Democratic Party leader Sali Berisha reacted to Ermal Beqiri’s arrest in France during a press briefing, accusing Prime Minister Edi Rama of collaborating with criminals.
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According to Berisha, Ergys Agasi is “Albania’s top mafia boss,” while AKSHI, he claimed, had been turned into the private property of the head of government.
Berisha said the detention of Beqiri, whom he described as a relative of Edi and Linda Rama and Agasi’s closest associate, demonstrates the threat that Albanian organised crime poses to the region and Europe.
The Democratic Party leader said that on April 24, 2026, he had denounced the fact that Ergys Agasi and Ermal Beqiri were not internationally wanted, even though the arrest warrant against them was dated December 25, 2025. He added that the situation had still not changed four months later.
Berisha went on to claim that Agasi had purchased two private aircraft in Austria in April. According to him, such a purchase requires approval from several Austrian institutions in a country with one of the most firmly established rules of law.
He also said that in June, Agasi had registered one of the aircraft and his business in Slovenia. Berisha said that a series of flights through NATO airspace and to European Union countries had been confirmed during those months.
According to him, Agasi continues his activities undisturbed, directing them at times from Durrës, at times from Surrel and at times from Manza.
As for Ermal Beqiri, Berisha claimed that he had embezzled €200 million from AKSHI, which he called “the AKSHI of the Lindas, of AKSHI’s Linda and Surrel’s Linda, who controlled AKSHI.” He added that this was the success Edi Rama promoted through propaganda, presenting Beqiri as a success story.
