SPAK completes the investigations into Shkodra Mayor Benet Beci and submits the file to the GJKKO for trial.
Beci is accused of violating equality in tenders while he was managing KESH. Several other officials, including Evis Berber's wife, are also accused.
Full announcement:
The Special Prosecution Office against Corruption and Organized Crime, on 08.01.2026, has filed the request for the trial of criminal proceedings no. 196 of 2024, against the defendants: Benet Beci, Adela Ruko, Edlira Mitrushi, Jonid Kazani, Yllka Nishku, Premtim Dauti, Rudin Gjoni, accused of committing the criminal offense “Violation of equality of participants in tenders or public auctions”, in collaboration, provided for by articles 258 and 25 of the Criminal Code.
The object of this investigation is a procurement procedure conducted by the Albanian Power Corporation jsc, with the object “Strategic Development of the Energy Sector (Research Project)”, with no. REF-46463-12-18-2019, with a limit fund of 69,500,000 (sixty-nine million five hundred thousand) lekë.
The investigation was initiated mainly on the basis of the referral of acts by investigators of the National Bureau of Investigation (BKH).
From the administered acts it resulted that, during the development of this procurement procedure, factual circumstances for the criminal offense of violating the equality of participants in tenders or public auctions were identified, in relation to the illegal actions of the head of the contracting authority, members of the procurement unit and members of the bid evaluation commission. These actions consisted of calculating the limit fund, drafting the terms of reference, defining the criteria in the standard tender documentation, as well as in the bid evaluation phase.
Specifically, from the analysis of the evidence obtained through the use of special investigation techniques, the material evidence seized during the search in the apartment of the person taken as a defendant in another proceeding, citizen Evis Berberi (husband of defendant Adela Ruko), as well as from the performance of other investigative actions within the framework of this investigation, it has resulted that:
Defendant Benet Beci, in the capacity of Administrator of the Albanian Electric Power Corporation sh.a., in the capacity of the head of the contracting authority, in cooperation with the members of the procurement unit, defendants Jonid Kazani, Edlira Mitrushi, Yllka Nishku, as well as with the members of the bid evaluation commission, defendants Adela Ruko, Rudin Gjoni, Premtim Dauti, have predetermined and created unfair advantages and privileges for the winning company of this procurement procedure, “Consulting & Management Albania” sh.pk.
In this procurement procedure, the following are actions in violation of articles 1, 2, 20, 24 and 46 of Law No. 9643, dated 20.11.2006, “On Public Procurement”, as amended, as well as articles 28 and 61 of Council of Ministers No. 914, dated 29.12.2014, “On the Approval of Public Procurement Rules” were identified.
