In one of the biggest cases of alleged corruption to happen in Kosovo since the war and the declaration of independence, the government of Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj decided to pay compensation to Bechtel Enka related to delays in payment during the construction of the Pristina-Hani i Elezit highway, also known as the Arbën Xhaferi highway.

Then prime minister Haradinaj had told deputies of the Assembly of Kosovo that the payment of €53 million was necessary because previous governments did not pay the funds to the company in question on time. After that, news also spread that the Ministry of Infrastructure did not consider the legal procedures in the allocation of these funds. After that, the prosecutor's office started the first investigative actions to clarify this case.

On 4 February 2022, the prosecutor's office filed an indictment against the former minister of infrastructure Pal Lekaj (now a member of the Assembly of Kosovo) and three other ministry officials for the criminal offence of abuse of position or official authority. According to the indictment, on 27 September 2017, Pal Lekaj, in the capacity of minister of the Ministry of Infrastructure and as chairman of the interministerial committee (KDNM) and Nebih Shatri, as secretary general in the Ministry of Infrastructure, in cooperation and intentionally with the defendant Besim Tahiri, director of public procurement in the Ministry of Infrastructure, using their official duty and authority, exceeded their powers and did not fulfil official duties, causing damage to the budget of the Republic of Kosovo for the benefit of another person.

According to the indictment, the Law on Public Procurement 04/L-042, the statute and the code of conduct of KDNM and the terms of the contract of 1 July 2014 were violated by the agreement signed between Ministry of Infrastructure and the joint enterprise Bechtel & Enka as a contractor. This agreement foresaw postponement of the deadline for completion of the works for another 347 days and that from 18 January 2018, as defined in the basic contract, until 31 December 2018, without determining the financial cost.

This action, according to the prosecution, left open the possibility for Bechtel & Enka to submit to the Ministry of Infrastructure, on 27 November 2017, the request for the payment of an additional amount of €63 million, for extending the deadline for the completion of the works. This request later decreased to €53.1 million.

On 4 May 2022, the initial hearing was held where Lekaj and the others pleaded not guilty.

The trial for this case began one year later, on 3 February 2023, when the accused appeared in court and denied their guilt again.

On 31 January 2023, the Pristina basic court passed a guilty verdict against former minister of infrastructure and three other ministry officials, sentencing Pal Lekaj to three years and eight months in prison and banning him from exercising public functions in public administration for three years and six months after he finishes his prison sentence. Eset Berisha was sentenced to three years and three months’ imprisonment and banned from holding public functions for three years after finishing his prison sentence. Nebih Shatri and Besim Tahiri were sentenced to one year and eight months imprisonment each and banned from holding public positions for two years after their prison sentences end.

On 28 February 2025, the court of appeal returned the case for retrial.