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

The incinerators, the most accused affair in these 30 years of democracy, have extended his “claws” in the media, buying TV time, or giving money in the form of advertising, even when has had whole months without any commercials spots.

CNA.al has previously reported about the companies, where the owners of the incinerators are in partnership with the former director of Top Channel, Ben Blushi, and the shareholder of this television, Vjollca Hoxha. But, who thinks that they have stopped only at Top Channel and the advocacy of this television against incinerators, is very wrong.

CNA.al has provided exclusive documents from the investigative group, which show that media, television, portals, and journalists have been paid by the owners of the incinerators. Money justified as “advertising” for a private company and paid regularly for years.

One of the people who has benefited is the businessman Irfan Hysenbelliu with one of his companies. CNA.al has provided exclusive data, which show that Hysenbelliu and his media companies turn out to have been paid hundreds of millions of Lek by the incinerator companies of Klodian Zoto and Mirel Mërtiri.

The incinerators have so far imprisoned former SMI minister Lefter Koka, while Zoto and others have been hiding after being wanted by the SPAK. CNA.al has provided official data from investigations that show that Focus Media News, has received systematic payments from incinerator companies.

Official sources show that “Focus Media News” is a company administered by the former Minister of Ilir Meta, Mustafa Muçi, while 100 percent of the shares are administered by Irfan Hysenbelliu. The wife of the administrator of Irfan Hysenbelliu’s media company, Mustafa Muçi, is coincidentally, and Judge Blerina Muçi, who is in charge of the decision on the amended statute of the Democratic Party by Lulzim Basha in July.

Now how will this lady behave in the light of these facts? CNA.al is initially bringing data that show that during 2021, Hysenbelliu was paid large sums by incinerators. In the first half of 2021 alone, “Focus Media News” received almost 100 million Lek from the company of Klodian Zoto.

The following table shows that in the first 7 months of 2021, ie from January to July, Irfan Hysenbelliu was paid almost 11.000 euros per month or 13 million Lek. So, it was paid in a total of 91 million Lek only in 7 months of 2021. These payments that we are bringing below belong only to 2021.

What happened before, how long has Hysenbelliu and his media been paid, and how the payment scheme is built, CNA.al will bring other documents and details in the coming days.

But who is Focus Media News? According to the official extract, Focus Media News was registered in the NBC on 09/07/2002, at that time by Carlo Bolino, who owned News24, Gazeta Shqiptare and Radio RASH.

Object of activity:exercise of exclusive activity in the field of radio and television. And the only partner with 100 percent of the capital today is “Focus Group”. So, the media group of Irfan Hysenbelliu. Fokus Media News is the company for which Hysenbelliu clashed with the late banker Artan Santo, after the purchase of shares of this company by Carlo Bolino.

At that time the media and their social circle, talked about a fierce clash between them that went as far as Hysenbelliu’s threats. The latter was often alluded to in the media, as one of the tracks where Santos’s murder was to be investigated.

Focus Media News of Irfan Hysenbelliu has received systematic payments from incinerator companies. Hysenbelliu is not the only one, but one of the many media that has received payment from incinerators. Klodian Zoto and Mirel Mërtiri have taken care not to leave out of their list not only Hysenbelliu with hundreds of millions of Lek but also journalists, portals, peripheral televisions that have been paid month after month with tens and hundreds of millions of Lek.

Day after day, CNA.al will uncover the entire media clientele paid by Klodian Zoto and Mirel Mërtiri, of incinerator companies, where 178 million euros of concession contracts have been secured from albanian taxes, in an affair that allegedly goes up to 430 million euros. SPAK has already in his hand the scandals of the incinerator company in cooperation with the media clientele./CNA.al

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