Leli Kaja
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Profile
Arrested by the National Bureau of Investigation on SPAK's direction, reported 5 Oct 2026. SPAK alleges he requested and received 400,000 lek from an economic operator's administrator in exchange for not carrying out required duties.
Legal status
Under investigation
under-investigation
What this means: Prosecutors are reported to be investigating. An investigation is not a charge and not a finding of guilt.
Response from Leli Kaja
Not reported in the source. The article says he is presumed innocent until a final court decision.
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 5 Oct 2026
ECO-ELB administrator arrested for passive corruption (Elbasan, Oct 2026)
On 5 Oct 2026 Albanian Daily News reported that SPAK, with the National Bureau of Investigation, arrested Leli Kaja, administrator of ECO-ELB sh.a., a waste management company in Elbasan. SPAK…
Status: Arrested; investigation ongoing
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Connections
Open the map →- Official position→ECO-ELB administrator arrested for passive corruption (Elbasan, Oct 2026)Source label: Officially reported
Administrator of ECO-ELB sh.a., which runs the Elbasan incinerator (per Balkanweb, Oct 2026)
Evidence: Balkanweb (5 Oct 2026) names Kaja as administrator of ECO-ELB and says the company manages the Elbasan incinerator.
Timeline
SPAK
ECO-ELB administrator Leli Kaja arrested in flagrante by NBI on SPAK order
Balkanweb (5 Oct 2026) reproduces the SPAK official notice: Kaja, administrator of ECO-ELB (which the article says runs the Elbasan incinerator), was arrested in flagrante. The notice states he allegedly requested and received 400,000 lek from the administrator of an unnamed economic operator in exchange for not performing duties (passive corruption, Art. 259(2) Criminal Code, criminal proceeding no. 108/2026). The sum was reportedly seized in a personal search. No defence statement is reported. Balkanweb's custody report on another page is unconfirmed here.
Linked: ECO-ELB administrator arrested for passive corruption (Elbasan, Oct 2026) · Elbasan incinerator: appellate and High Court status (2023-2026) · Leli Kaja
SPAK
SPAK and NBI arrest ECO-ELB administrator Leli Kaja (400,000 lek, passive corruption)
Albanian Daily News reports the arrest on SPAK's direction. Charge: passive corruption under Art. 259(2).
Linked: ECO-ELB administrator arrested for passive corruption (Elbasan, Oct 2026) · Leli Kaja
Sources for this record
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Source label: Officially reportedOfficially reported · 2 sources
- Publisher
- Balkanweb
- Date
- 5 Oct 2026
- Publisher
- Albanian Daily News
- Date
- 5 Oct 2026