Twenty-three Albanians convicted in Great Britain have been extradited to our country. They arrived by charter plane in Rinas within the agreement between the Albanian government and the British authorities. The deported Albanians are convicted of various criminal offenses, mainly for drug trafficking, kidnapping and pedophilia. Some of them, according to the English media, are members of organized crime gangs, while one person was without the right to stay in Britain.
Among those extradited are learned, one sentenced to 18 years in prison for cocaine trafficking worth milionë 2 million, another sentenced to the same offense with 10 years in prison, one sentenced to three years for pedophilia and another sentenced to 4 years in prison for kidnapping, and member of a criminal group, writes Klan. They were serving sentences combined with more than 72 years in prison. The sentences from the UK were also commented on by the Home Secretary.
" These individuals are responsible for some of the most heinous crimes, including rape, violent crime and drug trafficking. They have violated our laws and values and left their victims to live with the wounds of the crimes they committed. "This government will use every means available to remove foreign nationals who have committed crimes against our citizens ."
The extradition agreement between Albania and Great Britain was approved by the Assembly on December 16, 2021, which provides for the transfer to our country of Albanians imprisoned in Britain to serve their sentences in our country, as well as the readmission of illegal immigrants.