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"Ervin Mata was taken hostage by Vis Martinaj", Artan Hoxha: Here's when the incident happened
2026-04-28 23:07:01 / AKTUALITET
Journalist Artan Hoxha revealed on the "Now" show on "Euronews Albania" that Ervin Mata was taken hostage by Ervis Martinaj 13 years ago, in broad daylight, before the event in the former Bllok where his name became known.
Hoxha indicated that it was about an investment in a plot of land, for which Vis Martinaj asked Ervin Mata to intervene with his father.
"When the incident in Bllok happened, Ervin Mata was 31 years old and he quickly entered this type of industry, he comes from a family with a very good financial situation, his father had a hotel before '97, he was not one of those who came from the street. He does not have his own group, but the deals he made, the lines he used, he was able to organize a drug transfer from Latin America, you wanted to land it in Hamburg there... He was taken hostage in front of RTSH, before the incident in Bllok happened, in the middle of the day and he entered a shopping center nearby and was taken by Ervis Martinaj. He was taken hostage for a tower that was being built. He was given a bag with 2 million euros and told to take it to his father to sign, he was filmed there. But Ervin Mata was not the type of gangster who stood around with a gun on his belt, it was a matter of an investment that is worth 100 million euros today. He was taken to release the land and he did not release it, he told them that it was "It's my father's business and I don't interfere. When the incident happened in Bllok, they weren't strangers to each other," Hoxha said.
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