A red box, filled with bundles of 50 euro banknotes, is one of the most interesting details of the SPAK file on the luxury villa that Belinda Balluku allegedly owns in Dhërmi, but which in official documents appears in the name of former footballer Igli Tare.
The photo of the box of euros was sent via WhatsApp on July 17, 2021 by Lavdrim Smone, the husband of the Balluk sanitation worker, who, together with his wife and daughter, would occasionally go to clean the villa in the "White Rocks" complex.
In the investigative document, SPAK writes that the box with the money was located “apparently in the premises of villa F6, in the White Rocks complex.” The prosecution does not clarify who the money belonged to or its origin, but has included the photograph among the evidence administered during the investigation.
The two-story villa, with an area of 103 square meters and a plot of at least 300 square meters, is valued by SPAK at 720 thousand euros.
To prove that the real owner was Balluku and not Igli Tare, prosecutors have analyzed hundreds of communications between her driver, cleaning staff, subordinates and administrators of the complex.
In these conversations, villa F6 was constantly referred to as “the boss’s villa.” According to investigators, even the furnishings and investments in the property were carried out according to Balluk’s wishes.
Cell phone records also show that the former deputy prime minister regularly frequented the villa from 2019 to the first months of 2026.
Thus, while the papers listed Igli Tare as the owner, according to SPAK, it was Balluku who used the villa, decided on the furnishings and had the personnel available to take care of it.
The investigation into the villa is part of the criminal case against Balluk, which includes 31 defendants, including former officials of the Ministry of Infrastructure and builders involved in public tenders.
