From the archive: Sold to the Trump family: one of the last undeveloped islands in the Mediterranean

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  This is The Guardian.

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  The Guardian Archive Long Read.

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  Hi, my name is Marzio Mian.

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  I'm the author of "Sold to the Trump family:

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  one of the last undeveloped islands in the Mediterranean." Published June 24, 2025. I reported on Jared Kushner

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  and Ivanka Trump's real estate project to acquire the island of Sazan,

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  off the coast of Albania, for the construction of ultra-luxury resorts.

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  I was able to visit the island, which is deserted and controlled by the Albanian Ministry of Defense.

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  I discovered its breathtaking beauty, its landscapes more tropical than Mediterranean.

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  Paradoxically, Sazan was preserved...

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  thanks to the Albanian communist regime, which made it a bastion against Soviet and capitalist imperialism.

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  For the story, I also interviewed Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law and his most trusted international negotiator.

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  He told me how, for him and his wife Ivanka, Sazan is the realization of a real estate dream.

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  I discovered this incredible project when I was working in Albania on Prime Minister Edi Rama,

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  who was without doubt the architect of Albania's emancipation, but also a highly controversial figure.

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  He's been accused of running the country as if it were his own,

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  especially now that the dark side behind the Trump family's investments is emerging.

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  In addition to Sazan Island, companies associated with Jared Kushner have acquired land in a protected

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  area in the south of the country, where the construction of villas and hotels for elite tourism is planned.

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  This represents a total investment of over $4 billion, including funding from Gulf countries.

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