Aldo Majnishta, one of the organizers of the kidnapping and disappearance of Jan Prenga, has been arrested in Kosovo as a result of the coded operation "Hostage" developed between the State and Kosovo Police. The 29-year-old Majnishta was declared wanted after the investigations showed that he is one of the organizers of the kidnapping and disappearance of Jan Prenga.
In 2022, the Special Court against Corruption and Organized Crime assigned the 29-year-old Majnishta the security measure "Prison arrest", for the criminal offenses "Kidnapping or holding a person hostage", committed in cooperation, "Trafficking of narcotics ”, carried out in collaboration, “Unauthorized production and possession of weapons, explosive weapons and ammunition” and “Hiding or disposing of a corpse”.
The Kosovo Police announces that as a result of the timely exchange of information between Interpol Tirana and ILECU, Kosovo, this information provided by the Police structures, about a wanted citizen who was traveling in Kosovo with the documents of another citizen, within of the "Hostage" operation, it became possible to locate, capture and arrest, with the purpose of extradition to our country, the citizen Aldo Majnishta, 29 years old, born in Shkodër, declared an international wanted.
At the time of his capture, Aldo Majnishta presented the documents of another citizen to the Kosovar authorities. As a result of the cooperation of Interpol Tirana with these authorities, a series of verifications were carried out, from which it turned out that the citizen caught during the operation was Aldo Majnishta.
Interpol Tirana, in cooperation with the Kosovar authorities, continues the procedures for the extradition of this citizen to Albania.
We remind you that Jan Prenga was kidnapped in Kamez on January 17, 2020 and his body has not been found for almost 3 years. The compound in Shijak, owned by Altin Hajri, was the place where he was allegedly taken dead and then transported to be buried in another place still undisclosed by the police. The investigation showed that the incident was carried out to disrupt drug deals.
POLICE NOTICE:
The coded police operation "Hostage" is finalized.
The operation, between the State Police and the Kosovo Police.
As a result of the timely exchange of information between Interpol Tirana and ILECU, Kosovo, a citizen wanted for crimes against the person was located, captured and imprisoned.
Following the work to provide information on the location of internationally wanted citizens, with the aim of capturing them, as well as following successive operations to fulfill this goal, developed with international partners, another joint operation has been finalized with the Kosovo Police, coded "Hijacking".
As a result of the timely exchange of information between Interpol Tirana and ILECU, Kosovo, this information provided by the Police structures, about a wanted citizen who was circulating in Kosovo, with the documents of another citizen, in the framework of the operation "Kidnap ", it became possible to locate, capture and arrest, with the aim of extraditing to our country, the citizen Aldo Majnishta, 29 years old, born in Shkodër, declared an international wanted.
This citizen, at the time of his arrest, presented the documents of another citizen to the Kosovar authorities. As a result of the cooperation of Interpol Tirana with these authorities, a series of verifications were carried out, from which it turned out that the citizen caught during the operation was Aldo Majnishta.
- The Special Court against Corruption and Organized Crime, in 2022, assigned to the 29-year-old, the security measure "Arrest in prison", for the criminal offenses "Kidnapping or holding a person hostage", committed in collaboration, "Trafficking narcotics", carried out in collaboration, "Manufacture and illegal possession of weapons, explosive weapons and ammunition" and "Hiding or disposing of a corpse".
This citizen was declared wanted after the investigations showed that he is one of the organizers of the kidnapping and disappearance of the JP citizen
-Also, in 2016, the Court of Appeal of Shkodra sentenced this citizen to 3 years of imprisonment (of which he has 2 years, 3 months and 15 days left to serve), for the criminal offense of "Violation of the rules of road traffic", "Disobedience to the order of the public order police officer", "Unauthorized production and possession of weapons, explosive weapons and ammunition" and "Leaving the scene of the accident".
Interpol Tirana, in cooperation with the Kosovar authorities, continues the procedures for the extradition of this citizen to Albania.