The Special Prosecution Office against Corruption and Organized Crime today, 20.10.2026, communicated the final charges to the defendant Belinda Balluku for the following criminal offences:
“Violation of equality of participants in public tenders or auctions”, in collaboration (nine times), provided for by Article 258/2 and 25 of the Criminal Code.
“Passive corruption of persons exercising public functions”, provided for by Article 259 of the Criminal Code.
“Passive corruption of senior state officials or elected local officials”, provided for by Article 260 of the Criminal Code.
“Refusal to declare, failure to declare, concealment or false declaration of assets, private interests of elected persons and public officials or of any other person who has a legal obligation to declare” (twice), provided for by Article 257/a, paragraph 2 of the Criminal Code.
“Laundering of proceeds of a criminal offence or criminal activity”, provided for by Article 287, letter “b” of the Criminal Code, committed under aggravating circumstances “in collaboration and more than once”, according to Article 287/2 of the Criminal Code (for two immovable properties).
The Special Prosecution Office is continuing concrete procedural actions to communicate the charges also to persons involved in the same criminal case. Other details will be made known at a later time.
