SPAK and BKH operation in Elbasan, incinerator administrator Leli Kaja arrested! First details: He took 400,000 lek

The Special Prosecution Office (SPAK) and the National Bureau of Investigation (BKH) carried out an operation today (5 October) in the city of Elbasan, during which the administrator of the Elbasan incinerator, Leli Kaja, was arrested.

Kaja is suspected of the criminal offence of “Passive corruption of persons exercising public functions”.

According to SPAK’s announcement, he requested and received from the administrator of an economic operator the sum of 400,000 (four hundred thousand) lek, in the form of an unlawful benefit, in exchange for not performing the duties the law assigns to him as administrator of the company “ECO-ELB” sh.a.

SPAK’s announcement:

“Investigators of the National Bureau of Investigation (BKH), under the direction of the prosecutor of the case, today, on 5.10.2026, arrested in flagrante citizen L.K., administrator of the company ‘ECO-ELB’ sh.a., suspected of committing the criminal offence ‘Passive corruption of persons exercising public functions’, provided for by Article 259, paragraph 2, of the Criminal Code.

The arrest was carried out within criminal proceeding no. 108 of 2026, registered on 1.10.2026 by the Special Prosecution Office against Corruption and Organised Crime, on the basis of a referral by the BKH. During the investigation, special investigative methods and simulated actions were used.

From the investigative actions carried out up to this stage, it is suspected that citizen L.K. requested and received from the administrator of an economic operator the sum of 400,000 (four hundred thousand) lek, in the form of an unlawful benefit, in exchange for not performing the duties the law assigns to him as administrator of the company ‘ECO-ELB’ sh.a.

During the personal search, the above-mentioned sum was found on citizen L.K. and seized.

The investigations continue for the full clarification of the circumstances of the case and the identification of other persons involved.”