Arben Ndoka
Socialist Party (PS)
Legal status
Acquitted
acquitted
What this means: A court found the person not guilty of the charge concerned.
Profile
Former Socialist Party MP from Lezhë. Arrested in October 2018 in operation 'Volvo 4' over alleged forgery and alienation of Shëngjin coastal land. Prosecutors reported seizure of about 30 hectares and apartments.
Response from Arben Ndoka
Denied the allegations (Fox News summary).
Related 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 Oct 2018
Shëngjin/Lezhë coast: land alienation scheme and former MP Arben Ndoka
Former Socialist Party MP Arben Ndoka was arrested in October 2018 in an operation named 'Volvo 4' and accused of forging documents and alienating coastal public land at Shëngjin, Lezhë. Prosecutors…
Status: Arben Ndoka case dismissed (reported 2021); Gjevi Ndoka convicted, 13 years upheld on appeal (reported).
From 2018
2018 Shijak-group wiretaps: former PS MPs Arben Çuko and Arben Ndoka
In 2018 former Socialist MPs Arben Çuko and Arben Ndoka were arrested after appearing in wiretaps of a group that reporting links to the Avdylaj family of Shijak. Çuko is reported to face passive…
Status: Released in 2018; 2024 arrest warrant reported for Ndoka (declared wanted per ABC News); outcome not confirmed
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Connections
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Evidence: Shqiptarja reports the conviction of Gjevi Ndoka, brother of former MP Arben Ndoka.
- Court proceeding→Shëngjin/Lezhë coast: land alienation scheme and former MP Arben NdokaSource label: Officially reported
Arrested 2018; case dismissed 2021
Evidence: Exit News reports the arrest (2018-10) and dismissal (2021-04).
Arrested together in 2018 Shijak-group wiretap case
Evidence: Exit.al reports both were arrested in 2018 after wiretaps of a criminal group and held together before release in November 2018.
UNVERIFIED hypothesis: PS-era Shijak/Durrës networks linked to the Avdylaj group
Evidence: FOR: Ndoka's land dealings were reported as linked to the Avdylaj family (2018, Shqiptarja summary); Dako is alleged in exit.al/Bild wiretap reporting (doc-exit-wiretaps-2019 in to have collaborated with the Avdylaj group in vote buying. AGAINST: Çuko and Ndoka were released in 2018 and no 2018 conviction was found; Dako's SPAK case is for abuse of office, and no Avdylaj-linked charge against him was found in the sources read; the wiretap material is reported, not court-established, and Dako denies the accusations (ABC News).
Timeline
Court
Çuko and Ndoka released from jail after Serious Crimes Appeal Court ruling
Former Socialist MPs Arben Çuko and Arben Ndoka, held together after arrests in the Shijak-group wiretap case, were released (as reported by exit.al).
Linked: 2018 Shijak-group wiretaps: former PS MPs Arben Çuko and Arben Ndoka · Arben Çuko · Arben Ndoka
Sources for this record
Every source the research cites for this record, grouped by its source label. 5 sources.
Source label: Officially reportedOfficially reported · 3 sources
- Publisher
- Exit News
- Date
- Apr 2021
- Publisher
- Exit News
- Date
- Oct 2018
- Publisher
- Shqiptarja
- Date
- unknown
Source label: UnverifiedUnverified · 2 sources
- Publisher
- Exit.al
- Date
- Nov 2018
- Publisher
- ABC News Albania
- Date
- unknown