Stela Gugallja
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- Source label
- OFFICIALLY_REPORTEDFrom the research record · cites:
- Ekskluzive: si u hetua 4 vite më parë inceneratori i Elbasanit (opens in a new tab)Shqiptarja.com · undated · journalism · SQ
- Në kërkim për aferën e inceneratorëve të Fierit e Elbasanit ndalohet në Austri Stela Gugallja (opens in a new tab)Shqiptarja.com · undated · journalism · SQ
- Albanian Incinerator Scandal Suspects Declared Internationally Wanted (opens in a new tab)Exit News · 26 Jan 2022 · journalism · EN
- and 1 more in that record
- UNDER_INVESTIGATIONFrom the research record · cites:
- Albanian Incinerator Scandal Suspects Declared Internationally Wanted (opens in a new tab)Exit News · 26 Jan 2022 · journalism · EN
- Former minister is sentenced to 5.8 years in prison for corruption with the incinerators, his second is found innocent (opens in a new tab)Top Channel · 5 Oct 2023 · journalism · EN
- Albanian incinerators scandal (opens in a new tab)Wikipedia · wiki · EN
- OFFICIALLY_REPORTEDFrom the research record · cites:
Profile
Albanian businesswoman named in the Elbasan incinerator case. Albtek Energy, which she is reported to have owned and represented, entered a BOT concession for the Elbasan waste facility in December 2014 after a direct negotiation justified as an emergency; press summaries give a contract of about €22 million. Press summaries describe her as Mërtiri's partner. She was declared internationally wanted in January 2022 (Exit News), and reports say she was identified in Austria, where SPAK sought extradition.
Response from Stela Gugallja
No public response from Gugallja was found in the sources retrieved.
Other accounts in the research (3 fields worded differently)
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- Biography
- Albanian businesswoman named in the Elbasan incinerator case. Albtek Energy, which she is reported to have owned and represented, entered a BOT concession for the Elbasan waste facility in December 2014 after a direct negotiation justified as an emergency; press summaries give a contract of about €22 million. Press summaries describe her as Mërtiri's partner. She was declared internationally wanted in January 2022 (Exit News), and reports say she was identified in Austria, where SPAK sought extradition.From the research record
- Named in the Elbasan incinerator case. Represented Albtek Energy when the BOT concession was signed in Dec 2014, according to the Wikipedia summary. Declared internationally wanted 26 Jan 2022 (Exit News).From the research record
- Legal status detail
- Reported first-instance sentence of seven years, reduced to 4.8 years after a shortened trial (Shqiptarja summary; verdict reported 5 Oct 2023). Appeal decision reported as upholding the verdict (8 Nov 2024). Her location is contested: one source says she was arrested in Vienna, others say she is at large. Verify against the court record.From the research record
- Top Channel (5 Oct 2023) reports 4.8 years in a combined first-instance verdict. Elbasan-specific detail not confirmed by a second source.From the research record
- Response
- No public response from Gugallja was found in the sources retrieved.From the research record
- No defence statement retrieved.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 Dec 2014
Elbasan incinerator case
The Elbasan waste incinerator was concessioned in Dec 2014 to Albtek Energy under a BOT contract. Construction started March 2015 and the plant launched in April 2017. SPAK issued seizure and arrest…
Status: First-instance verdict 5 Oct 2023; later appellate and procedural status not confirmed
From Oct 2015
Fier incinerator case
The Fier waste incinerator concession was awarded to Integrated Technology Waste Treatment Fier under a BOT contract with the Ministry of Environment (Wikipedia summary gives Oct 2016; a date inside…
Status: Returned for retrial at first instance (Dec 2024); later procedural developments not confirmed
Elbasan incinerator: appellate and High Court status (2023-2026)
The Special Court of Appeal for Corruption and Organized Crime (GJKKO Appeal) issued decision nr. 43 (87-2024-321) on 8 November 2024 in the Elbasan case. Balkanweb reports that on 19 May 2026 the…
Status: Appeal decision nr. 43 (8 Nov 2024) upheld by the High Court per Balkanweb, 19 May 2026. Zoto, Mërtiri and Gugallja convicted in absentia (High Court report).…
Fier incinerator: retrial status after the High Court (2023-2025)
GJKKO first-instance judgment in the Fier file (reported as September 2023). The Special Court of Appeal decision nr. 55 (87-2024-383) of 19 Dec 2024 sent the case back for retrial. On 21 October…
Status: Pending retrial at the GJKKO Appeal Court before a different panel (High Court decision of 21 Oct 2025). The Dec 2024 retrial order was annulled. No 2026…
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Connections
Open the map →Sole partner and administrator of Albtek Energy (SPAK, per Shqiptarja)
Evidence: Shqiptarja (search summary of SPAK account): Stela Gugallja is sole partner and administrator of Albtek Energy sh.p.k. Cross-ref toperson id.
Named as convicted in absentia in the Elbasan file (High Court report, 19 May 2026); Austria extradition reported (search summary)
Evidence: Balkanweb names 'Stela Gugallja (in absentia)'. A Shqiptarja search summary says SPAK sent an extradition request to Austria and her lawyer opposes it; sources conflict on her location.
De jure owner of Albtek Energy, per SPAK as summarised by Wikipedia
Evidence: Wikipedia: Mërtiri de facto owner, Gugallja de jure owner.
Timeline
Government
Elbasan BOT concession signed with Albtek Energy
Albtek Energy, represented by Stela Gugallja, signed a BOT concession for the Elbasan incinerator (Wikipedia summary).
Linked: Elbasan incinerator case · Stela Gugallja
SPAK
Klodian Zoto and Stela Gugallja declared internationally wanted
SPAK declared Zoto and Gugallja internationally wanted (Exit News, article dated 26 Jan 2022).
Linked: Elbasan incinerator case · Fier incinerator case · Klodian Zoto · Stela Gugallja
Court
Elbasan first-instance verdict
Special Court verdict reported by Top Channel on 5 Oct 2023: Koka 5 years 8 months and 5 years disqualification; Bllako acquitted; Zoto and Mertiri 6.8 years, Gugallja 4.8 years (combined article, case attribution not fully explicit).
Linked: Elbasan incinerator case · Lefter Koka · Alqi Bllako · Klodian Zoto · Mirel Mërtiri · Stela Gugallja
Court
Special Court of Appeal decision nr. 43 (87-2024-321) in the Elbasan case
GJKKO Appeal decision nr. 43 (87-2024-321) of 8 Nov 2024, which the High Court later refused to change (reported 19 May 2026). A search summary says the appeal court convicted Koka also of abuse of office and added one year to his sentence; not confirmed in an opened article.
Linked: Elbasan incinerator case · Lefter Koka · Alqi Bllako · Klodian Zoto · Mirel Mërtiri · Stela Gugallja
Court
GJKKO Appeal decision nr. 55 (87-2024-383) orders the Fier case retried
Decision nr. 55 of 19.12.2024 ordered the Fier case retried. The High Court overturned it on 21 Oct 2025. Corresponds to the existing event ev-2024-12-19-fier-retrial.
Linked: Fier incinerator case · Lefter Koka · Alqi Bllako · Klodian Zoto · Mirel Mërtiri · Stela Gugallja
Court
High Court refuses to change Elbasan appeal decision nr. 43; upheld sentences listed (as reported)
Balkanweb, 19 May 2026: the High Court, sitting in council chamber, left decision nr. 43 (87-2024-321) of 8 Nov 2024 in force. Named as upheld: Koka; Alqi Bllako; Pëllumb Abeshi; Bardhyl Çabiri; Serafin Papa; Jonida Zeqo; Mirel Mërtiri (in absentia); Stela Gugallja (in absentia); Klodian Zoto (in absentia); legal persons Albtek Energy and Integrated Technology Services. Decision date and sentence lengths not stated in the article.
Linked: Elbasan incinerator case · Lefter Koka · Alqi Bllako · Klodian Zoto · Mirel Mërtiri · Stela Gugallja · Pëllumb Abeshi · Serafin Papa · Bardhyl Çabiri · Jonida Zeqo
Sources for this record
Every source the research cites for this record, grouped by its source label. 6 sources.
Source label: Officially reportedOfficially reported · 6 sources
- Publisher
- Shqiptarja.com
- Date
- undated
- Publisher
- Shqiptarja.com
- Date
- undated
- Publisher
- Exit News
- Date
- 26 Jan 2022
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- Wikipedia
- Date
- undated
- Publisher
- Top Channel
- Date
- 5 Oct 2023
- Publisher
- Balkanweb
- Date
- 19 May 2026