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EXCLUSIVE/ The castle that Ermal Beqiri bought in France, with money from AKSH tenders, is revealed

Lapsi.al 2026-08-01 21:22:43

EXCLUSIVE/ The castle that Ermal Beqiri bought in France, with money from AKSH

At first, among the assets found belonging to the AKSHI cartel, Ergys Egas's villa and swimming pool complex on the outskirts of Tirana caught the eye. Then came the news of the bottles of wine worth almost 3 million euros, which disappeared under the nose of the police. Later, a million-euro yacht called "Skyfall" belonging to Ermal Beqiri emerged, along with villas in exclusive complexes, apartments, bank accounts, and luxury cars. This week, Albanians learned that a private jet had also been purchased with their money, with which Beqiri was arrested a week ago in France. But the bag of stolen tax money was much deeper.

SPAK prosecutors announced for the first time that French authorities had identified another luxury estate in the Oise department, France, no more and no less, but a castle about an hour from Paris.

The announcement states that "bank accounts with a total value of over two million euros, two apartments, the purchase of a castle in the Oise department (60) for around 2.6 million euros, motor vehicles, etc. were discovered."

A Lapsi.al verification of French public documents and sources identifies the property matching the SPAK description as Château d'Auteuil , a historic residence in the commune of Berneuil-en-Bray, in the Oise department.

The match is based on three facts, 1) the location of the property, 2) the value of the sale transaction two years ago, and 3) another very significant element: on the official website of this castle, in the "Mentions légales" section, the name "ermal beqiri" appears as the publisher of the page, with the address of Château d'Auteuil itself in Berneuil-en-Bray.  

EXCLUSIVE/ The castle that Ermal Beqiri bought in France, with money from AKSH

On the page above, it appears that Ermal Beqiri, despite having millions of euros that he had secured through AKSHI tenders with Ergys Agas, personally took care to include his name in the design of the castle's website, which French authorities say is owned by him.

The transaction of 2,612,200 euros

EXCLUSIVE/ The castle that Ermal Beqiri bought in France, with money from AKSH

French real estate transaction databases record that on December 30, 2024, Château d'Auteuil was sold for 2,612,200 euros .

The figure matches almost identically with what SPAK mentions in its announcement, which talks about "the purchase of a castle in the Oise department for around 2.6 million euros."

Më parë, në vitin 2003, ndërtesa u ble nga Pol Thomas de La Pintière dhe Sabine Darondeau, të cilët investuan rreth një milion euro për restaurimin e saj duke e kthyer në një strukturë pritjeje me dhoma për turistë, dasma dhe evente private.  

Edhe më herët, kishte qenë në pronësi të biznesmenes franko-libaneze Mouna Ayoub, një prej figurave më të njohura të jet-set-it francez.

Një monument historik francez

Château d’Auteuil ndodhet në Berneuil-en-Bray, rreth një orë larg Parisit dhe pranë aeroportit Beauvais.

Sipas të dhënave historike franceze, pjesët më të vjetra të saj datojnë nga fundi i shekullit XVI, ndërsa ndërtesa mori pamjen aktuale gjatë shekullit XIX.

Rezidenca është ndërtuar në stilin Louis XIII, me fasada karakteristike prej tullash të kuqe dhe çati prej pllakash të holla guri natyror. Ajo është e rrethuar nga hendeqe dhe parku përreth, ndërsa fasadat dhe çatitë janë të mbrojtura si monument historik nga shteti francez.  

Historia e saj shtrihet në më shumë se katër shekuj. Kështjella e parë u shkatërrua në fund të shekullit XVI, por u rindërtua mbi të njëjtat themele dhe mori pamjen aktuale.

Në faqen zyrtare thuhet se restaurimi i saj vazhdon prej më shumë se dy dekadash.

“Që nga viti 2003, 70 për qind e 35 ambienteve janë restauruar duke respektuar historinë dhe duke shtuar komoditetin e ditëve të sotme”, ndërsa autorët e prezantimit shtojnë se kështjella “bëhet çdo ditë e më e bukur”.  

Në një tjetër përshkrim në faqen e internetit theksohet se të gjitha të ardhurat nga aktiviteti turistik “riinvestohen tërësisht në restaurimin e kështjellës”, duke e paraqitur objektin jo vetëm si një rezidencë private, por edhe si një projekt për ruajtjen e trashëgimisë historike franceze.

Me pak fjalë, deri tani kështjella është ruajtur si një monument historik që ka mbijetuar luftërave, revolucioneve dhe katër shekujve histori franceze. Pikërisht një pronë e tillë shfaqet sot në dosjen shqiptare të AKSHI-t.

Ermal Beqiri dhe tenderat e AKSHI-t 

EXCLUSIVE/ The castle that Ermal Beqiri bought in France, with money from AKSH

Ermal Beqiri është një nga personat e shpallur në kërkim nga SPAK për skemën e grabitjes së tenderave të AKSHI-t, bashkë me Ergys Agasin, mikun e ngushtë të kryeministrit Edi Rama. Të dy, Beqiri dhe Agasi, kontrollonin një institucion që qarkulloi qindra miliona euro nëpërmjet bashkëpunimit me drejtoreshën, Mirlinda Karçanaj, e emëruar aty direkt nga kryeministri Rama, pas një bashkëpunimi të vjetër që kishin pasur, që në bashkinë e Tiranës.

Sipas Prokurorisë së Posaçme, Ermal Beqiri po hetohet për një sërë veprash të rënda penale, mes tyre: grup i strukturuar kriminal; pastrim parash; korrupsion aktiv i personave që ushtrojnë funksione publike; shkelje e barazisë në tendera; konkurrencë e paligjshme nëpërmjet dhunës; heqje e paligjshme e lirisë.

He was sentenced to "prison arrest" in December 2025, and was later placed on the international wanted list with an Interpol Red Notice.

According to the official SPAK announcement, the French judicial police have identified not only his location, but also a series of financial assets and real estate in France.

The arrest occurred on July 24, 2026, after Beqiri entered the restricted airspace of the Penly nuclear power plant in Normandy with a light aircraft and was forced to land at the Albert aerodrome.

The French court decided to keep him in custody for extradition purposes to Albania.

At the same time, French authorities conducted searches in the premises linked to him and seized materials that, according to SPAK, "are considered of interest for criminal proceedings." Meanwhile, financial investigations continue for the seizure of assets identified in French territory./Lapsi.al

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