Businessman Pandeli Carapuli appeared today at SPAK, accompanied by his lawyer, Ulian Barjami.
Carapuli is officially under investigation for money laundering, as part of the investigation into the luxury villa in Dhërmi, which is suspected to have been acquired by former Deputy Prime Minister Belinda Balluku.
According to SPAK, Carapuli is a businessman connected to Balluku, who is suspected of having benefited from a luxury villa in the "White Rocks" tourist complex, in Gjilekë, Dhërmi. The Special Prosecution's suspicions are related to a tender obtained by the company "Eurocol" sh.pk at the time when Balluku was running Albcontrol.
According to the investigations, the villa is suspected of being given as an irregular benefit in exchange for favoring the company in the tender procedure. The property in question is located in the “White Rocks” tourist resort, in Dhërmi, and has the number F6. In its announcement, SPAK states that the investigations result in Belinda Balluku, in her capacity as General Director of Albcontrol sh.a., being suspected of having requested and received an irregular benefit from the company “Eurocol” sh.pk
The "irregular benefit", according to the Special Prosecution, is estimated at 145 thousand euros and consists of real estate, specifically villa no. F6 in the "White Rocks" tourist resort, in Gjilekë, Dhërmi, Himara Municipality, with the developer company "Eurocol" sh.pk