Former Deputy Prime Minister Belinda Balluku has already been charged with corruption and money laundering.
The Special Prosecutor’s Office (SPAK) announced today (June 4) that a luxury villa in Dhërmi worth 145,000 euros has been seized from Belinda Balluku.
SPAK announcement:
The Special Prosecutor’s Office has continued the investigations against the citizen Belinda Balluku, who is currently charged with the criminal offense of “Violation of the equality of participants in public tenders or auctions”*, in cooperation and after further investigative actions, it is also suspected of committing the criminal offenses “Passive corruption of persons exercising public functions” and “Cleaning of the proceeds of a criminal offense or criminal activity”, in cooperation.
Following the investigations carried out within the framework of criminal proceedings no. 136/2025, after the request presented by the Special Prosecutor’s Office, the Special Court of First Instance, with the decision no. 412, dated 3.6.2026, imposed the property insurance measure “preventive seizure” on the real estate, in the indirect ownership of the citizen Belinda Balluku, located in the tourist resort “White Rocks”, Gjileke, Dhërmi, Himarë Municipality.
According to the results of the investigation so far, there are doubts that the seized property is related to the irregular benefit, requested and received by the citizen Belinda Balluku, in exchange for favoring the economic operator, through a public prosecution procedure developed by Albcontrol sh.a. The investigations have also evidenced the use of legal actions suspected as fictitious, with the aim of hiding the origin and real ownership of the property.
The property placed under “preventive seizure” consists of an “individual two-story Begonia villa with No. F6, the fenced plot available for the villa is no less than 300 m2. Villa F6, within this plot, has an area of 103 m2 (ground floor 54 m2 and first floor above ground 49 m2). Villa F6 also has a veranda of 34 m2. The parking lot is located within the area of parcel. (Referring to order contract no. 1059 rep, no. 650 col, dated 05.12.2018)
From the performance of other investigative actions, within the framework of criminal proceedings no. 136 of 2025, the follow-up of investigations with special methods, the collection of digital evidence and other evidence administered up to this stage of the preliminary investigations, result in data for new criminal facts in charge of the defendant Belinda Balluku, suspected of committing the criminal offense “Passive corruption of persons exercising public functions”, provided by article 259 of the Criminal Code, “Cleaning of the proceeds of a criminal offense or criminal activity”, in cooperation, provided by article 287 paragraph 1, letter “b” of the Criminal Code, in the qualifying circumstance “in cooperation”, according to article 287, paragraph 2, of the Criminal Code.
From the administered acts, there have been data on illegal actions of the citizen Belinda Balluku in relation to the procurement procedure with object: “Reconstruction of the Albcontrol technological building for the improvement of conditions”, with a limited fund of 88,651,633 (eighty eight million six hundred and fifty one thousand six hundred and thirty three) lek, as well as “Additional contract for “Reconstruction of the technological building of Albcontrol for the improvement of conditions”, worth 14,161,814 (fourteen million one hundred and sixty one thousand eight hundred and fourteen) ALL without VAT.
In relation to the aforementioned procedure, it results that the citizen Belinda Balluku, in the capacity of the holder of the contracting authority “Albcontrol” sh.a, with the duty of the General Director of “Albcontrol” sh.a, in cooperation with the citizen Evis Berberi, with the duty of the Head of the Procurement Sector, as well as the members of the Procurement Unit, citizens SP, EN and AM, have committed illegal actions in violation of the law no. 9643, dated 20.11.2006 “On public procurement”, amended, as well as VKM no. 1, dated 10.1.2007 “On public procurement rules” (amended).
These actions are related to the stage of project preparation and development of the procedure, in determining the criteria and approving the tender documents, predetermining and creating unfair advantages and privileges for the winning company of the procurement procedure, the economic operator “Eurocol” sh.pk
The favoring of the winning company has continued even at the moment of signing the contract, offering it an immediate advance payment in the amount of 50% of the contract, as well as during the implementation of the contract and its extension.
The investigation shows that the citizen Belinda Balluku, due to her public function as the General Director of Albcontrol sh.a, in exchange for favoring the company “Eurocol” sh.pk in the aforementioned procedure, has requested and received an irregular benefit, which, referring to the order contract, is in the amount of 145,000 (one hundred and forty-five thousand) euros, which consists of real estate, specifically the villa with no. F6, in the tourist resort “White Rocks”, Gjileke, Dhërmi, Himarë Municipality, Vlorë District, with the developer company “Eurocol” sh.pk
The irregular benefit was claimed during the development of this procurement procedure, where it turns out that at that time the company “Eurocol” sh.pk had applied for and was provided with the Complex Development Permit no. 2385/1 prot., dated 27.3.2015, approved by the Decision of the National Council of the Territory no. 7, dated 7.3.2014, “For the approval of the complex development permit for the tourist resort in the village of Gjileke, Dhërmi, Himarë Municipality, Vlorë District”.
In order to hide this wealth as a product of the criminal offense, the citizen Belinda Balluku has used the citizen IT and her subordinate in Albcontrol sh.a., the citizen JB
Thus, it results that the citizen Belinda Balluku performed the fictitious action of the order contract no. 1059 rep., no. 650 col., dated 5.12.2018, related between the citizen IT and the owner of the company “Eurocol” sh.pk, the citizen PC
The illegal actions in the form of cleaning the proceeds of the criminal offense have been continued by the citizens Belinda Balluku, IT and JB, performing the other fictitious action, that of the lease contract (hand contract), dated 25.5.2022, and the amendment of this contract, dated 26.4.2024.
The investigations continue for the full documentation of the facts, the identification of the other persons involved, as well as the determination of the respective responsibilities.
