The SPAK summonses for the country's businessmen do not seem to pose a problem for public institutions to award tenders to their companies. Such is the case of Arbër Abazi, who, although he was summoned to the Special Prosecutor's Office two months ago as a person under investigation, this did not prevent the Municipality of Vora from awarding his entity a multi-million euro tender for cleaning and waste removal services.
Three entities participated in the procurement worth 2.7 billion lek and "ALKO IMPEX CONSTRUCTION" was declared the winner, with a bid of 98% of the tender value.
So, the institution led by Mayor Blerim Sherra did not consider the fact that the businessman in question is under investigation by SPAK an obstacle, entrusting him with a tender worth billions of lek.
We recall that Arbër Abazi was summoned to the Special Prosecution Office on December 2, 2025, after being reported by a media owner. The latter claimed that he had received death threats after publishing cases of suspected corruption on his television station.
Also, in January of this year, SPAK conducted a surprise search of Abazi's apartment and offices, seizing electronic equipment and documents as part of the corruption investigations related to the Grand Ring Road lots and the "Berberi" affair. The businessman was summoned to SPAK after, according to the prosecution's wiretaps, communications allegedly emerged that revealed a scheme to fix winners and distribute "bribes" in exchange for contracts worth millions of euros.
Arbër Abazi is the nephew of former Socialist Party MP Sadri Abazi, and is one of the largest beneficiaries of public funds in Albania. His company, Alko Impex Construction, has a near-monopolistic dominance in cleaning tenders in the vast majority of municipalities in the country.
In the last six years, the two companies he owns, "Alko Impex Construction" and "Alko Impex General Construction", have received over 90 million euros in executed payments from the state treasury.
