Land sold for Kushner-backed Albania resort suspected of forged deeds
Summary
Albania’s anticorruption agency is investigating if land deeds for a resort linked to President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner were forged. The land sale is connected to allegations of drug money laundering and has sparked months of protests over environmental and corruption concerns.Key Facts
- Albania’s Special Structure Against Corruption and Organised Crime (SPAK) is probing possible forgery of land deeds for a protected coastline.
- The land was sold by Artur Shehu, a Miami-based businessman, to the company behind the Kushner-backed resort project.
- Prosecutors suspect Shehu laundered drug money through property sales and falsified ownership documents.
- About 110 million euros ($126 million) from the land sale have been frozen in a notary’s account.
- Kushner and his wife Ivanka Trump reportedly were unaware of any wrongdoing when they supported the resort plan.
- The resort site is on environmentally sensitive wetlands, home to sea turtles and flamingos, sparking the “Flamingo Revolution” protests.
- Demonstrations demanding the Albanian Prime Minister’s resignation have grown broader, resulting in clashes and arrests.
- Local villagers claim they are the true landowners and have challenged Shehu’s ownership for over ten years.
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