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The strategic investor "Soleil & Sea", Alban Xhillari, builds the villas without a permit in Jala, only the engineer under arrest

2025-08-01 18:21:21Investigim SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

 

The Court of Appeal of the General Jurisdiction in Tirana confirmed the measure of house arrest for an engineer of the company "Soleil & Sea", suspected of having carried out illegal works in the "strategic investor" project, approved by Prime Minister Edi Rama for a tourist village on the coast of Jala, in Dhermi, Himara.

The 40-year-old engineer, Ludjon (X), born in Tepelena and resident in Tirana, was arrested in flagrante delicto by the forces of the Vlora Police on June 3, 2025, after it was found that he was following the works without a construction permit for the "Folie Village" villa complex, next to the well-known "Folie Marine" bar.

The Court of Vlora assigned him the security measure "house arrest" on June 6. The engineer appealed the decision to the Appeal, but then, through his lawyer, waived the appeal and the court decided to uphold the first-instance decision.

The actions of the police have touched only the last link, that is, the implementing engineer of the tourist resort, while his statements, but also the data provided by the investigative group itself, take the responsibility much higher than him, least of all to the administrator of the company "Soleil & Sea".

"Strategic" without permission

The company "Soleil & Sea" is 90 percent owned by Endri Mingollari and 10 percent by Ardit Bajraktari. However, various media reports have reported that another businessman is behind it, much more well-known than these two, Alban Xhillari.

In June 2023, the Strategic Investment Committee (KIS), under the leadership of Prime Minister Edi Rama, approved the status of "strategic investor" for the "Jala Entertainment Park" project, with the applicant entity "Soleil & Sea".

The strategic investor "Soleil & Sea", Alban Xhillari, builds the
In the photo: (Editing) Businessman Alban Xhillari has reports that he is behind "Soleil & Sea" shpk

The approved project envisaged an investment worth 72 million euros and includes the construction of a tourist resort with villas, in the form of a tourist village, called "Folie Village".

On June 3, 2025, the forces of the Vlora Police, supported by the construction inspectors of the city Municipality, exercised control at the construction site of the strategic investor "Soleil & Sea".

During the verifications, it was found that the constructions were being carried out without a construction permit from the Municipality of Himara.

"From the inspection, it is noticeable that on the cobbled road, the excavation of the rock has been intervened and villa buildings have been built on it. On the west side there is a 4-storey building with one floor under the ground, which is parking. This building is plastered on the outside and the two lower floors are lined with stone tiles. At the entrance of the first floor you can see a yellow sign with the inscription "Construction site, Save yourself and friends". On the south side near the entrance gate is a cabin located. Above the 4-storey building there are 4 villas with the same project, which are 3-storey, with finished walls and scaffolding, located on their outer side. To the east of the 4-storey building on the road that describes the construction site there are 5 other villas, where 3 of them have metal scaffolding on the outside that serve to perfect the works", it is stated, among other things, in the Police report on this case. .

The report continues detailed for five more villas and a four-storey building.

The strategic investor "Soleil & Sea", Alban Xhillari, builds the
In the photo: Strategic investment project "Follie Village"

It was found that the implementing engineer of the works, 40-year-old Ludjon (X), was present at the construction site. Based on the verifications of the Police, it turned out that the works were being carried out without a construction permit from the Municipality of Himara, but only on the basis of the decision of the Strategic Investments Committee, which cannot be implemented directly, without first filling in the documentation with the local authorities.

The engineer found at the construction site stated in front of the Judicial Police officers that "based on the employment contract with the company 'Soleil & Sea', I have the duty to follow the works in the field and it is not my responsibility to look at the documentary side, construction permits, etc."

Also, he stated that, as an engineer, he has contacts "only with the administrator of the entity and together they coordinate regarding the progress of the works. On the part of the administrator, only the decision on the permit from the Territorial Development Agency (AZHT) for the announcement of the strategic investor has been made available to me, and in the meantime all the procedural applications have been made in the Municipality of Himara for the clarification of the permit, where they are waiting for the answer".

The engineer's statements were not enough for law enforcement, which applied the measure of arrest against him, considering the employee of "Soleil & Sea" as the only person responsible for the legal violations.

The "problematic" history of the strategic investor

"Boldnews.al" has earlier re-published a material on the problematic history of the strategic investor "Soleil & Sea".

For the first time, the status of strategic investor was granted to the company "Soleil & Sea" in August 2019. But, after the status was granted, a strong conflict broke out over the property where the complex would be built.

A few months before the status was granted, in February 2019, the Gjoka family had acquired ownership of the land where the complex was located, through a decision of the Court of Appeals in Vlora. But this did not prevent the government from granting the status of strategic investor to the company "Soleil & Sea".

After the decision to grant the status, the Gjoka family criminally reported the businessman Alban Xhillari and relatives or acquaintances of the latter that they are using their influence in the government to steal their property with forged documents, under the pretext of strategic investment.

The strategic investor "Soleil & Sea", Alban Xhillari, builds the
In the photo: Decision of the Strategic Investment Committee for the project "Jala Entertainment Park" (Folie Village)

Businessman Xhillari also responded with a criminal complaint against Kristo Gjoka and persons related to him, which he describes as "part of a structured criminal group". In a communication with BIRN, Xhillari hinted that he was the investor behind the tourist village, even though the company that received the status of strategic investor is registered in the name of two other shareholders named Ardit Bajraktari and Endri Mingollari.

Forgery and theft of property

The fight for the property in question was so strong that the directors of the Cadastre in Vlora resigned one after the other. Over a short period of time, over 12 directors were appointed at the head of the Vlora Cadastre.

Pasi shpërthimit të skandalit, e gjithë procedura e dhënies së statusit të investitorit strategjik dhe dokumentacioni i pronës u audituan nga Kontrolli i Lartë i Shtetit. Në Janar të vitit 2020, KLSH përfundoi raportin e kontrollit ku konstatonte falsifikime të rënda në pronësinë e tokës, si edhe faktin se shoqëria “Soleil & Sea” kishte paraqitur të dhëna të rreme.

On these conclusions, ALSA recommended to the government to revoke the status of strategic investor of the company "Soleil & Sea" for the "Jala Entertainment Park" complex because the company had submitted false and falsified data, which is an automatic condition for the removal of the status.

The strategic investor "Soleil & Sea", Alban Xhillari, builds the
In the photo: ALSA report with problematic findings

Likewise, ALSA recommended to the Investment Development Agency (AIDA) to responsibly verify all the legal documentation of this procedure. The report with the firm of Bujar Leskaj, instructed AIDA, after verification, to submit to the government a complete material with all the documents that were not in accordance with the real status of the property, as well as the untrue data declared by the company, but also public institutions, including the Municipality of Himara and the Cadastre of Vlora.

Due to the war, the complex was not able to be built according to the deadlines set out in the first decision of the Strategic Investment Committee. "Due to the numerous problems in this area, due to the lack of initial registration, it has not been possible to realize the investment project within the two-year term of the duration of the status "Investor/Strategic Investment special procedure" approved by Decision of the Strategic Investments Committee No. 20/5, dated 1/08/2019," says AIDA.

The problems were "solved"

Four years after the first decision, the Strategic Investments Committee has taken another decision in June 2023 to grant strategic investor status to the company Soleil & Sea.

This time, the land area given to the company has increased by 80 thousand meters, from 140 thousand square meters in 2019, to 220 thousand meters now.

"The main support measures required by the applicant entity for the realization of this investment project are the provision of state real estate for the development of the investment with an area of 22 ha, as well as the right to use the sea coasts as well as the relevant beach area in function of the realization of a strategic investment project, " says the decision of the Strategic Investment Committee.

According to the decision, from the cartographic verification it results that the requested area has not yet been subjected to the initial systematic registration, but currently for this area the phase of public display and the phase of handling complaints has been completed.

"In principle, the support measure is approved for the provision of state real estate with an area of 22 ha, in the ZK. 3844, according to the coordinates of this decision and the map of the public display where the numbers of assets affected by the project are determined in Annex 1, for the development and implementation of this strategic investment project, with the symbolic fee of 1 Euro," it is stated in the decision of the Investment Committee approved in June 2023.

Despite the decision of the Strategic Investment Committee headed by Prime Minister Rama, the Supreme State Audit Office has found that "Jala Entertainment Park" will be built on a seized property with forged documents as well as the involvement in crime of several public institutions, starting with the Municipality of Himara. /Boldnews

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