How Erion Veliaj enriched Ajola Xoxa's mother and uncle/ Tens of millions of payments

2024-06-25 12:49:00, Denoncim CNA

How Erion Veliaj enriched Ajola Xoxa's mother and uncle/ Tens of millions

Ajola Xoxa and Erion Veliaj, photo taken from Google

CNA has made a series of denunciations about the incinerators, about the "5D" file, about the funds used for advertising by Erion Veliaj's brother, Arbër Veliaj, who does the media capture, but also about the schemes of Ajola Xoxa, the wife of the mayor of Tirana . ( Read here )

CNA showed how Veliaj's wife turned from a lawyer to an art curator, her connections with the Tirana incinerator company that financed the works of Ajola artists and the payments that Mrs. Xoxa's "Sparrow" received from the Ministry of Culture. ( Read here )

The scheme denounced in recent days is related to the family members of Ajola Xoxa, who have opened centers in Albania in the form of NGOs and have benefited from funds from the Municipality of Tirana, directed by Erion Veliaj. ( Read here )

Ajola Xoxa and Erion Veliaj, photo taken from Google

Two of them are Ajola Xoxa's uncle, Erald Simixhiu, and her mother, Valbona Xoxa.

Ajola Xoxa's uncle, payment from the Municipality of Tirana and the Ministry of Culture

Ajola's uncle opened the "Eventus" center in Albania in 2021, which includes activities in the field of culture, where Linda Kazani, his wife, is the director. ( Read here )

Also, Erald Simixhiu opened the company "Art Lab", which he has in his name, and a year later declared a profit of 93 million lek.

Data in the CKB for the company "Art Lab"

From the data provided by CNA , it appears that the "Eventus" center has received payments of tens of thousands of euros from the Municipality of Tirana.

According to the documents, the Municipality of Tirana has made 5 payments, in the amount of about 93 million lek, to the "Eventus" center from the Municipality of Tirana, at different times. The "Eventus" center also received two payments from the Ministry of Culture.

Payments from Tirana Municipality and the Ministry of Culture to Erald Simixhiu, Ajola Xoxa's uncle

Another detail discovered by CNA is that Erald Simixhiu is also a member of the Board of Directors of the company "Encyclopedic Publications" . ( Read here )

Ajola Xoxa and her mother Valbona Simixhiu Xoxa are majority shareholders in this company. The latter has 69.71% of the shares, while both together have over 89.5% of the shares of this company.

Data from KKB for the Encyclopedic Publishing Company

The movement of shares in this company has strong doubts in all the legal procedures followed for capital increase and giving shares to many shareholders and inflating the shares given to Ajola Xoxa and Valbona Simixhiu Xoxa.

Data from KKB for the Encyclopedic Publishing Company

Ajola Xoxa's mother, hundreds of millions from art and culture

Mayor Erion Veliaj's mother-in-law is not the only shareholder in this company.

According to official data provided by the KKB, Valbona Xoxa also founded the company "AVA STUDIO" in October 2021. ( Read here )

Data in the CKB for the company "AVA STUDIO"

After Ajola and Erald Simixhiu, Valbona Xoxa becomes the third person from Erion Veliaj's wife's family to open a company in the field of art and culture almost at the same time.

Valbona Xoxa, Erion Veliaj's mother-in-law, in just 2 months of activity manages to earn over 20,000 euros from the business for 2021, while for 2022 there is a net profit of 110,000 euros.

The profit of Valbona Xoxa, which is thrown for investment

So, Valbona Xoxa, Erion Veliaj's mother-in-law, in addition to the monthly salary she receives as an administrator of the company "AVA STUDIO", as a successful businesswoman, it turns out that she receives at least 10,000 euros profit per month with services in art and culture. ( Read here )

Companies, at the same addresses

The investigation into the family members of Veliaj's wife does not end here.

Another important detail is that their companies have the same address. In the information extracted from the official website of Ajola Xoxa, she declares her employment in 3 art galleries, the "NAAN" art gallery, the "Harabel" art gallery and the "Gurgur" art gallery. ( Read here )

All three galleries have their headquarters at the same address as the law firm of Ajola Xoxa.

Her businesses are located on "Ibrahim Rugova" street in the area of ??the former Block, where she does not even pay rent. ( Read here )

The address of the offices of Ajola Xoxa, declared by the latter on her social networks

Ajola Xoxa's company address

Also, the "Eventus" center of Ajola Xoxa's uncle has the same address as her niece's companies, i.e. at "Ibrahim Rugova" street, Sky Tower, Tirana.

The address of the "Eventus" center, by Erald Simixhiu

On the other hand, the address of the company founded by Ajola Xoxa's mother, Valbona, is in Unit number 5, "Brigada e VIII" street, on the tenth floor of a building.

But the email address stated in the CKB is [email protected], of Ajola Xoxa's company.

The address declared in the KKB by the mother of Ajola Xoxa

Thus, the companies of Ajola i Veliajt are related to those of her family members not only with the type of activity they carry out, but also with their addresses./ CNA