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The Albanian becomes the 'apple of trouble' between Germany and Britain! The English are looking for him, the Germans will not extradite him!

2023-09-05 09:39:10Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

The Albanian becomes the 'apple of trouble' between Germany and

The issue of the extradition of an Albanian from Germany to Great Britain has become a headline between the two countries.

The Albanian is accused of trafficking in narcotics, more specifically for trafficking about 5 kg of cocaine and for laundering 330,000 pounds and was wanted by the British authorities.

Westminster Magistrates' Court issued an international arrest warrant, also known as an Interpol red notice, demanding he be returned to Britain. He had traveled to Germany because his fiancee was seriously ill there.

However, after the arrest, the Albanian, whose identity is not disclosed, has not yet been extradited because Germany considers that the prison conditions in England do not have the right conditions.

The higher regional court of Karlsruhe in southwest Germany made its decision earlier this year and it has only recently been made public.

A translation of the court report said: "The court decided that the extradition of the Albanian to Britain was 'currently unacceptable'. Without a British guarantee, extradition is not possible given the state of the British prison system. There is no legal remedy against this.”

His defense lawyer, Jan-Carl Janssen, had studied in Glasgow and written a thesis examining prison conditions in the United Kingdom.

In court, Janssen cited his research into chronic overcrowding, understaffing and violence among inmates in British prisons. On the back of this evidence, the German court sought assurances on two occasions from UK authorities about prison conditions there.

The court said that guarantees were required from the UK to comply with minimum standards in accordance with the European convention on human rights. Also, the court asked the British authorities to specify in which prisons the Albanian would be held and what would be the conditions of his detention in those prisons.

While concerns have previously been expressed about prisons in several European countries, this is not thought to have happened before about prison conditions in the UK. In the failure to obtain the guarantees he requested for prison conditions in the United Kingdom, the German court determined the extradition of the Albanian as "currently unacceptable".

The Albanian is not wanted for criminal offenses committed in Germany and the court decided that since he had not received the guarantees he requested from the British authorities, he would not be extradited. He is currently free again.


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