Wanted by SPAK for 7 criminal offenses, Albania officially requests France to extradite Ermal Beqiri, here are the assets of the man who controlled all the tenders of AKSHI
The Ministry of Justice has forwarded the documentation for the extradition of businessman Ermal Beqiri to the French authorities. Media sources at the Special Prosecution Office have informed that SPAK has asked the ministry to send the extradition request to the French law enforcement authorities. Also, together with the extradition request, the decision of the Special Court has been decided, which, we recall, has imposed the security measure “prison arrest” on Beqiri, as a person suspected of committing 7 criminal offenses. Specifically, Ermal Beqiraj is wanted by SPAK in the framework of the investigations into abuses with AKSHI tenders. He has been charged with the criminal offenses of “Unlawful competition through violence”, “Unlawful deprivation of liberty”, “Violation of equality of participants in tenders or public auctions”, committed in a special form of cooperation, that of a structured criminal group, “Structured criminal group”, “Commitment of criminal offenses by a criminal organization and a structured criminal group”, as well as “Laundering of the proceeds of a criminal offense or criminal activity” and “Active corruption of persons exercising public functions”.
Behind the Scenes
Meanwhile, we recall that Ermal Beqiri was arrested about a week ago in France when he was caught flying a private plane over a nuclear power plant in Normandy at an altitude below the permitted threshold. Meanwhile, SPAK came out with an official announcement a few days ago through which it revealed details of the international operation that led to his capture. According to SPAK, on June 19, 2026, the support of the French authorities was requested, as it was suspected that Beqiri was on French territory. The investigations revealed bank accounts with a total value of over two million euros, two apartments, the purchase of a castle in the Oise department (60) for about 2.6 million euros, motor vehicles, etc. For these, SPAK has requested the seizure by the French authorities. We also recall that the Bank of Albania decided not long ago in April of this year to revoke the license of the electronic money financial institution, Soft & Solution, a decision that came after the Special Prosecution Office issued an arrest warrant against the shareholder of the company in question, Ermal Beqiri, in December of last year, on charges of participating in a structured criminal group.
The charges were not directly related to the activity as a financial institution, but nevertheless the Bank of Albania has judged that this institution no longer meets the criterion of the shareholder’s appropriate reputation to carry out financial activities. Beqiri is accused of having won a tender over 1.1 million euros after threats that his right-hand man Ergys Agasi made to a company involved in one of the competitions. SPAK’s investigations launched for the AKSHI also revealed a luxury yacht owned by the businessman, a Predator 50 Skyfall yacht, whose market value is almost 1 million euros. Beqiri had placed this yacht in the ownership of Xhenila Tamiz, an employee of the company “Soft & Solutions”, but special prosecutors suspect that the yacht was purchased by the businessman.