The state police, in cooperation with international partners, has made it possible to arrest 3 citizens declared internationally wanted by the Albanian police for various criminal offenses.
Specifically, citizen Alban Skonja, 40 years old, resident of Durrës, was arrested during an operation by the French police. For this citizen, the Court of Durrës has set the security measure “Arrest in prison”, for the criminal offenses “Unauthorized possession and production of weapons, explosive weapons and military ammunition”, “Providing the conditions and means to commit murder” and ” Organized criminal group”. Citizen A.S. is accused of having, in cooperation with citizen I.F. and other citizens, planned the murder of citizens G.H. and A.H., providing vehicles, firearms and apartments for rent, but were unable to carry out their murder.
Also, this citizen is suspected that on 02.07.2023, in the region of Balarus, France, was involved in a case of receiving a sum of money (40,000 euros), through the threat of a weapon, within the framework of an organized gang.
For this event, the Anti-Falcon Itinerant Crimes Unit in Albania and the National Office for Anti-Falcon Itinerary Crimes in France have exchanged information, as it was suspected that one of the perpetrators involved was an Albanian citizen.
The Georgian police have captured in Georgia and arrested Turkish citizen Yalcin Hanci, 49 years old, with the intention of extradition to Albania. For this citizen, the Special Court of First Instance for Corruption and Organized Crime has assigned the security measure “Arrest in prison”, for the criminal offenses “Assistance for illegal border crossing”, “Structured criminal group” and “Perpetration of criminal offenses by criminal organizations and structured criminal groups”. This citizen was part of a criminal group that was involved in the trafficking of human beings to Europe, in exchange for money.
The German police have caught in Germany and arrested the citizen Kridens Mecollari for the purpose of extradition to Albania. This citizen has been sentenced by the judicial authorities in Albania, with 5 years of imprisonment (of which he has 2 years, 6 months and 25 days left to serve), after on 06.11.2021, after a momentary conflict, in a bar , injured citizen I. Sh. Also, this citizen has been declared wanted by the authorities of the United Kingdom, for criminal activities in the field of narcotics and for laundering the money benefited from these activities.
