He was arrested in Turkey, the procedures for the extradition of Dritan Rexhep to Albania begin

Dritan Rexhepi

After the arrest in Turkey of the 43-year-old much-wanted Dritan Rexhepi, the Interpol Central Office in Tirana and the justice institutions in Albania have started the procedures for his extradition to our country. Rexhepi was captured as a result of cooperation between law enforcement agencies of several partner countries and Albania.   

This citizen was declared an international wanted by Interpol Tirana, on 26.03.2006, after the Court of First Instance for Serious Crimes, Tirana, with the decision dated 06.06.2013, sentenced him to 25 years of imprisonment, for the criminal offense " Premeditated murder", committed in collaboration, "Grievous wounding with intent", committed in collaboration and "Illegal possession and production of weapons, explosive weapons and ammunition".  

- The Court of First Instance of Fier, with the decision dated 26.11.2015, sentenced him to 4 years of imprisonment, for the criminal offenses "Forgery of identity cards, passports or visas", in aggravating circumstances and "Forgery of stamps or forms ”, in aggravating circumstances.

- The Court of First Instance of Tirana, with the decision dated 31.01.2020, has assigned the security measure "Arrest in prison", for the criminal offenses "Kidnapping or holding a person hostage" and "Trafficking in narcotics". 

 In addition, this citizen was declared an international wanted by Interpol Rome, Italy, on 29.09.2011, after the Court of Appeal of Florence, Italy, with the decision dated 15.04.2010, sentenced him to 16 years and 5 months of imprisonment (part of remainder of the sentence of 13 years, 8 months and 6 days of imprisonment), for the criminal offense "Criminal group for the purpose of drug trafficking", provided by the Italian Criminal Code. (A2 Televizion)