Jani Aliaj was murdered in Koridhalo prison, while the crime is suspected to have been ordered from abroad, where the 49-year-old from Tepelena was awaiting extradition to Albania.
Aliaj was being tried in Albania for the murder of Elton Çiço, while the 49-year-old's name was among the 5 most wanted on the list of persons declared wanted by the Albanian police.
The crime for which Aliaj was being tried in Albania occurred in 2016, in the area of the former block of flats in Tirana. Since then, Aliaj has survived several organized assassination attempts against him, until Monday, when he was killed in a Greek prison.
But who ordered the murder of Jani Aliaj? The suspicions are that it was ordered from outside the prison, while the authorities are investigating the possibility of disrupting drug deals.
Greek authorities suspect that the murder was ordered by another Albanian, who remains unidentified, but investigations may shed light on the person who ordered it and the cause of the crime.
According to reports, three weeks before he was killed in prison, Jani Aliaj had secured a daily permit to leave the Koridhalo prison, and returned to the place where he was being held as a pre-trial detainee, awaiting extradition.
Jani Aliaj was stabbed three times by a 28-year-old Greek man. The wounds to the chest and neck caused the 49-year-old's immediate death, who had also escaped another assassination attempt in prison, a short time earlier.
The perpetrator of Jani Aliaj's murder is convicted of the murder of another Albanian, Artur Bashimi. Aliaj was stabbed while on a walk.
Aliaj was arrested in Athens on January 1, 2025 after 9 years on the run. He had changed his look, including growing his hair, to hide from justice.
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