Petrit Malaj
Socialist Party (PS)
Legal status
Status unknown
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- Legal status
- unknownFrom the research record · cites:
- ILDKPKI fut në site pasurinë e Petrit Malajt; prokuroria drejt nisjes së hetimeve (opens in a new tab)Balkanweb (Vetting) · 20 Mar 2026 · journalism · SQ
- Petrit Malaj (Wikipedia; search result) (opens in a new tab)Wikipedia · 2026 · wiki · EN
- Balluku at the center of the 123 million euro banker scandal; new report in SPAK for Adriana Kalaja; Malaj to be investigated (opens in a new tab)Balkanweb · 2026 · journalism · EN
- not-chargedFrom the research record · cites:
- Balkanweb (Vetting): relatives own BDO Albania and PBM audit firms (fetched) (opens in a new tab)Balkanweb · 5 Feb 2026 · journalism · SQ
- unknownFrom the research record · cites:
- Source label
- OFFICIALLY_REPORTEDFrom the research record · cites:
- ILDKPKI fut në site pasurinë e Petrit Malajt; prokuroria drejt nisjes së hetimeve (opens in a new tab)Balkanweb (Vetting) · 20 Mar 2026 · journalism · SQ
- Petrit Malaj (Wikipedia; search result) (opens in a new tab)Wikipedia · 2026 · wiki · EN
- Balluku at the center of the 123 million euro banker scandal; new report in SPAK for Adriana Kalaja; Malaj to be investigated (opens in a new tab)Balkanweb · 2026 · journalism · EN
- UNDER_INVESTIGATIONFrom the research record · cites:
- Balkanweb (Vetting): relatives own BDO Albania and PBM audit firms (fetched) (opens in a new tab)Balkanweb · 5 Feb 2026 · journalism · SQ
- OFFICIALLY_REPORTEDFrom the research record · cites:
Profile
Finance minister. Subject of an asset-declaration verification by ILDKPKI, reported in March 2026. No charge found.
Response from Petrit Malaj
No response from Malaj reported in the Balkanweb article.
Other accounts in the research (3 fields worded differently)
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- Biography
- Finance minister. Subject of an asset-declaration verification by ILDKPKI, reported in March 2026. No charge found.From the research record
- Finance minister since August 2024 according to Balkanweb's Vetting programme. Vetting (5 February 2026) reports that his relatives hold shares in two audit companies, BDO Albania sh.p.k. and PBM sh.p.k.; that Malaj was a founder and shareholder of PBM and had sold his shares to relatives by 2019; and that the relatives moved PBM shares to passive status in December 2025. The article mentions no public contract to these firms. The PS attribution is not separately verified in this research.From the research record
- Legal status detail
- ILDKPKI confirmed to Vetting that it has begun verifying Malaj's asset data (Balkanweb, 20 Mar 2026). This is an administrative verification; no ruling or referral reported. Vetting alleges his pre-office declaration did not show a sole-proprietor business or its tax number and income; these are allegations. A search summary says an opposition MP asked for a SPAK probe of conflicts of interest. A Balkanweb headline (not opened) reports a complaint by former Deputy PM Adriana Kalaja asking that Malaj also be investigated in the Balluku bankers file.From the research record
- No charge found. Vetting reports that ILDKPKI has been asked to act on his asset data; no ILDKPKI decision found.From the research record
- Response
- No response from Malaj reported in the Balkanweb article.From the research record
- No response from Malaj is included in the Vetting 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 20 Mar 2026
Petrit Malaj asset-declaration verification (ILDKPKI, reported Mar 2026)
On 20 Mar 2026 Balkanweb published a Vetting programme report that ILDKPKI, the asset-declaration authority, had begun verifying the asset data of Finance Minister Petrit Malaj. ILDKPKI confirmed…
Status: Administrative verification started (ILDKPKI, as confirmed to Vetting); no ruling reported
A case listed here names this person. It does not mean they are accused in it; read the case page.
Connections
Open the map →former founder and shareholder; shares sold to relatives by 2019 (per Vetting)
Evidence: Vetting (Balkanweb, 5 Feb 2026) states Malaj was a founder and shareholder of PBM and sold his shares to relatives by 2019. No public contract is mentioned.
Timeline
Media
Vetting (Balkanweb) reports Finance Minister Petrit Malaj's relatives hold audit firms BDO Albania and PBM
Per article: relatives moved PBM shares to passive status in December 2025; Vetting says the ILDKPKI did not act; no public contract to these firms is mentioned.
Linked: Petrit Malaj
Other
ILDKPKI confirms start of asset-data verification for Finance Minister Petrit Malaj
Administrative verification reported via Vetting; no response from Malaj in the article.
Linked: Petrit Malaj asset-declaration verification (ILDKPKI, reported Mar 2026) · Petrit Malaj
Sources for this record
Every source the research cites for this record, grouped by its source label. 4 sources.
Source label: Officially reportedOfficially reported · 4 sources
- Publisher
- Balkanweb (Vetting)
- Date
- 20 Mar 2026
- Publisher
- Wikipedia
- Date
- 2026
- Publisher
- Balkanweb
- Date
- 2026
- Publisher
- Balkanweb
- Date
- 5 Feb 2026