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Prosecutor Felaj scandal: Transfer and exclusion from justice after investigations into illegal assets and contacts with crime...
During the period 2010–2023 in Vlora and then from 2023 in the Tirana Prosecutor's Office, prosecutor Eranda Felaj was denounced several times for favors towards crime figures and corrupt officials, in exchange for financial rewards. According to sources, in some cases she used her husband, an influential lawyer in judicial circles, as an intermediary in these agreements.
However, no disciplinary measures have been taken for any of these complaints, nor have criminal investigations been opened. This is due to the fact that Eranda Felaj has been under the protection and influence of her sister, Ermonela Felaj, who has held high political positions as an MP, minister, deputy speaker of the Assembly and head of the Parliamentary Laws Committee.
Through this political support and privileged relations with senior leaders of the High Prosecutorial Council, on June 27, 2023, Eranda Felaj was transferred from Vlora to the Tirana Prosecutor's Office. There she joined her relatives: her brother Armando Felaj, his wife Alma Felaj, and her brother-in-law Bledar Valikaj, all appointed prosecutors under controversial circumstances.
On November 8, 2024, Felaj passed the first phase of vetting, despite numerous suspicions of unjustified wealth and connections to organized crime figures, during his 19-year career in the justice system.
But on July 29, 2025, by a final decision of the Special Appeals Commission (SAC), she was dismissed and excluded from the justice system for a period of 15 years. According to the decision, Felaj had committed serious ethical and legal violations, had obtained wealth illegally, and had had inappropriate contacts with persons convicted or investigated for organized crime.
The KPA's decision is final and is based on a full financial analysis and professional integrity report. We recall that the KPA is currently an internal structure under SPAK and operates under the direction of the head of the Special Prosecution Office, Altin Dumani, until the end of the vetting process in June 2026.
The case of prosecutor Eranda Felaj is now de facto in the hands of SPAK. All evidence and findings have been documented by a commission within the special justice structures themselves. In this context, a legitimate question arises: will SPAK order the initiation of criminal proceedings against her?
The vetting report also highlighted a very disturbing detail: the National Authority for the Security of Classified Information (AKSIK), through an official letter dated May 27, 2024, had granted Prosecutor Felaj a high-level security certificate, even though her connections to the criminal world were known. This allowed her to continue in her duties, even though she should have been dismissed earlier.
If SPAK strictly applies the same standards to other justice officials, the criminal case against Eranda Felaj does not need an additional report, the file exists, the evidence is sufficient and the case is already certified by the very structure that expelled him./ Pamphlet
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