
An operation by the Fermo carabinieri led to the arrest of a 36-year-old Albanian, convicted of the murder of a Romanian, which occurred in a context of rivalry related to drug trafficking.
The Carabinieri announced the operation against the wanted man, who is accused of the serious incident that occurred in February 2020.
The Albanian had previously been sentenced to 2 years in prison for drug trafficking. Now he will have to serve another 22 years in solitary confinement for the crime of murder.
The crime is suspected to have originated from the disruption of drug deals and the control of illegal business between Fermo and Porto Sant'Elpidio. On February 17, 2020, the discovery of the lifeless body of a 36-year-old Romanian man, killed with a knife, immediately alerted the police.
The victim, also a person with a criminal record, had multiple stab wounds to his back.
The investigations, which began immediately after the murder, were particularly complex and involved the use of advanced investigative techniques. The Carabinieri analyzed video surveillance camera recordings, telephone records and investigated the connections between the victim and the suspected perpetrator. Thanks to these detailed investigations, it was possible to capture the perpetrator of the crime, who had disappeared shortly after the crime, leaving the city.
Important international cooperation with the Albanian authorities, through the International Police Cooperation Service, has allowed the fugitive to be initially located in Albania and then, upon his return to Italy for health and family reasons, in the province of Fermo, the arrest was made, Italian media reports.
After his arrest, he was sent to Fermo prison, where he will now have to serve his final sentence of more than two decades in prison.