Suel Çela's brother extradited from Belgium, accused of murder and participation in a criminal organization

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Suel Çela's brother extradited from Belgium, accused of murder and
Suel and Mario Çela

Mario Çela, Suel Çela's brother, was extradited from Belgium yesterday evening.

The State Police, through an official response, stated that Mario Çela was extradited as part of the police operation codenamed "The Wanted".

The extradition was finalized through cooperation between Interpol Tirana and counterparts in Belgium.

Çela was declared an international wanted person after the Criminal Court of Kosovo assigned him the security measure "Arrest in prison" for several criminal offenses, "Premeditated murder", "Criminal organization", "Unlicensed possession and production of weapons, explosive weapons and ammunition" and "Active corruption in the private sector".

Police notification

State Police/The operation codenamed "The Wanted" continues, to locate and bring to justice citizens declared internationally wanted.

As a result of the cooperation between Interpol Tirana specialists and their counterparts in Belgium, during the next phase of the international operation codenamed "The Wanted", the procedure for the extradition from Belgium to Albania of the citizen:

M. Ç., 37 years old, born in Elbasan.

This citizen was declared internationally wanted after the Special Court of First Instance for Corruption and Organized Crime, on 22.11.2024, assigned him the security measure "Arrest in prison", for the criminal offenses "Premeditated murder", "Criminal organization", "Unlicensed possession and production of weapons, explosive weapons and ammunition" and "Active corruption in the private sector".

According to SPAK, Mario Çela is responsible for managing and coordinating criminal activities, including murders, international drug trafficking, committing corrupt acts, and organizing money laundering schemes.

From the investigations, SPAK has documented that Suel Çela's organization attempted to traffic large quantities of cocaine from Latin America to Europe.

SPAK says there were attempts to traffic approximately 930 kg of cocaine from Ecuador to Europe in December 2020. There was also an attempt to traffic 466 kg of cocaine from Ecuador to the Netherlands in January 2021.


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