
Intensive and parallel cooperation with European counterparts finalized the extradition procedures for 5 citizens convicted/accused by the authorities in Albania and Italy.
The five citizens are accused of or have been convicted of criminal offenses: attempted murder, hostage-taking, leadership of criminal organizations/groups, abuse of office and forgery.
As a result of the continuous cooperation between the Interpol offices in Tirana, Athens and Rome, the procedures for the extradition of 5 Albanian citizens, in our country and in Italy, convicted/accused of various criminal offenses have been finalized.
Specifically, the following citizens were extradited from Greece to Albania:
1. Arjan Shehu, sentenced by the CJKKO, to 5 years and 4 months of imprisonment, for the criminal offense of "Aiding illegal border crossing", committed within the framework of a structured criminal group. During the period 2016-2018, he directed a criminal group that provided, against payment, various citizens with false European passports to illegally enter the United States of America, the United Kingdom and/or Canada;
2. Shpëtim Abdullai, 52 years old, convicted by the Court of Elbasan, with 1 year imprisonment, for the criminal offenses "Abuse of duty" and "Forgery of documents". In 2013, abusing his duties as a technical services employee, in IEVP Kosovë, Lushnjë, he forged invoices for the repair of some prison police vehicles;
3. KP, 32 years old, to whom the Court of Gjirokastra has assigned the security measure "Arrest in prison", for the criminal offense "Deliberate murder", remaining in the attempt, committed in cooperation. On 17.07.2022, in cooperation with the citizen KP, it is suspected that he tried to kill the citizen LD with a cutting tool (knife)
-The following citizens were extradited from Albania to Italy:
1. AS alias SP, 40 years old, to whom the Court of Appeal of Trieste has assigned the security measure "Arrest in prison", for the criminal offenses "Trafficking of narcotics", committed in the framework of the criminal organization, as well as "Kidnapping". During the period 2022-2023, the criminal organization to which the 40-year-old belonged is suspected of having trafficked about 100 kg of the narcotic substance cocaine, from Ecuador, with the aim of selling it in Italy. Also, from the investigations, it is suspected that because a quantity of cocaine was stolen from this organization, the 40-year-old man, in cooperation with others, took a citizen hostage, threatening him with a gun, to give him information about the theft of narcotics;
2. AA alias AL, 56 years old, to whom the Court of Lecce has assigned the security measure "Arrest in prison", for the criminal offense "Trafficking in narcotics", committed as part of the criminal group. During the 2018-2019 period, he led a criminal group that trafficked the narcotic cocaine, from the Netherlands to Italy and from Albania to Italy.
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