TIRANA, January 16 /ATA/ The Special Court of Appeal for Corruption and Organized Crime upheld the ruling to freeze the assets of Jamarbër Malltezi and his wife Argita Malltezi.
Judge Engert Pëllumbi rejected the appeal of Jamarbër and Argita Malltezi for lifting of the preventive sequestration and decided to confirm the ruling of October 27, 2025 of the Special Court of the First Instance for Corruption and Organized Crime.
The court has seized 25 assets of the daughter and son-in-law of former prime minister Sali Berisha, within the framework of the “Partizani” affair file.
The Special Court against Corruption and Organized Crime has passed the case file of the former “Partizani” sports complex for trial, in which former prime minister Berisha is accused of, “Passive corruption of high-ranking state officials”.
Meanwhile, Jamarbër Malltezi is accused by SPAK of corruption and money laundering.
SPAK accuses Berisha of having used his position (when he was prime minister) to favor his son-in-law Jamarbër Malltezi, in the privatization process of the former “Partizani” complex. According to SPAK, this privatization was carried out irregularly and under illegal influence by Berisha, bringing unfair benefits to Malltezi and economic damage to the state. Berisha has described the accusations as politically-motivated. /m.q/j.p/p.s./
