 · journalism · SQ
Officials and people linked
No person is linked to this organisation in the research.
Investigations and cases
- Investigation←Police uniform tender: nine current and former officials arrested by SPAKSource label: Officially reported
tender run through Interior Ministry procurement
Evidence: SPAK arrested a former Interior Ministry procurement head and evaluation members (Exit, 10 July 2021).
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 Aug 2020
Police uniform tender: nine current and former officials arrested by SPAK
On 10 July 2021 SPAK arrested nine current and former officials over a tender for police uniforms. Exit describes them as the former head of public procurement at the Interior Ministry and members of…
Status: Trial status unknown; retrial of detention ruling reported
From Aug 2022
Golden passport / citizenship-by-investment programme: suspended in 2023 after EU pressure
Albania planned a citizenship-by-investment programme under the special-cases provisions of its 2020 citizenship law. The European Commission urged Albania not to introduce it, citing bypassing the…
Status: Suspended (April 2023); no investigation found
From Nov 2020
Morina (Kukes) border crossing: police corruption case, SPAK sent 34 persons to trial
In April 2022 SPAK ordered the arrest of 17 police officers at the Morina border crossing in Kukes, with 14 placed under house arrest and 3 suspended, according to Top Channel. SPAK states the…
Status: Investigation closed; trial requested for 34 persons (as reported). Outcome not found.
Sources for this record
Every source the research cites for this record, grouped by its source label. 2 sources.
Source label: Officially reportedOfficially reported · 2 sources
- Publisher
- Exit.al
- Date
- 30 Jul 2021
- Publisher
- Exit.al
- Date
- 10 Jul 2021