Ron Yeffet, a friend of Prime Minister Edi Rama who already has a monopoly on the production of military equipment, turns out to own several companies.
Israeli Yeffet with an Albanian passport purchased 49 percent of the shares of the TImak company on June 17, 2025.
He purchased these shares from Arjeta Puca for the value of 490 euros.
Puca created the company Timak in 2016 and in recent years was among the most promoted ladies by Prime Minister Rama.
According to Open Data, on August 4, state-owned Kayo and Timak established a joint venture called Timak Defence. This company, Timak Defence, is 80 percent owned by Timak and 20 percent by state-owned Kayo.
Referring to Open Data data, Israeli Ron Yeffet, who is known as one of Edi Rama's close friends, also owns several other companies.
"1820" Albania is a company founded in 2023 with Albanian and foreign capital.
According to the company's articles of association and statute, 50 percent of the shares are owned by Dorel Yehuda Shalmoni, a Portuguese citizen born in Israel, 25 percent are owned by Hen Shahar, an Israeli citizen, and 25 percent of the shares are owned by Ro Yeffet, an Israeli with an Albanian passport. The company's activity is electronic payments.
Ron Yeffet is the 100 percent owner of the company 1820 Black Oil, which has as its object the wholesale trade of crude oil and its by-products, import, export, wholesale and retail sale of lubricating oils, fuels and other products.
The Israeli Yeffet, who also has an Albanian passport, also owns 100 percent of the UNO18 company, which has as its object the wholesale and retail trade of spare parts for various aircraft, airplanes, helicopters and others without limitation. Yeffet's name is not mentioned for the first time in our country, but this time it seems that due to his friendship with the head of government he has been able to obtain a monopoly on the production of military equipment.
