The Tirana Prosecutor’s Office has concluded its investigation and referred a Vlora Cadastre Agency legal officer, Andi Barjami, to trial on charges of abuse of office.

According to prosecutors, Barjami allegedly removed a restrictive notice from the property register concerning a 3,250-square-meter plot in the Selita area of Tirana, which was subject to a development agreement between the landowners and “Triumph Company.”

Following the removal of the notice, the landowners signed a new development agreement with another company, “Al Development,” allegedly undermining the contractual interests of Triumph Company.

Investigators found that the original agreement stipulated a three-year deadline for construction, starting from the issuance of the building permit, rather than the date the contract was signed. Prosecutors argue that claims that the property had not been developed did not, in themselves, constitute sufficient legal grounds for terminating the agreement or removing the restrictive notice.

The prosecution maintains that the official acted without an adequate legal basis, potentially enabling a new agreement over the same property and causing damage to the legitimate interests of Triumph Company.

The case has now been sent to court for trial.