Stela Gugallja, one of the persons declared internationally wanted in connection with the investigations into the Elbasan Incinerator, has been arrested in Austria following an international arrest warrant issued by the Special Prosecution against Corruption and Organized Crime (SPAK). 

Gugallja was identified at the beginning of last December by the authorities in Vienna, while the process against her is continuing in court in connection with the prosecutor's request for extradition to Albania. On the other hand, SPAK, through the Ministry of Justice, has sent the documentation regarding the extradition, but until now there is still no confirmation whether Gugallja will be extradited to Albania or not. 

The investigations have shown that Stela Gugallja, in the capacity of the sole partner and administrator of the company "Albtek Energy", and in cooperation with Klodian Zoto and Mirel Mërtiri, have bribed the officials of the Ministry of Environment to obtain concessions for the incinerators, and charges have been filed against them (active corruption and money laundering). The investigation showed that these people gave a total of 3.6 million euros to the former Minister of the Environment Lefter Koka in order to obtain a permit for the construction of the Elbasan Incinerator. Meanwhile, they are still looking for Klodian Zoto and Mirel Mërtiri. 

After receiving the permit through the granting of the bribe to Lefter Koka according to SPAK, the incinerator of Elbasan, owned by the company "Albtek Energy" sh.p.k., administered by Stela Gugallja, made fictitious invoices billing incomplete work to the company "Integrated Technology Services" s.p.k. 

Since the incinerators were projects, which were built with the funds of the Albanian state, it was the budget that had to bear these payments. 

Consequently, according to SPAK, through this scheme, about 3.6 million euros of damage was caused to the state budget. According to SPAK, this money went to Lefter Koka in the form of a bribe. 

After being fictitiously invoiced, according to SPAK, the amount of 3.6 million euros was transferred to Lefter Koka again through fictitious invoices, already issued by the two companies "Albtek Energy" sh.p.k. and "Integrated Technology Services" sh.p.k. to companies owned by the former minister or his relatives.