Kosovo Albanian arrested after the order from USA
An Albanian from Kosovo, who is indicted in USA for the support to terrorists, has been arrested in the region of Kosovska Mitrovica, EULEX confirmed. Slovakia's Justice Ministry has asked Belgrade to extradite a suspected leader of the Kosovo Albanian mafia in Slovakia.
(KosovoCompromise Staff) Friday, June 18, 2010
He was taken in by the Anti-Terrorist Unit of the Kosovo police, under the supervision of EULEX prosecutor, and after the extradition request from USA, submitted to the Kosovo Albanian authorities.
The US Prosecutor for the Eastern District of North Carolina has charged the apprehended man with two several felonies - logistic support to terrorists, supporting terrorism or conspiracy to murder, kidnapping, serious physical injuries or damage to the property in foreign countries.
Also, Slovakia's Justice Ministry has asked Belgrade to extradite a suspected leader of the Kosovo Albanian mafia in Slovakia.
Baki Sadiki is believed to be in Kosovo, and his extradition was requested from Belgrade rather than from the EU mission in Kosovo, EULEX, said reports.
A spokesman for the Slovakian Justice Ministry said the request went to Belgrade since Bratislava country does not recognize the unilateral independence declaration made by Kosovo's Albanians two years ago.
But Slovakia's Foreign Affairs Ministry warned that the extradition request should have been sent to EULEX instead.
Slovakian police, said reports, have no reliable information that Sadiki is still in Kosovo, "where he did not worry that he might be arrested because the extradition request was sent only to Serbia, and where he moved freely although Kosovo police knew exactly where he was".
Sadiki holds a Slovakian passport via his marriage to a Slovakian woman.
In that country, he has been indicted earlier this year for smuggling 120 kilograms of heroin in six different shipments in 2007, and 2008.
Some of the drugs also ended up in Poland, according to reports. In Slovakia, if found guilty, Sadiki will be looking at between 20 and 25 years in prison.
He left Slovakia in a hurry on March 15, just before police there were preparing to raid his home. Police now believe that he had been tipped-off.
Sadiki's "business trip to Albania" saw him travel to Kosovo, where he was located on May 5, while Slovakia's police on May 17 officially requested his extradition from Serbia.
