SPAK has filed charges of violating equality in tenders against the former head of the Albanian Road Administration, Evis Berberi, and four other officials from the Albanian Road Administration and the Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy, as part of the investigations into the Llogara tunnel.
The accusation is the same as the one communicated to Minister Belinda Balluku a few days ago, and now weighs on Berber, Erald Elezin, former Director of Strategic Planning at ARRSH, Gentian Gjylin, former Director of Construction and Maintenance at ARRSH, as well as Jetmira Dervishi and Mirzeta Kashnican, high-level specialists at the Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy.
SPAK announcement:
Following the previous announcement published on 31.10.2025, within the framework of the investigation of criminal proceedings no. 136 of 2025, the Special Prosecution Office against Corruption and Organized Crime has filed charges against the other defendants; Evis Berberi, Gentian Gjyli, Erald Elezi, Jetmira Dervishi and Mirzeta Kashnica, accused of committing the criminal offense, "Violation of equality of participants in public tenders or auctions", in collaboration, provided for by article 258/2 and 25 of the Criminal Code.
Up to this stage of the preliminary investigations, the criminal facts, the subject of the charges against the defendants; Evis Berberi, Gentian Gjyli, Erald Elezi, Jetmira Dervishi and Mirzeta Kashnica, relate to their actions in their capacity as members of the Bid Evaluation Committee, in one of the procurement procedures, the subject of this investigation, "Construction of the Llogara Tunnel" on the Orikum-Himarë road section, part of the SH8 (Vlorë-Sarandë) highway, developed on 11.12.2020 and after cancellation, reopened on 22.6.2021, with a limit fund of 18 967 810 952.08 (eighteen billion nine hundred sixty-seven million eight hundred ten thousand nine hundred fifty-two (point) zero eight) lekë excluding VAT.
At the time of the performance of the actions for this procurement procedure, the defendants held the functional duties, Evis Berberi - General Director of the Albanian Road Authority, Erald Elezi - Director of the Directorate of Strategic Planning and Operations at the Albanian Road Authority, Gentian Gjyli - Director of the Directorate of Construction and Maintenance at the Albanian Road Authority, Jetmira Dervishi and Mirzeta Kashnica, high-level specialists at the Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy.
Clarification: Every person is presumed innocent until proven guilty by a final judicial decision.