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SPAK investigates "Albanian Files", but the Balluku precedent has lowered confidence that the top of power will be touched

2026-11-07 21:24:00Fokus SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

SPAK investigates "Albanian Files", but the Balluku precedent has

The Special Prosecution Office has officially registered criminal proceedings for the file known as the “Albanian Files”, where the complaint concerns tourism projects in protected areas and mentions Prime Minister Edi Rama, other public officials and private entities. But at this stage, SPAK has not yet registered any person nominally as a suspect or under investigation.

Following the interest of Citiziens.al, in a letter dated November 6, 2026, signed by the head of SPAK, Klodjan Braho, the complainants were informed that the proceedings are currently "under investigation".

The report is related to tourism projects in Baks-Rrjoll, Divjakë-Karavasta and Zvërnec and is based, among other things, on materials from "The Albanian Files" and on a database of 252 decisions of the National Territorial Council.

SPAK investigates "Albanian Files", but the Balluku precedent has

SPAK's response to the "Albanian Files" investigation

According to the complainants, the scheme that SPAK should investigate is repetitive, involving legal changes, the approval of special planning instruments and then the granting of permits for tourism projects through the KKT, an institution headed by the Prime Minister. The complaint seeks verification of suspicions of abuse of office, unlawful influence, corruption of high-ranking officials and a structured criminal group. These are allegations by the complainants and not conclusions by SPAK.

The registration of criminal proceedings means that SPAK has decided to investigate the reported facts. However, so far it does not appear that Edi Rama, or any of the officials and businessmen mentioned in the report, has been nominally registered as a person under investigation or as a defendant.

This leaves open the main question, whether "Albanian Files" will move from an investigation into facts to an investigation into specific individuals?

The Special Prosecution Office has many files without names, and this is a tactic to create an alibi as if it is investigating, but in fact it is more of an archive.

But in the meantime, we also have the case of Belinda Balluku, when SPAK advances an investigation against a high-level official, but ends up in a ridiculous file, with 35 defendants and without any security measures.

In fact, the Balluku file can be considered the biggest blow to her, as she has controlled over 70% of the state budget for more than 7 years and where there are over 1 billion euros in abuses, but in the meantime SPAK is investigating her for a villa in the south of the country.

In the case of the "Albanian Files", the investigation must succeed in identifying concrete criminal responsibility and the Special Prosecution Office will have to show whether it is willing to follow the chain of decision-making up to the highest levels.

If, on the contrary, the proceedings end without registered persons and without charges, the "Albanian Files" could end up as another large public dossier that produced much evidence and debate, but no criminal liability.

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