The name of Ervis Martinaj was mentioned for the first time in the black chronicles in October 2013.

Elvis Doçi, a gambling businessman, was executed in the 'Paris Commune' area.

Police at the time investigated him as a suspect in the incident due to a dispute he had had with the victim over gambling, shortly after the launch of Operation 'End of Madness' which closed casinos in the country.

In November 2015, Ervis Martinaj would appear in another murder, this time documented with film footage.

Enton Nikaj is executed in the Linza area, in the parking lot of a well-known restaurant.

The quarrel over an unreturned debt ended with the shooting of the pistol that took the life of the 30-year-old.

Emiljano Tasho, one of Ervis Martinaj's companions, was sentenced for the murder.

While strengthening his position in the field of gambling, Martinaj would escape the bullets himself in October 2018 in the area of ​​the former Block.

He was injured by former commando Meviol Bilo, while his friend Fabiol Gaxha did not survive the bullets.

Eljon Hato, Martinaj's other companion, was also seriously injured in this event.

Martinaj was also the subject of the "Forca e Lagiti" operation, in which he was asked to self-declare his assets.

In April 2021, the 40-year-old born in Burrel but living in Fushë-Kuqe and Tirana, was sentenced by the Tirana Court with a shortened trial to 3.8 years in prison.

He was found guilty of the charges of "Providing conditions for murder", "Concealing income", "Forgery of passports, identity cards or visas", and "Organisation or exercise of gambling activities in violation of the law". .

/Euronews.al/