Hundreds of phone calls and communications involving associates, former subordinates and employees of former Deputy Prime Minister Belinda Balluku have been used by Albania's Special Prosecution Office (SPAK) to establish her alleged ownership of a luxury villa in the coastal resort of Dhërmi, according to investigative documents.

The two-storey, 103-square-meter property, known as Villa Begonia, is located in the White Rocks resort and is surrounded by a plot of land measuring at least 300 square meters. SPAK estimates its current value at approximately €720,000.

Although the property is formally registered in the name of former professional footballer Igli Tare, prosecutors allege that Balluku was its actual owner and regular user.

According to the investigation, Balluku used the villa from June 2019 until at least February or March 2026. Phone location data allegedly placed her mobile device in the area during that period, approximately three months before the property was seized by court order.

Investigators cite dozens of pages of communications involving Balluku's former subordinates, personal driver, domestic cleaning staff and White Rocks resort administrators. Several individuals allegedly referred to the property, identified as Building F6, as "the boss's villa."

Prosecutors also point to interior furnishings and investments reportedly made according to Balluku's personal preferences, as well as photographs and other evidence found inside the property, which they say support their allegations of her continued use of the villa.

One particular piece of evidence highlighted in the SPAK documents concerns a photograph sent on the morning of July 17, 2021, by Lavdrim Smone, the husband of a cleaner employed at Balluku's residences in Tirana and Dhërmi.

The photograph reportedly shows a red box containing bundles of €50 banknotes secured with rubber bands. According to the prosecution's assessment, the box appears to have been photographed inside Villa F6 at the White Rocks complex.

The investigation also describes how the cleaner, her husband and their daughter allegedly travelled regularly to the Dhërmi property to carry out cleaning duties, sometimes transported there by Balluku's personal driver.

Meanwhile, the broader case involving Balluku includes 31 defendants who are expected to face judicial proceedings. According to information obtained exclusively by Report TV, the defendants include five construction contractors and two private companies.

The five named contractors are Arbër Abazi, Pandeli Carapuli, Paqsor Buzi, Artan Sako and Ram Geci.