贾里德·库什纳支持的豪华度假村计划引发阿尔巴尼亚抗议,升级为反腐败运动


2026年6月22日 美国东部时间12:23 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻

作者:
埃米特·莱昂斯 制片人

数千名阿尔巴尼亚人已连续21天在首都地拉那街头举行抗议,这场抗议的导火索是人们对贾里德·库什纳支持的豪华旅游开发项目的担忧,该项目选址位于一处自然资源丰富的区域。

民众对该国沿海历史保护区皮舍·波罗-纳尔塔地区的建设计划的愤怒,已升级为一场更广泛的运动,矛头直指阿尔巴尼亚政府及其统治精英被指控存在的腐败问题。

库什纳作为总统特朗普的女婿,是一群投资者中的一员,他们计划在阿尔巴尼亚的萨赞岛以及该国亚得里亚海沿岸建设豪华旅游综合体。哥伦比亚广播公司新闻此前审核的早期规划文件显示,该项目可包含800间客房和套房、豪华别墅、一座高尔夫球场、一家赌场、一个水上公园以及联排别墅和公寓。

image2026年6月20日,在地拉那举行的反对在受保护自然区域附近建设豪华度假村的抗议活动中,抗议者聚集在阿尔巴尼亚总理府前。阿德南·贝西/法新社/盖蒂图片社

本月早些时候,哥伦比亚广播公司新闻向库什纳的公司Affinity Partners寻求置评,以确认他参与该项目。该公司将记者引荐给萨赞房地产开发公司,该公司的一位发言人表示,其代表了所有以个人身份参与项目的投资者。

“该项目仍处于设计和迭代阶段,我们的团队正通过一个深思熟虑的流程不断完善项目范围、方法和愿景,该流程优先考虑环境管理,并展示该国的自然美景。我们期待就该项目的潜力以及其让阿尔巴尼亚成为更具吸引力的全球目的地的潜力继续开展交流,”萨赞房地产的一位发言人在6月18日发给哥伦比亚广播公司新闻的声明中说道。

规划文件还披露了其他为该交易提供资金支持的方。参与其中的包括总部位于卡塔尔的资产集团,该集团由穆塔兹·拉米兹·阿尔·哈亚特兄弟经营,他们是出生于叙利亚的亿万富翁,与卡塔尔王室以及华盛顿方面有关联。

他们曾出席特朗普总统的就职典礼,据《纽约时报》报道,他们的兄弟穆罕默德·阿尔·哈亚特此前曾游说美国议员解除对叙利亚的制裁,并提议在该国开发一座特朗普品牌的高尔夫球场。

萨赞房地产的一位代表周四向哥伦比亚广播公司新闻证实了阿尔·哈亚特兄弟参与该项目。

哥伦比亚广播公司新闻周一审核的公司备案文件似乎显示,萨赞房地产最初是在卡塔尔注册成立的。文件将阿尔·哈亚特家族的资产集团列为该公司的合作伙伴。

文件还显示,萨赞房地产是兹夫尔内克南亚得里亚海开发公司的母公司。据当地报道,兹夫尔内克南亚得里亚海开发公司是持有萨赞岛以及皮舍·波罗-纳尔塔沿岸土地开发许可的公司。

哥伦比亚广播公司新闻审核的文件还显示,兹夫尔内克南亚得里亚海开发公司由在荷兰阿姆斯特丹注册成立的五家不同空壳公司组成的复杂结构控制。

阿尔巴尼亚活动人士告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻,政府在该项目以及与被指控腐败相关的更广泛问题上缺乏透明度,这是推动抗议活动的愤怒根源。这些抗议已成为阿尔巴尼亚1991年共产主义倒台以来规模最大的抗议活动之一。

image2026年6月20日,在地拉那举行的反对在受保护自然区域附近建设豪华度假村的抗议活动中,抗议者聚集在阿尔巴尼亚总理府前。阿德南·贝西/法新社/盖蒂图片社

“完全没有进行任何公众咨询,”该国领先的环保组织阿尔巴尼亚自然环境保护与保护协会(PPNEA)的执行主任亚历山大·特亚切本月早些时候告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻。“没有人得到通知。就在某一天,我们看到推土机开进场地,开始修路、砍伐树木、破坏沙丘等等。公众对此一无所知。”

自2013年起担任阿尔巴尼亚总理的埃迪·拉马坚称,尽管公众压力越来越大,该项目仍将推进。

他将该开发项目誉为该国潜在的经济福音,该国的人均GDP在欧洲处于较低水平。

image2026年6月21日,在阿尔巴尼亚地拉那,抗议者举行示威活动,反对由与贾里德·库什纳有关联的公司支持的豪华度假村计划,该计划将在亚得里亚海岸一处环境敏感区域开发。现场可见谴责阿尔巴尼亚总理埃迪·拉马的标语牌。瓦尔德林·杰马吉/路透社

拉马领导的社会主义政府自去年年底针对副总理贝琳达·巴卢库提起诉讼以来,一直陷入腐败丑闻,巴卢库是总理的亲密盟友。然而,由社会主义政党占据多数的议会阻止了对她的逮捕。

阿尔巴尼亚独立反腐败机构SPAK的一位发言人上周向哥伦比亚广播公司新闻证实,该机构已对一项拟议中的开发项目展开调查,但表示调查“不涉及任何与库什纳先生有关联的公司”。

本月早些时候,哥伦比亚广播公司新闻记者与抗议者一同前往阿尔巴尼亚南部海岸的兹夫尔内克地区,该地区是部分开发项目的选址地。除了海滩上的一些轮胎印外,没有看到推土机或建筑设备的踪迹。

抗议者将此归因于阿尔巴尼亚政府为平息公众对该项目的愤怒而采取的措施,但他们也告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻,开发计划的前期工作已经造成了环境破坏。

阿尔巴尼亚自然环境保护与保护协会的一名当地环保官员告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻,该组织已记录到推土机破坏了该地区至少一个海龟巢穴。

随着抗议活动持续进行,萨赞房地产开发公司告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻,该开发项目的“最终命运将由阿尔巴尼亚和阿尔巴尼亚人民决定”。

Albania protests sparked by Jared Kushner-backed luxury resort plans snowball into anti-corruption movement

June 22, 2026 12:23 PM EDT / CBS News

By
Emmet Lyons Producer

Thousands of Albanians have taken to the streets of the country’s capital Tirana for 21 consecutive days in protests sparked by concerns over a Jared Kushner-backed luxury tourism development in an area rich in natural beauty.

Anger over the construction plans for the historically protected Pishë Poro-Narta area on the country’s coast have expanded into a wider movement against alleged corruption in the Albanian government and the country’s ruling elite.

Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law, is among a group of investors seeking to build a luxury tourism complex on Albania’s Sazan Island and along the country’s Adriatic coastline. Early planning documents reviewed by CBS News show the project could include 800 guest rooms and suites, luxury villas, a golf course, a casino, a water park, and townhouses and apartments.

Protesters gather in front of Albania’s Prime Minister’s Office during a demonstration against plans for a luxury resort development near a protected natural area, in Tirana, June 20, 2026. Adnan Beci/AFP/Getty

CBS News sought comment from Kushner’s firm Affinity Partners earlier this month to confirm his involvement in the project. The company referred CBS News to Sazan Real Estate Development, and a spokesperson for that firm said it represented all investors in the project “who are involved in their personal capacity.”

“This project is still in its design and iterative phase, with our team continuing to refine scope, approach, and vision through a deliberate process that prioritizes environmental stewardship and showcases the country’s natural beauty. We look forward to continued engagement about the potential of this project and its potential to make Albania even more of a global destination,” a Sazan Real Estate spokesperson said in a June 18 statement to CBS News.

The planning documents also shed light on who else is financially backing the deal. Among the parties involved is the Qatar-based Assets Group, run by brothers Moutaz and Ramez Al Khayyat, Syrian-born billionaires with ties to the Qatari royal family, and to Washington.

They attended President Trump’s inauguration, and according to the New York Times, their brother Mohamad Al Khayyat previously lobbied U.S. lawmakers to lift sanctions on Syria and pitched the idea of developing a Trump-branded golf course in the country.

A representative for Sazan Real Estate confirmed the involvement of the Al Khayyat brothers in the project to CBS News on Thursday.

Corporate filings reviewed by CBS News on Monday appear to show Sazan Real Estate was initially registered and formed in Qatar. The documents cite the Al Khayyat’s Assets Group as a partner of the company.

The filings also appear to show that Sazan Real Estate is the parent company of Zvërnec South Adriatic Development. According to local reporting, Zvërnec South Adriatic Development is the firm that holds the development permit to build on the land in Sazan island and along the Pishë Poro-Narta coastline.

The documents reviewed by CBS News also reveal that Zvërnec South Adriatic Development is controlled by a complicated structure of five different shell companies registered and formed in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Albanian activists have told CBS News that a lack of transparency from the government — both over this project and wider issues related to alleged corruption — are driving the outrage behind the protests, which have become some of the largest seen in Albania since the fall of communism in the country in 1991.

Protesters gather in front of Albania’s Prime Minister’s Office during a demonstration against a luxury resort development near a protected natural area, in Tirana, June 20, 2026. Adnan Beci/AFP/Getty

“There was no public consultation whatsoever,” Aleksandr Trajce, executive director of the country’s leading conservation group, Protection and Preservation of the Natural Environment in Albania (PPNEA), told CBS News earlier this month. “There was nobody who was informed. Just one day, we saw bulldozers entering outside, opening up roads, cutting trees, destroying the dunes, and so on. So the public knew nothing.”

Prime Minister Edi Rama, who has led Albania since 2013, has insisted the project will go ahead despite the mounting public pressure.

He championed the development as a potential economic boon for the country, which has one of the lowest rates of GDP per capita in Europe.

A sign denouncing Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama is seen as protesters demonstrate against the government, following weeks of protests sparked by plans for a luxury resort backed by a company linked to Jared Kushner on an environmentally sensitive part of the Adriatic coast, in Tirana, Albania, June 21, 2026. Valdrin Xhemaj/REUTERS

Rama’s socialist administration has been embroiled in a corruption scandal since charges were filed late last year against Deputy Prime Minister Belinda Balluku, a close ally of the leader. The country’s parliament, led by a socialist majority, has blocked her arrest, however.

A spokesperson for Albania’s independent anti-corruption body SPAK confirmed to CBS News last week that it had opened an investigation into a planned development, but they said the investigation does “not concern any company associated with Mr. Kushner.”

CBS News traveled with protesters earlier this month to the Zvërnec area on Albania’s southern coast, where some of the development is planned. There was no trace of bulldozers or building equipment beyond some tire tracks on the beach.

Demonstrators attributed that to an effort by the Albanian government to quell public anger over the project, but they also told CBS News that initial work toward the development plans had already caused environmental damage.

A local environmental officer with PPNEA told CBS News the group had documented the destruction of at least one sea turtle nest in the area by bulldozers.

As protests continue, Sazan Real Estate Development told CBS News the development’s “future will ultimately be determined by Albania and the Albanian people.”

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