Olta Xhaçka
Socialist Party (PS)
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.
Profile
Former Albanian minister and MP. Her husband Artan Gaçi's company received strategic-investor status for a Himarë project in 2021. Opposition figures questioned a conflict of interest and asked for her removal as MP; the Constitutional Court said the Assembly should decide.
Response from Olta Xhaçka
Denies wrongdoing; said her husband gained only a priority right to an annual beach-space contract with the municipality (press report).
Other accounts in the research (3 fields worded differently)
This record appears in more than one research record. The main text above comes from one; the other versions are kept here unedited.
- Biography
- Former Albanian minister and MP. Her husband Artan Gaçi's company received strategic-investor status for a Himarë project in 2021. Opposition figures questioned a conflict of interest and asked for her removal as MP; the Constitutional Court said the Assembly should decide.From the research record
- Full record in(id olta-xhaca; the same person is olta-xhacka in; this entry covers the cabinet angle only.From the research record
- Legal status detail
- A Special Court order (year not clear in the results) directed SPAK to register criminal proceedings against her and her husband for abuse of office, falsification and laundering; SPAK appealed. Not charged in the sources retrieved.From the research record
- Albanian Daily News (16 Oct 2026): placed under SPAK investigation for suspected corruption and money laundering; special prosecutors Ols Dado and Altin Dumani; the probe uses material obtained abroad through international legal-assistance requests. Her husband, former PS MP Artan Gaçi, is reportedly under investigation for the same allegations. No court role reported. A Tirana Times search result says no charges had been announced after a SPAK appearance on 23 Dec 2025; the sources conflict. Earlier, in Jan 2021, SPAK was checking her role in two Defence Ministry pandemic tenders (300,000 masks reduced to 100,000; food packages to a North Macedonian firm), with her questioned as a person with knowledge (Balkanweb, 23 Jan 2021). A GJKKO Himara order to register proceedings is reported in a search snippet (a2news, not opened).From the research record
- Response
- Denies wrongdoing; said her husband gained only a priority right to an annual beach-space contract with the municipality (press report).From the research record
- 2021: said the masks were ordered for army patrols, donations meant the order was renegotiated, and the contract was a pandemic direct award (Balkanweb, 23 Jan 2021). Oct 2026: no response reported in the article.From the research record
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 2021
Himarë coast: Olta Xhaçka's husband Artan Gaçi, strategic-investor status and seized land
A company owned by Artan Gaçi, husband of former minister and MP Olta Xhaçka, received 'strategic investor' status from the government in 2021 for a Himarë project. Opposition figures say the company…
Status: Investigation reported; SPAK appeal against the order to register proceedings reported. Current status not confirmed.
From 16 Oct 2026
Olta Xhaçka and Artan Gaçi: SPAK corruption and money-laundering investigation (reported Oct 2026)
On 16 Oct 2026 Albanian Daily News reported that Olta Xhaçka had been placed under SPAK investigation for suspected corruption and money laundering. Special prosecutors Ols Dado and Altin Dumani…
Status: Under investigation (reported 16 Oct 2026); no charge or court ruling reported in source
From 2020
Defence Ministry pandemic tenders: masks and food packages (SPAK check, 2021)
Balkanweb (23 Jan 2021) reported that SPAK was checking the role of former Defence Minister Olta Xhaçka in two Defence Ministry tenders held during the 2020 pandemic: a tender for 300,000 masks for…
Status: SPAK check reported (2021); no charge found in sources opened for this tender
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Connections
Open the map →Spouse
Evidence: Reported in Albanian Daily News and Top Channel coverage of the Himarë strategic-investor case.
What they said vs. what the documents show
What was said · unknown
As a strategic investor, my husband has gained only the right to priority in concluding the annual contract with the municipality, for renting the beach space in front of the hotel (quoted in press summary).
Speaker: Olta Xhaçka
Minister Xhaçka denies corruption allegations against her husband (opens in a new tab)Top Channel · unknown · journalism · EN
What the documents show
Conflict-of-interest allegation is documented by the DP complaint and the Transparency International case file. The strategic-investor status for the Gaçi company is reported; the rights it grants were not reviewed in primary documents.
- Olta Xhaçka case (Transparency International) (opens in a new tab)Transparency International · Mar 2024 · ngo · EN
What was said · 23 Jan 2021
The masks were ordered for army patrols during quarantine; donations meant the order was renegotiated; the direct award was a pandemic measure (as summarised by Balkanweb).
Speaker: Olta Xhaçka
SPAK hetime për dy tendera të Ministrisë së Mbrojtjes gjatë pandemisë (opens in a new tab)Balkanweb · 23 Jan 2021 · journalism · SQ
What the documents show
The article reports SPAK checking the tenders and the renegotiation from 300,000 to 100,000 masks. Whether any offence was found is not reported.
- SPAK hetime për dy tendera të Ministrisë së Mbrojtjes gjatë pandemisë (opens in a new tab)Balkanweb · 23 Jan 2021 · journalism · SQ
Timeline
SPAK
SPAK checks Xhaçka's role in two Defence Ministry pandemic tenders
Balkanweb reports SPAK questioning Xhaçka as a person with knowledge about the masks and food tenders.
Linked: Defence Ministry pandemic tenders: masks and food packages (SPAK check, 2021) · Olta Xhaçka
SPAK
SPAK seizes 5,512 m2 of land from Artan Gaçi, husband of Olta Xhaçka
Seizure reported; Mayor Beleri says the land was obtained with forged AMTP documents; the article reports no response from the family.
Linked: Himarë coast: Olta Xhaçka's husband Artan Gaçi, strategic-investor status and seized land · Artan Gaçi · Olta Xhaçka · Fredi Beleri
SPAK
Olta Xhaçka reported under SPAK investigation for corruption and money laundering; husband also under investigation
Albanian Daily News; no response from Xhaçka in the article.
Linked: Olta Xhaçka and Artan Gaçi: SPAK corruption and money-laundering investigation (reported Oct 2026) · Olta Xhaçka
Sources for this record
Every source the research cites for this record, grouped by its source label. 6 sources.
Source label: Officially reportedOfficially reported · 3 sources
- Publisher
- Albanian Daily News
- Date
- 16 Oct 2026
- Publisher
- Balkanweb
- Date
- 23 Jan 2021
- Publisher
- Albanian Daily News
- Date
- unknown
Source label: Under investigationUnder investigation · 3 sources
- Publisher
- Top Channel
- Date
- unknown
- Publisher
- A2 News
- Date
- unknown
- Publisher
- Transparency International
- Date
- Mar 2024