The Tirana Prosecutor's Office has today forwarded to the Ministry of Justice documentation for the extradition of the much-wanted Dritan Rexhepi, arrested a few days ago in Turkey.
"The Prosecution office at the Court of General Jurisdiction of Tirana, has submitted documentation to the Ministry of Justice in order to file the extradition request from Turkey to Albania of the citizen Dritan Rexhepaj.
This citizen was declared internationally wanted in January 2014 by the Serious Crimes Prosecution office in the framework of the execution of a decision of the Court of Serious Crimes, which found Dritan Rexhepaj guilty of the criminal offenses of "murder in other qualitative circumstances", committed in cooperation, "wilful killing", committed in cooperation, and "manufacture and carry without a permit of combat weapons and ammunition", provided for by Articles 79/c-25, 76-25 and 278/2 of the Criminal Code, "announced the Tirana Prosecution.
Dritan Rexhepi, who is considered one of the most powerful Albanians in international cocaine trafficking, could be asked to be extradited from Turkey to Italy.