The corruption scandal of incinerators, for which SPAK has already arrested the former Minister of SMI, Lefter Koka, and has issued arrest warrants for the owners of companies that have won concession contracts, has spread its network in the media.

According to the payment list, part of the incinerators file is also the journalist Endrit Habilaj, who not only in one case, but in several cases, turns out to have received large sums of money from these companies. We are starting with one of the cases, and the others in the following days.

But how Habilaj was paid by the incinerators?

Endrit Habilaj can easily be called as sold to incinerators. In 2017, he spoke openly and with facts against the incinerators’ affair. But recently he has become the most ardent advocate of incinerators, receiving hundreds of millions of Lek from them.

It did this through the company VOX TV, which according to the extracts of the National Business Center (NBC) turns out to have been established in December 2020, initially in the name of Top News. And after 23.02.2021, the subject was changed from Top News to VOX TV.

Through the company VOX TV, Endrit Habilaj has received during 2021 large sums of money from incinerators. But these are just a part of the bills that the incinerators have paid for Endrit Habilaj of Top Channel, author of the show Top Story, and director of the newspaper Shqip.

VOX TV is systematically paid by incinerators. We are making public today only 4 invoices provided by the ongoing investigations on this corrupt affair. What activity does have VOX TV? What is the service it has provided? Because such television doesn’t exist licensed by the Audiovisual Media Authority (AMA).

If it is just a company name, and has received payments without any service, then SPAK prosecutors should call and question Habilaj. SPAK should also clarify where ended up hundreds of millions of Lek, that have been received from Habilaj through such companies.

In May 2021, Habilaj received from the incinerators, 197.160 Lek or about 2.000 dollars.

In June 2021, Habilaj was paid by the owners of the incinerators in the amount of 391.140 Lek or almost 4.000 dollars, while in July was paid 194.489 Lek, again about 2.000 dollars.

Habilaj is the author of the show Top Story, which in some shows has made propaganda for incinerators. He currently runs the newspaper Shqip, and owns several companies that are paid for by incinerators. Today we made public only the first company.

Habilaj appears as the sole partner, but also as the administrator of the company VOX TV. But it is not only this company that has been paid by Klodian Zoto and Mirel Mërtiri. There are several other companies that have many similarities with each other, not only in ownership but also other details.

According to the NBC extract, VOX TV has the same address of Top Channel owned by Vjollca Hoxha and her children, which for almost 4 years was run by Ben Blushi. But according to the extract in NBC, this media is not licensed by AMA. In this whole scheme, Habilaj may be the only recipient of money on behalf of other persons.

But he must reveal this before the SPAK prosecutors. Vjollca Hoxha and Ben Blushi are in fact publicly known for their partnerships and advocacy with incinerator companies. Incinerator payments for Habilaj don’t stop here, only with VOX TV, but also with other companies that we will make public in the coming days, thus exposing the scheme of how the “octopus” of incinerators has swallowed the media./ES-CNA.al

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Dokumenti-Si dhe sa është paguar Endrit Habilaj i Top Channel dhe Gazetës Shqip nga inceneratorët/ Zbulohen faturat me shuma të majme

Incinerators, the most accused affair in 30 years of democracy, seem to have spread his “tentacles” in the media. CNA.al has been able to provide exclusive documents and data, showing how televisions, journalists, and news portals have been “bought” by Klodian Zoto, Mirel Mërtiri and Stela Gugallja.

So, the people of the incinerator scheme in Elbasan, Fier and Tirana. Official data show all the payments, which are different depending on the “bargains” or services provided by the media. These are often justified as “advertisements”.

In fact, they are paid justifying themselves for ads peripheral media and portals. They have received tens or hundreds of millions of Lek, even though many of them have neither an audience nor a reader.

They have only served as a propaganda tool pro incinerators, or to attack those who denounced this corrupt affair. As we have announced, CNA.al will publish the names of media, television, portals and individuals, all those who are involved and have received even a single penny from incinerator companies.

One of these people, who has benefited from the incinerators is the journalist Baton Haxhiu, who turns out to have been paid by the incinerator companies of Klodian Zoto, Mirel Mërtiri and Stela Gugalla. CNA.al publishes below a table, which shows some invoices, which are money given for the news portal of Baton Haxhiu by one of the incinerator companies.

Payments justified as advertisements, when in fact were given as a tribute to propaganda servants, and this because Haxhiu’s portal is not read even by the latter.

It is about payments made by incinerator companies for “Albanian Post”, administered by Baton Haxhiu, who is also the only partner with 100 percent of the capital.

A day ago, CNA.al published exclusive data, which show how Irfan Hysenbelliu and his companies are among the people who have benefited from the incinerators.

CNA.al has provided official data from investigations that show that “Focus Media News” has consistently received payments from incinerator companies. Meanwhile, day after day CNA.al will continue to publish the entire media clientele, which have benefited or received payments from the owners of incinerators. Details and facts that constitute an alarm bell for justice institutions./CNA.al

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Miliona për “mercenarët mediatikë”/ Zbardhen pagesat e inceneratorëve për Baton Haxhiun

In addition to the signatures that revealed the connections of the former minister Lefter Koka with the incinerator companies, in the hands of the prosecutors of SPAK are also documents that prove the connections of the media with this affair.

So it is shown how televisions, journalists, and portals were bought by Klodian Zoto, Mirel Mërtiri and Stela Gugallja, the people of the incinerator scheme in Elbasan, Fier and Tirana.

CNA.al has been able to provide from official sources at SPAK, data that show payments, which are different depending on the “bargains” or services provided by the media to the incinerator company.

In this list are the names of the main informative televisions in the country, portals mainly near the government, but also individuals, ie people appear on media screens as independent analysts, but who have defended and continue to defend the corrupt incinerator concession.

Prime Minister Edi Rama has tried to close with a little noise the arrest of his former minister Lefter Koka. The latter is also accused by the SMI, which in fact started talking about this affair, just before the 2021 parliamentary elections, as it was silent for 8 years.

He remained silent for another 4 years, when he was in power and took place the incinerator affair. So when the concessions were signed, about which Ilir Meta and Monika Kryemadhi say now that they knew nothing. Lulzim Basha was also silent, so everyone was silent.

Even the media. Because the latter was paid for the services rendered to the incinerators or bought, or was corrupted, as is the case of the accusations leveled against Lefter Koka. CNA.al will publish day after day all the data it has been able to provide for people in the media, portals and television who have been paid by Klodian Zoto, Mirel Mërtiri and the latter’s cohabitant, Stela Gugallja.

It is about payments that in total amount to millions of euros. For several years, this money has been transferred to various companies close to the media. There are also direct payments from television incinerator companies, justifying them as commercials spots to the fictitious subjects that have the same addresses, the national televisions, where names that are part of the staff are hidden, and that have opened companies paid by the incinerators.

SPAK already has it all in hand. But apart from Lefter Koka, the accountability is not expanding to others, as the head of SPAK Arben Kraja has said publicly that the incinerator of Fier and that of Tirana are also being investigated.

So far, only former Minister Lefter Koka has been arrested for Elbasan. In fact, if you look at the balance sheets, mandate-payments, and the way the media has been treated and the payments that have been made to televisions, portals and journalists who appear and “tweet” on screens, the media clientele shouldn’t be left out of the scheme, which would justify its work as a service, or advertisement to a private company.

The money was paid being justified as advertising. But from the data it results that there are media and peripheral portals that have been paid tens or hundreds of millions of Lek, when in fact many of they have neither audience nor readings. They have only served as a propaganda tool for incinerators or attacks on those who denounced this corrupt affair.

Although these companies of Stela Gugala, Mirel Mërtiri and Klodian Zoto, are already publicly and officially accused of corruption, as is the case of the Elbasan incinerator.

But should be expected further investigations for Fier and Tirana.

As we mentioned above, CNA.al, will make public day by day the names of media, television, portals and individuals, who have been involved, and who have received even a single penny from advertising incinerator companies, to justify a corrupt affair of 178 million euros, only for concession contracts, and an affair, which according to economic experts has a total cost of 430 million euros./CNA.al

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Inceneratorët blenë mediat/ Miliona euro për televizione, portale dhe gazetarë