{"id":79478,"date":"2025-06-23T20:56:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T18:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=79478"},"modified":"2025-06-23T22:10:51","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T20:10:51","slug":"dubai-no-longer-a-safe-haven-from-dervishaj-to-capja-10-deported-in-a-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/dubai-no-longer-a-safe-haven-from-dervishaj-to-capja-10-deported-in-a-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Dubai No Longer a \u2018Safe Haven\u2019 \/ From Dervishaj to \u00c7apja, 10 Deported in a Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-74\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto py-5 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[72rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto flex max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 text-base gap-4 md:gap-5 lg:gap-6 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"relative flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"4a48da01-3c8b-4782-9f65-b89cbb9c46b8\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light\">\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"178\">For Albanian criminals, Dubai is no longer the safe refuge it once was for avoiding justice.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"180\" data-end=\"385\">Over the past year, more than 10 well-known figures from the criminal underworld have been deported to Albania, even though the country does not have an extradition agreement with the United Arab Emirates.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"387\" data-end=\"622\">The first to be returned was Bruno \u00c7obo, on March 13, 2024. He was followed by Plaurent Dervishaj, Julian Me\u00e7e, Florenc \u00c7apja, Dashnor Dumani, Armes Stafa, Ado Xhika, Ervis Daka, and Maksim Ko\u00e7i.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"624\" data-end=\"842\">The legal process behind their return remains unclear. While police refer to these cases as \u201cdeportations,\u201d some of the individuals have claimed in court that they returned voluntarily and were not formally extradited.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"844\" data-end=\"1148\">Meanwhile, Durim Bami remains one of the most well-known fugitives still residing in Dubai. He has been arrested multiple times at the request of Albanian authorities but has yet to be returned. Before UAE authorities, Bami has argued that his life would be in danger if he were sent back to Albania.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1150\" data-end=\"1436\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Such cases are expected to continue. Besides Bami, many other wanted individuals are still believed to be in Dubai. 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