SPAK has seized another villa in the Palasa area, with an area of ​​478 square meters, as part of the 'Balluku' file investigations. The villa is suspected of having been illegally acquired by Balluku and hidden through the use of citizen Igli Tare and contracts that SPAK considers fictitious.

In the framework of this investigation, SPAK has filed other charges against Arbër Abazi, Igli Tare and the company “Alko Impex General Construction”. SPAK has revealed new details from the investigation against Belinda Balluku, raising suspicions about a connection between the company’s favoritism in a public tender and investments made in the villa that the Prosecution claims actually belongs to the minister. According to SPAK, Arbër Abazi, owner of the company “Alko Impex General Construction”, has undertaken investments for the completion of the villa in Palasa, with a value that according to the estimate ranges from around 288 thousand to 410 thousand euros.

His company was part of the consortium of economic operators that won the tender for Lot 7 of the Tirana Outer Ring Road, with a limit fund of around 2.35 billion lek excluding VAT. SPAK suspects that Balluku, in her capacity as Minister of Infrastructure and Energy, has favored the company in the procurement procedure and, in return, has benefited from the investments made in the villa. For this episode, SPAK has raised suspicions against Balluku for passive corruption, concealment of assets and money laundering, while the investigations continue.

There are two security measures in force against the former number two of the government; a ban on leaving the country and a suspension from exercising functions.