On 14 March 2024, the Special Prosecution against Corruption and Organized Crime (SPAK) announced the arrest of the general director of the Albanian road authority (ARRSH), Evis Berberi, on charges of corruption and money laundering.

According to SPAK, in his capacity as the head of two public institutions, the agency of energy efficiency and the Albanian road authority, Berberi allegedly received significant sums of money from a company that had won public contracts. To facilitate the bribery, he allegedly used an indirect method where the winning company of the tenders transferred money to a company he indirectly controlled.

The alleged receipt of these benefits occurred after the company Net Group Ltd., owned by Valter Begaj, won public tenders organised by the contracting authority, headed by Evis Berberi. The funds were then allegedly transferred via transactions to the DAAM company, indirectly owned by Berberi. The funds were then said to have been invested in economic activities to purchase real estate in the name of DAAM Ltd.

SPAK has imposed a "conservative seizure" on DAAM company assets, approximately 3.4 hectares of land on the outskirts of Tirana, as well as seven vehicles, which are suspected to be hidden assets of Berberi.

The investigation alleges that, while Evis Berberi was the director of the agency of energy efficiency, three procurement procedures were conducted totalling ALL137.4 million (€1.3 million) with Begaj’s company, Net Group Ltd. as the winning operator. While Berberi headed the Albanian road authority, three other procurement procedures were carried out totalling ALL101.8 million (€1 million), where Begaj’s company was again part of the winning consortium. It was also found that Berberi’s indirectly controlled a company that allegedly received a total of approximately ALL223.4 million (€2.2 million) from Begaj’s company.

According to the historical extract of the company, DAAM Ltd was established in 2017 by Valter Begaj, who sold his shares in 2018 to Evis Berberi. Ervis Lami was appointed as the special representative of the company in 2017, and in 2019, Evis Berberi sold the shares to another shareholder, but it is alleged that he indirectly controlled this company.

In the period 2017-2024, it is estimated that Net Group company won 298 procurement procedures from various contracting authorities. In 2017, the company won 13 small-value contracts totalling ALL870,000 (€8,822). However, in subsequent years, both the number and value of the contracts increased dramatically. In total, the company won procurement contracts worth ALL424 million (€4.2 million). During this period, DAAM won 25 procurement procedures worth ALL25 million (€253,532).