From 20 Oct 2026
Balluku: formal charges and consolidated SPAK file (October 2026)
On 20 October 2026, Reuters reported that Albania's Special Prosecution Office formalised corruption charges against former Deputy Prime Minister…
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Belinda Balluku, former Deputy Prime Minister, was charged by SPAK over the Llogara tunnel tender, as reported on 31 October 2025. SPAK alleges that the winner of the tender, a project reported at about €190 million, was predetermined. Balluku denies wrongdoing. In November 2025 the Special Court (GJKKO) suspended her from office.
On 12 March 2026 Parliament refused SPAK's request to lift her immunity for arrest, by 82 votes to 47. On 9 September 2026 the special court ordered the seizure of a villa in Palasë registered to Igli Tare, which SPAK alleges belongs to Balluku. On 20 October 2026 Reuters reported formal charges of tender violations, passive corruption and money laundering. The claim that she owns 300 apartments is unverified and she denies it. No court has ruled on the charges.
Drawn from these case files (source label of each):
Dated events from the case files on this page, oldest first. Each event carries its own source label.
From 20 Oct 2026
On 20 October 2026, Reuters reported that Albania's Special Prosecution Office formalised corruption charges against former Deputy Prime Minister…
From Mar 2021
JOQ Albania published on 30 October 2026 a list of 31 people and companies it describes as defendants in the SPAK 'Balluku' file. JOQ states the…
From Dec 2024
SPAK's Balluku file, as reported, concerns tender-equality violations for the Llogara tunnel and Lot 4 of the Tirana Outer Ring Road. The Special…
From Oct 2025
JOQ Albania (30 Oct 2026) reports that two former officials, Gentian Gjyli (former head of the Albanian Road Authority, ARRSH) and Erald Elezi…
From 22 Jun 2021
The Llogara Tunnel is a 5.99 km road link on the southern coast, reported at about 190 million euros. The tender was reopened on 22 June 2021 after…
From Dec 2020
JOQ Albania reports that SPAK formally communicated a charge to former Deputy PM and former Infrastructure and Energy Minister Belinda Balluku on 31…
From 2021
SPAK's second tender allegation in the November 2025 indictment concerns Lot 4 of the Tirana Outer Ring Road, procured in 2021 by ARRSH. SPAK alleges…
From Jun 2021
Lot 4 is described in the existing case-tirana-outer-ring-road-lot4 record. Later reports widened the Outer Ring Road part of the Balluku file.…
From 19 Jul 2018
The Thumanë–Kashar highway was tendered in 2018 as a public-private partnership. Exit News reports that Gener 2 won on 19 July 2018 with a bid of…
From 31 Oct 2025
Deputy PM Belinda Balluku was indicted by SPAK in tender files, reported 31 Oct 2025. GJKKO suspended her from office in November 2025 under Article…
From 16 Dec 2025
JOQ Albania reports that on 12 March 2026 the Albanian Parliament voted 82 against and 47 in favour of SPAK's request to lift the immunity of Belinda…
From 16 Feb 2026
On 16 Feb 2026 draft amendments to Article 242 of the Criminal Procedure Code were introduced, reportedly by Rama himself. They would stop courts…
From 9 Sep 2026
On 9 Sep 2026 SPAK's special court ordered the preventive seizure of a 478 m2 villa in Palasa. SPAK says the villa is registered to Igli Tare but…
From Dec 2025
JOQ Albania (30 Oct 2026) describes a villa in the Green Coast complex in Palasë, registered in the name of Igli Tare, that SPAK says was used by…
From Jan 2019
JOQ Albania (1400094 and 1400440) reports that SPAK has seized a villa in the White Rocks complex in Dhërmi, which is registered in the name of…
From 2026
SPAK's separate investigation concerns the alleged acquisition and fit-out of coastal villas. Secondary reports say a Dhërmi villa seizure upheld on…
From Jan 2019
JOQ Albania (1 Nov 2026, two articles) reports that SPAK's investigative file on the Dhërmi villa includes a photo, found on the phone of a cleaner's…
From 29 Apr 2026
The figure of 300 apartments linked to Belinda Balluku, former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Infrastructure and Energy, comes from public…
From 26 Jan 2019
In January 2019 Energy and Infrastructure Minister Belinda Balluku announced a moratorium on non-operational hydropower contracts pending a report,…
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Belinda BallukuSocialist Party (PS)
Erald EleziParty not recorded
Gentian GjyliParty not recorded
Edi RamaSocialist Party (PS)
Evis BerberiParty not recorded