NAME/ Wanted by GJKKO, 29-year-old extradited from Germany, accused of serious criminal offenses

As part of the operation codenamed “The Wanted,” a 29-year-old man from Mat, identified as Ardit Gjokrosa, who had been declared internationally wanted, has been extradited from Frankfurt, Germany, to Albania.

The 29-year-old had been declared internationally wanted after the Special Court of First Instance for Corruption and Organized Crime, in May 2024, ordered the security measure of “Imprisonment.”

He is suspected of the criminal offenses of “Providing the conditions and material means to commit murder,” carried out in the special form of cooperation, namely as part of a structured criminal group; “Structured criminal group”; and “Committing criminal offenses by a criminal organization and a structured criminal group.”

Statement:

Another phase of the “The Wanted” operation has been completed.

As part of ongoing cooperation with its counterparts, specialists from Interpol Tirana extradited citizen A. Gj., 29, born and residing in Mat, from Frankfurt, Germany, to our country.

This citizen had been declared internationally wanted after the Special Court of First Instance for Corruption and Organized Crime, in May 2024, ordered the security measure of “Imprisonment” against him for the criminal offenses of “Providing the conditions and material means to commit murder,” carried out in the special form of cooperation, namely as part of a structured criminal group; “Structured criminal group”; and “Committing criminal offenses by a criminal organization and a structured criminal group.”

As a result of cooperation between Interpol Tirana and Interpol Wiesbaden, Germany, citizen A. Gj. was arrested in Germany and was subsequently extradited to Albania.

Who is Ardit Gjokrosa

Gjokrosa is accused of several criminal offenses, including providing the conditions and material means to carry out the murder of Hamza Terziu on 21 May 2020 in Bulqiza.

He is also accused of being part of a “Structured criminal group,” in the form of participation, as well as of “Committing criminal offenses by a criminal organization and a structured criminal group.”

Terziu’s home was sprayed with gunfire in an attempt to physically eliminate him. Although the incident remained unsolved at the time, years later it was fully uncovered by the Special Prosecutor’s Office (SPAK) through the decoding of encrypted conversations on the Sky ECC platform.

According to SPAK’s investigations as part of the major “Revanshi” case file, the attack was organized by the criminal group led by Hektor Xheçuka, known as Tori Xheçuka.

“The defendant Tori Xheçuka (alias Hektor Xheçuka), acting as the creator, organizer and leader of a structured criminal group, in cooperation with defendants Florenc Kelmendi (alias Florenc Toçi), Ardit Gjokrosa, as well as other defendants previously sent for trial as part of criminal proceeding no. 59/2 of 2022, during the period May-July 2020 provided the conditions and material means to carry out the murder of citizen Hamza Terziu.

The defendant Tori Xheçuka (alias Hektor Xheçuka), in a manner posing a danger to the lives of many people, attempted to kill citizen Hamza Terziu with a firearm in the early hours of 18 May 2020, firing an automatic weapon 26 times at his home in the village of Zenisht, Lis Administrative Unit, Mat Municipality. In addition to citizen Hamza Terziu, four of his family members were also inside the home,” SPAK stated.